27: Blended Families, Co-Parenting, And Making It All Work - Interview Ashlan And Wallace Nelson
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English - December 04, 2019 14:16 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 268 ratingsRelationships Society & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health decision making decision making skills better decisions the right decision make a good decision improve decision making ready to make a decision decision making fear fear of making a decision decision making 101 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Matt, Steve, and Jessica will welcome two very special guests, Ashlan and Wallace Nelson. They'll be talking about their experiences blending families, co-parenting, and making it all work.
Ashlan and Wallace have been married a little over two years now, and their marriage was the second one for each of them. They blended two families when they got together with Wallace bringing in his five kids and Ashlan her three kids.
Their story is quite unique in that they knew each other as family friends way before either of them got divorced, and Ashlan was actually very supportive of Wallace when he got divorced because she had gotten divorced some years before and knew what the whole experience was like.
They'll talk about what it was like when they went through their divorces, how they got together and became the best of friends, and how things got so serious that they had to admit to themselves that it had gone way beyond friendship.
We'll get to hear how things have gone since getting married and they'll share how their eight kids blended so well, what co-parenting them is like, and so much more.
So listen in to gain from all their great insights.
Highlights of the discussion:
Handling the coached petitions from the kids (02:29)Overcoming the fear of going further in a relationship and regaining self-worth (05:18)The ease of being in the thick of getting married and combining two families (10:42)Taking personal responsibility for the sake of the kids’ welfare (13:16)How kids understand when a parent is in the wrong by badmouthing their fellow parent (17:45)The give and take of every good relationship (21:18)How Wallace and Ashlan support and discipline the kids (28:21)Parenting and co-parenting our gay son and relating with him (30:32)The beauty of being gracious, accepting and loving of others no matter who or what they are (32:12)Allowing the kids the freedom to be who they are and to pursue whatever happiness is for them (35:28)Doing the best to live a good, meaningful and productive life and letting the kids see that (41:19)Additional Resources:
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