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I'm Roger Martian. If you've been with us over the past couple of days, you know we've

been talking about a very important subject, parental guilt, and how to overcome it. Parents

often ask themselves this question, many times as their children grow and the question is,

am I doing all the right things to get my child ready for adulthood? You know, it can feel

like guilt comes from everywhere with regard to whether or not we're doing those right things.

Over the last two days here on Family Talk, we've been listening to our own Dr. James Dobson

and his special guest, Julie Barnhill, as they discuss this subject. Julie is an author, a

speaker, and a mother of three grown children. As a mom, she has been helping us distinguish between

different types of guilt and has shared some personal stories of her own shortcomings

and how she has dealt with them. Remember, there is redemption with God's forgiveness and

that is available to all of us. Now on today's program, we're going to hear from a panel of

moms about the topic of mom guilt. So let's join our guest panel along with Mrs. Julie Barnhill

and our own Dr. James Dobson right here on Family Talk.

I've got three young children under four or four and under and I'm wondering, are you

supposed to always have this ooey gooey? I love you feeling. That is a new way to put it,

but we know what she means, don't we? Well, I don't believe so. I don't believe so. I think

part of that expectation isn't it? That you wake up and your little missun shine and everything

smells good and everything is clean in the house. No, I don't think that ooey gooey feeling is always

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