Building Strong Father-Son Relationships

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

This father and son team describe the problem of disengaged dads — men who may be present physically but not emotionally with their families. The Beckers encourage dads and sons to be “tender lions” who will confront societal ills and yet remain tender and compassionate in their relationships.

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0:00.0	Lonnie and Kaye were high school sweethearts, but over time the never-ending conflict and their loss of love threatened to tear their marriage apart.
0:11.0	When we filled out our forms with focus on the family, they asked us if we believed in a miracle if we were willing to allow a miracle to happen. And, you know, with all my heart, that's what I wanted.
0:23.0	Lonnie and Kay attended Hope Restored where focused counselors help heal and restore broken relationships,
0:30.0	giving husbands and wives godly hope for the future.
0:34.0	I guess what I'd say is I cherish her now more than I did before
0:38.0	and I have a way that I can communicate to her
0:41.0	that I did not have before and focus on the families given me that ability.
0:45.0	I'm Jim Daly. Working together we can save more families like Kay and Lonnie's every month.
0:51.0	Become a friend to focus on the family by calling 800 a family or donate at
0:56.8	focus on the family.com slash family.
1:00.9	Today on focus on the family with Jim Daly we're going to look at the important relationship
1:05.2	between fathers and sons.
1:07.4	And to help set the stage, Jim, our team has identified a few quotes about dads and
1:12.4	sons, and so there was this one from TV journalist
1:15.4	Tim Russert he said the older I get the smarter my father's scene.
1:19.4	Yeah I like that I think that applies I have one too boys do not ache for their father's
1:24.1	masculinity they ache for their father's heart that's a tender part here's
1:29.8	something from actor Robert Downey Jr who said do I want to be a hero to my son?
1:35.0	No, I would like to be a very real human being.
1:38.0	That's hard enough.
1:39.0	And this one is good too.
1:40.0	A father's love will always be imprinted on the heart of his son. So that's a good one. That last quote really captures how I felt as a dad trying to
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