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Well, welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh. In honor of Father's Day coming up this Sunday,

on today's edition of Family Talk, we're featuring a powerful presentation from Dr. James Dobson

about the incredible impact fathers have on their children. On our last program, Dr. Dobson

began by sharing deeply personal stories about his dad, a man who understood

that being a father meant more than just providing for the family.

On today's program, we'll hear even more touching stories from Dr. Dobson, including that

pivotal moment when his father made an almost unthinkable sacrifice to benefit his teenage

son and his family. So let's continue this

touching tribute to fathers right here, right now, on the special edition of Dr. James Dobson's

Family Talk.

When I was six years of age, we came to a crisis in my family because my dad felt called

to be an evangelist.

And he felt like he absolutely had to have my mother.

So we both needed her.

And I couldn't go with them because I had to go to school there was no

homeschooling in those days and so my mom and dad in agony let my great aunt raise me for that first year

and it was very very hard for me. And I became very brady that year. I caused

a lot of trouble in that first grade and in the neighborhood. I wanted to fight everybody.

And I was feeling abandoned. And a later my dad came mom and dad came back and my dad

looked at me and he said to my mother he's not our son anymore he's being raised by the aunt. And he says, I can't allow that. And he bought a home

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