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Adult Children Living At Home

Question: Dr. Dobson, we have a twenty-one-year-old who is still living at home. He does not want to come under our authority and he breaks all the rules we have set up as minimum standards of behavio

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Parents: Defend Your Children!

Here at JDFI, we are mourning the passing of our founder and leader, Dr. James Dobson.

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Why Rules Alone Don’t Work

The culture is at war with parents for the hearts and minds of their children. I dont need to describe this battle because you see it, too. Parents in decades past would not have believed what was abo

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Raising Financially Savvy Kids

All parents want their children to grow up to make wise money decisions.

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Don’t Overdo After-School Activities

Compulsive parenting can be equally hazardous to the object of all this attention: the child. Many parents today burn out their kids with too many scheduled activities. Like Martha (Luke 10:40), they allow busyness to distract their family from what is truly important.

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Families in Crisis: The Anderson Family, Part 2

How does a mother cope when four of her seven children are born profoundly deaf?

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Broadcasts

Families in Crisis: The Anderson Family, Part 1

When their child couldn’t hear pots and pans crashing behind him, Roger and Darlene Anderson faced a life-changing diagnosis.

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Blogs

Protect Your Kids from Harmful Media

Are you aware that the average person between the ages of eight and eighteen spends approximately 44.5 hours each week engaging with some form of media? That's the equivalent of a full-time job and several hours of overtime! With consumption at this level, it's little wonder that media has become a type of "super-peer," influencing behaviors and shaping values.

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Is Spanking a Healthy Form of Discipline?

Question: Dr. Dobson, it just seems barbaric to cause pain to a defenseless child. Tell me why you think it is healthy to spank him or her.

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Who’s In Control?

A child's disobedient behavior can be motivated by his or her desire for power that lies within a human spirit.

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