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Combining Raising Kids with Earning a Living

Finding it difficult to divide your attention between your family and your work? The two don’t have to be separate.

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7 Ways That Dads Influence Their Daughters

Fathers have an incalculable impact on their daughters. Most psychologists believe, and I am one of them, that all future romantic relationships are influenced positively or negatively by the way a girl interacts with her dad in her childhood years.

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Why Boys Struggle in School

We have taken a hard look at the bias against boys in schools and how they are often discriminated against sexually. There are other concerns that we must consider now about how boys learn, why too ma

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Help Your Wife Succeed as a Mom

Children cannot raise themselves properly. This fact was illustrated again in a recent conversation with a research psychologist who visited my office. He had been studying the early childhoods of inm

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Raising Boys in the Postmodern Age

There are several major social problems that account for much of the trouble facing boys and their parents today. One of which is called postmodernism, which helps explain further how families, and especially how boys, came to be in such a mess.

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Fathers Can Influence Their Daughters’ Attitude Towards Boys

Question: Dr. Dobson, is there a way I, as a father, can influence my daughter's attitude toward boys? If she chooses to marry, she will need to understand men and know how to relate to them.

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Dad—Your Kids Will Relate to Their Mom Based on Your Words and Actions

Where do children learn to think highly of their mothers? Who sets the pattern for their young minds, positioning Mom as a much-loved and respected member of the family—instead of being chief cook and scrub lady?

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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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Dad, Please Talk to Your Daughter

As you seek to understand your daughter, another major factor you must not overlook is that there is 15 percent more blood flowing in the female brain than in that of a male, and it is more likely to

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Creating a Legacy For Your Family

I have found great wisdom in the adage, "That which you own will eventually own you!" Having surrendered my hard-earned dollars for a new object only obligates me to maintain and protect it; instead o

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