Barbara grew up with an abusive father that she feared and hated.

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When your child is hurting, it's not unusual to hear, oh, why did this bad thing happen?

And that's a perfectly legitimate question and a perfect opportunity for you

to connect with your son or daughter. I'm John Fuller and with me in the studio is Dr. Danny Werta,

who leads our parenting team. And we're going to kick off with a conversation heard originally

on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, and Jim spoke with Michelle Niedert,

and she explained why we should never dismiss our children's feelings, but instead, lean in.

We discount kids so much, you know, as parents. What they have to say can be, you know,

the kid, were you this kid, John, that ask why all the time? Why does it work that way?

Why does it do that? Why does it ring? I mean, it's just that annoying kind of thing. And if we're

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