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I'm Roger Marsh.

Parents, let me ask you a question.

Does your child seem more interested in video games than in vocabulary?

Or perhaps more excited about recess than reading?

Well, if so, you are not alone.

On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk,

we're bringing you a classic conversation that addresses this's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we're bringing you a classic conversation

that addresses this very challenge. Dr. Dobson sat down with author and speaker Cherry Fuller

to explain how parents can reignite their children's love of learning. Cherry Fuller is an award-winning

author of more than 40 books and a former Oklahoma mother of the year.

So whether your child or grandchild is struggling in school or simply going through the motions,

today's Family Talk broadcast offers practical wisdom you can put into action right away.

So let's listen in now as Dr. James Dobson and his guest, Cherry Fuller, discuss motivating your child to learn.

I was thinking today about a rather typical scenario. I'll bet you there are a lot of parents that can identify with this.

Junior's in elementary school and mom sends him off.

And then about six hours, seven hours later he comes home from school and he's lugging

his lunch pail and his baseball mitt and he has two or three textbooks with him and some crumpled

papers peeking out from underneath the pages.

Mom's excited to see him, and she says, how is school today, honey?

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