Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported

ministry. In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson

Family Institute.

Well, hello, everyone. I'm Roger Marsh, and welcome back to Family Talk. Now, today we're

going to hear a classic episode that includes the balance of a conversation Dr. Dobson had

with a young boy named Kyle West. Dr. Met him in 1999 at a focus on the Family Staff

picnic. He recorded a conversation with Kyle when the sweet little boy was only seven

years old. They then recorded another conversation for Family Talk before Kyle went off to

college that was back in 2010, and that discussion will be the core of the program that you

hear today. But you should know that since going away to attend college, Kyle, who has

cerebral palsy, flourished in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, which is an

Ivy League college, by the way. And now we are happy to announce that Kyle has earned

his PhD in the classics, Greek and Roman history, and he will soon be teaching as a professor

back at his alma mater, Patrick Henry College. What a testament he is to God's providence

and faithfulness in us. We'll hear him talk about his battle with cerebral palsy, but

you know there is no question that despite that physical challenge, Kyle has headed toward

great things. Currently, Bob West, Kyle's dad, serves as executive director of Need Project,

which supports parents of children with special needs. Let's listen now to part two of this

classic conversation right here on Family Talk. When you consider all the forms of disabilities,

physical, emotional and intellectual, and then all the disorders, the medical disorders that can

occur with a child, there are just millions and millions of people in this country and around the

world who are struggling one way or another. And the wonderful thing is that the Lord

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