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Trustworthy Stepfamily Expert Offers Single Parents a Guide to
Dating
Single parents who are dating or want to begin a dating
relationship wonder, How will dating affect my children and my
parenting? They probably have figured out that "dating in a
crowd" is complicated. Now they're looking for help. Ron Deal, who
has counseled single parents and remarried couples for many years,
helps single parents--as well as those who date them--navigate the
potential pitfalls involved. He gives perspective on when a
relationship may be harmful to the children as well as how it can
be a blessing to all. Always at the forefront is the goal of
strengthening families. Includes questions for individual or group
study.
Ron is a marriage and family author, speaker, and therapist. He
is Founder and President of Smart Stepfamilies and Director of
Blended Family Ministries for FamilyLife. Ron is author of The
Smart Stepfamily, The Smart Stepdad, and Dating and the
Single Parent, and coauthor with Laura Petherbridge of The
Smart Stepmom and with David H. Olson of The Remarriage
Checkup. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist and
licensed professional counselor who frequently appears in the
national media including FamilyLife Today, Focus on the Family,
HomeWord, and The 700 Club. He's also been interviewed
by Ladies Home Journal, New York Daily News, WGN-TV and
ABCnews.com.
He is a popular conference speaker and his video series The
Smart Stepfamily DVD is used in communities, churches, and
homes throughout the world. Ron is a member of the Stepfamily
Expert Council for the National Stepfamily Resource Center and is a
featured expert on the video curriculum Single and
Parenting. Ron and his wife, Nan, and their sons live in Little
Rock, Arkansas. For more information, visit RonDeal.org and
SmartStepfamilies.com.