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🗓️ 27 March 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Leading parenting expert and pediatrician Dr. Meg Meeker shares about the masculinity crisis in today’s culture and encourages you as a parent to take an active role in guiding and shaping your son’s character. She says the foundation of any boy’s life is built on three things: his relationship with God, his parents, and his siblings and friends. Dr. Meeker takes a positive view of masculinity as she offers seven secrets to raising healthy sons.
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1:11.4 | Two of the best things any good dad can do to a son, make sure you grow your son's faith, |
1:17.8 | take him to church, teach him about God, share your experiences, and be present in his life. |
1:23.0 | If you only do those two things, your kid's not going to go wrong. |
1:26.7 | Dr. Meg Meeker is our guest today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
1:31.1 | She'll be encouraging you as a parent to steer your sons toward healthy masculinity. |
1:35.9 | I'm John Fuller and Dr. Meeker has some great advice for us as she returns for a second day. |
1:41.1 | And if you didn't catch the previous episode, you can listen to that through our |
1:44.5 | mobile app. John, we spoke with Dr. Meeker last time about encouraging and guiding our sons. |
1:50.3 | You have boys. I have boys. You also have daughters. But man, I've lived that, being the dad of two |
1:55.6 | sons, how to encourage them, how to guide them, how to control them, how to get them in a headlock when necessary. |
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