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Preparing Your Daughter for Healthy Relationships

If you’re a dad with a daughter, one of your primary tasks is to set the tone for her future relationships with men. Are you warm and nurturing? If so, she will eventually look for a husband with similar qualities. Do you communicate that she’s beautiful and feminine?She’ll be inclined to see herself in the way that you perceive her to be. If you convey strength by blending love and discipline, your daughter will be more comfortable with a give-and-take marriage characterized by mutual respect. But if you reject her, she is likely to spend her life trying to find a man who can meet the needs you never fulfilled in her heart.

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What My Father Did Right: Reflections on a Life Well-Lived

Recently I came across this memoir written by my dad about his experiences of being a father. It brought back a flood of warm childhood memories for me of happy days shared together. During this celebration of Father’s Day, I thought you would enjoy reading his reflections.

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Fatherhood

General MacArthur was a hero of WWII. But he wanted his son to remember him as a hero at home.

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The Time Your Son Will Never Forget

Someone has said, “If you connect a boy to the right man, he seldom goes wrong.” I fully believe that to be true. The full force of my own father’s contribution hit me years ago when he lay in the hospital after a heart attack. As I stood by his bedside, I thought back to the happiest moments of my childhood.

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Be There, Dad

A dad occupies a very special place in his child's heart. Take time to cultivate a strong relationship with your son or daughter.

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A Father’s Influence

Bill Haughton, who was president of a large construction firm, had hired and managed thousands of employees. He was asked, “When you are thinking of hiring an employee—especially a man—what do you look for?” His answer may surprise you. He said, “I look primarily at the relationship between the man and his father. If he felt loved by his dad and respected his authority, he’s likely to be a good employee.”

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The Benefits of Being a Good Dad

The cost of being a devoted father is worth every bit of the love, time, and energy it requires.

Brenen Beeler explains that being an absentee or disengaged dad carries an even greater cost. It’s not just families who pay the price—society does too.

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Marriage & Parenting

How a Father Sets the Example for His Son

A boy watches his dad closely, so the best example a father can set is to follow Jesus. Brenen Beeler explains that imitating Christ sets the tone for the home. When a dad lives for the Lord, he lays a strong foundation for raising a godly man.

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Kids See Their Dad Through Their Mom’s Eyes

Question: Dr. Dobson, my wife works hard to teach my sons to respect me as their father, and that makes my job with them easier. Even when she is upset with me, she never lets the kids know about it. Don't you think that is generous of her?

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Setting an Example for Our Sons: A Man of Honor

We now live in a society where women are no longer treated like ladies, and
where we are discouraged from acting like ladies too. From the loss of
chivalry to the prevalence of pornography, from the i

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