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In the teenage years, one of the reasons that maybe we end up not liking our kids

is that we just get stuck in the, every day.

We lose the wonder and the curiosity of who they are and who they're becoming.

And I think sometimes when a parent ends up not liking

their kid, it can be because we've stopped being curious about them.

Welcome to Family Life today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Dave Wilson.

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I remember in eighth grade the day I felt like I belonged.

Oh, what happened?

I got invited to Steve Lishaw's house after basketball practice.

He was the kid who hit puberty before all of us, so he was six to two.

He was the man.

Yeah.

And he invited me to his house and i'd never invited there and i

remember walking in and all the guys that were in the group that i wasn't really in yet were sitting

in his parents family room and the parents were gone and as i walked in they all looked at me and

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