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Teaching Your Children How To Love Difficult People

Children will encounter people who are cruel to them throughout their lives. It can happen at school, in their personal relationships, and as they grow up and begin working outside the home. In this video, Brenen and Morgan Beeler explain that parents need to teach their kids how to handle these challenging and often hurtful situations before they occur. One of the important lessons to instill in them is to pray for their enemies, which Jesus taught us to do in Matthew 5:43-45. Watch now to see how the Beelers did this with their son when he had trouble with a classmate.

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Parents Offering Every Advantage

We can’t insulate kids from adversity, but we can help them to grow--even in the most rocky soil!

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Tough Times Build Strength

It's natural to want to shield children from adversity, but in the end this may hurt more than help.

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Dr. Dobson Minute

After The Wedding

Life after the wedding takes adjustment. When your child marries, reach out and offer love and support.

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Blogs

Back Off and Let Your Son Grow Up

Your task is to build a man out of the raw materials available in your delightful little boy, stone upon stone upon stone. This task must be your highest priority for a period of time. It will not always be required of you. Before you know it, that child at your feet will become a young man who will pack his bags and take his first halting steps into the adult world.

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Blogs

Pornography is a Huge Threat to Boys

I hope you will read very carefully what I am about to write because it explains why this matter is so significant. Porn and smut pose a great threat to your boys. A single exposure to it by some thirteen to fifteen-year-olds is all that is required to create an addiction that will hold them in bondage for a lifetime. It is more addictive than cocaine or heroin. That was one of the conclusions drawn during the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography, on which I served. 

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Policy & Culture

Father to Son

Dear Son, As you're getting older, I wanted to write you about something crucial. This is a hard topic, and it's not always easy for dads to talk about it with our sons. Sometimes, as you know, it's much simpler to talk about the Celtics, or the weather, or that new gadget you really, really need (just like the last one)!

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Dr. Dobson Minute

Just The Way They Are

Like gardening, we cultivate and nurture our kids, and then watch them grow and blossom into adults.

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Broadcasts

Raising Boys: Routine Panic – Part 2

On today’s classic edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson concludes his insightful discussion from his “Bringing Up Boys” teaching series. If you’re a parent struggling with a rebellious son, you won’t want to miss this program as Dr. Dobson explains how our hectic lifestyles are wreaking havoc on the upbringing of our children, especially for boys. Learn of the hope we have by turning to God’s Word to discover His intentions for how we should parent effectively. Psalms 37:4 says, “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”

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Dr. Dobson Minute

The Terrible Twos

If you're parenting in the "terrible twos"--hang on! It's just one small phase in a lifetime of growing.

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