You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today.

Well, welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh. You know, every parent wants their child to thrive.

But what does that actually look like in everyday life? On today's Family Talk broadcast, Dr. James Dobson continues his conversation with family physician and best-selling author, Dr. Walt Laramore.

On our last Family Talk program, Dr. Laramore shared his vision

of children's health as a four-wheeled vehicle, physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual,

and why all four wheels need to stay balanced and, dare I say, inflated. Well, on today's edition of

Family Talk, Dr. Dobson and Dr. Laramore will pick up that

conversation with some very practical advice on nutrition, exercise, and the everyday choices

that shape our children's future.

We've invited our physician in residence, my very good friend, Dr. Walt Laramore, to be with us.

He is in a fine position to advise us on medical issues and other things.

He was in private practice for 20 years.

He's received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University. As a graduate of USC, I sort of resent that, but that's the way it is.

And he went on to complete a residency in family medicine at Duke University Medical Center.

He's got all the medical credentials in the world and has written a book called the

highly healthy child. We talked with him last time. His name is Dr. Walt Lairmore,

but he's on the hot seat again today because I have the

privilege of asking him the questions about his book. Now, we talked last time about the fact that

Dr. Lermore, we're going to talk to you, Walt, in a moment, but it described health as being a car with four wheels.

There's the physical wheel that has to be properly inflated, and then there's the emotional and the relational and the spiritual wheels, each of them representing an aspect of health that needs

to be kept in proper balance.

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