32 min
Episode 122: Diverse Families - Blended Families Teen Life Podcast
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- Parenting
What’s it like blending families with teenagers?
Creating a blended families with teenagers, or kids of any age, is not for the faint of heart. And yet, many parents are blending families with teens, co-parents, step-parents, and all kids of siblings. In Support Groups, we often see teens who have been through divorces and remarriages and have siblings from multiple marriages.
Blended families have rapidly moved from being a marginalized family type to being the typical one. We can only assume that the current trend is higher, but, in 2015, 40% of American families were blended.
According to Forbes, the current divorce rate in the United States hovers just below 50%, but only for first marriages. For second marriages, that number increases to 67% and nearly 3 out of 4 third marriages fail. Of those new marriages, 40% included people who are remarrying.
Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first-hand how long the road can seem when navigating blending a family with a teen. And how lonely it can be. Vanessa not only grew up in a blended family, but when her eldest son was twelve, she married Scott and they formed one of their own.
In their journey, they found that resources were scarce and they wished for a more robust support system to help them thrive, especially within their church. So, they went on to create Blended Kingdom Families, a podcast and curriculum that they use to help churches around the world minister to blended families of every kind.
[Read more here.]
Blended Kingdom Families Website
Blended Kingdom Families Podcast
Blended Kingdom Teens Podcast
YourTeenMag.com: 7 Guidelines for Building a Successful Blended Family
Podcast music by Luke Cabrera & Tobin Hodges
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teenlifepodcast/support
What’s it like blending families with teenagers?
Creating a blended families with teenagers, or kids of any age, is not for the faint of heart. And yet, many parents are blending families with teens, co-parents, step-parents, and all kids of siblings. In Support Groups, we often see teens who have been through divorces and remarriages and have siblings from multiple marriages.
Blended families have rapidly moved from being a marginalized family type to being the typical one. We can only assume that the current trend is higher, but, in 2015, 40% of American families were blended.
According to Forbes, the current divorce rate in the United States hovers just below 50%, but only for first marriages. For second marriages, that number increases to 67% and nearly 3 out of 4 third marriages fail. Of those new marriages, 40% included people who are remarrying.
Scott and Vanessa Martindale know first-hand how long the road can seem when navigating blending a family with a teen. And how lonely it can be. Vanessa not only grew up in a blended family, but when her eldest son was twelve, she married Scott and they formed one of their own.
In their journey, they found that resources were scarce and they wished for a more robust support system to help them thrive, especially within their church. So, they went on to create Blended Kingdom Families, a podcast and curriculum that they use to help churches around the world minister to blended families of every kind.
[Read more here.]
Blended Kingdom Families Website
Blended Kingdom Families Podcast
Blended Kingdom Teens Podcast
YourTeenMag.com: 7 Guidelines for Building a Successful Blended Family
Podcast music by Luke Cabrera & Tobin Hodges
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teenlifepodcast/support
32 min