76: Lisa Walker: A Step Parent is just as Important as a “Real” Parent
Parenting Teens: The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have Podcast
English - November 12, 2018 15:16 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB - ★★★ - 42 ratingsKids & Family Health & Fitness biggestjob character family hydeschool parenting parentingteens Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“When it comes to being a step parent, there isn’t one right way, because every family dynamic is different. You’re marrying the package: you’re marrying ex-spouses; you’re marrying the kids…; the right way is your way for you.”
~ Lisa Walker
The above quote is just a small piece of the wonderful wisdom you’ll hear on step-parenting in this podcast with Lisa Walker. When she married, he had a son in the ninth grade; the boy’s mother was very much in the picture, and as biological parents they had a fear of holding their son accountable.
As a step parent, Lisa learned that standing up for her own values was the thing that would most help her step son. An adult now, he’s told her this mattered; that he is the man he is today, in part, because of her love and respect for him.