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I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us.

Well, welcome to Family Talk.

I'm Roger Marsh.

You know, few relationships shapes a man's life more than the one he has with his father.

And when that relationship is broken or even absent, well, it can leave wounds that follow a boy well into adulthood.

On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk, we open up with a recording of two young boys who sent this message to their dad shortly after he had left their family. And we'll

hear Dr. Dobson's response. Dad, I was fishing with a fishing bowl of mine.

And I caught a turtle.

Happy Father's Day.

Happy Father's Day, Dad.

Daddy, I love you.

So, Daddy,

how would you come to our house and stay there forever. If that doesn't put a knot in your stomach, I really don't know what will.

Tender, innocent words from two little boys whose dad never returned home.

You know, the stories are a little different in the circumstances change, but there's so many

men today who have gone through something similar when they were young, and as a result,

there's still the walking wounded.

They still have trouble forming relationships.

They still find it difficult to reveal who they are.

And they have problems with male identity as a result of something that happened many, many years ago.

We're going to talk a little bit about that subject today.

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