It's natural. You want to protect your child from struggles, but they grow through those struggles.

I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny who heads up the focus on the family parenting department.

Danny, you have so many great stories. You only have two kids, but you've got all these great stories.

So what's a time when you saw one of your kids really push on and persevere through a challenging time? Yeah, it's been

eventful, having the two kids. I've loved it. Absolutely love being a dad. My daughter, I remember

when she first started middle school and they had gone through that

initial kind of boot camp introduction, a lot of anticipation, a lot of question marks, what's it

going to be like? And sure enough, there were dynamics of friends that she had had in elementary

school that all of a sudden were creating a click and one that wasn't the nicest.

And she started to come home a bit upset that this was changing.

And it was difficult for her to really manage that.

And she was getting more and more discouraged in this kind of friendship world of middle school

and had created some other friendships,

but then these other girls were saying things about a variety of people.

And then she was frustrated with the fact that they were doing that.

And it was just a time where she was not happy with school.

She was saying, Dad, I don't even want to go.

I'm not enjoying that.

And it had just flipped on its side for her.

And as we talk through the reality of what happens in middle school,

the reality of human nature,

but also the undercurrents of what they're trying to accomplish, trying to see these

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