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If you're having trouble with your child, whether he or she is little or maybe a

teen, have you ever tried just listening to them? I'm John Fuller along with Danny

Werta. He runs our parenting department here at

Focus on the family and Danny I mean I don't know what the scale is but do you

consider yourself a good listener? I'm sorry did you say something John I was

checking something?

Yeah, put the phone down, eyes in, come on, look at me.

Yeah, let's, this is really the problem.

We have a lot of tech interference and especially teenagers is like,

they don't want to listen anyway, right?

So we're going to help you understand the impact you can have when you listen,

especially at home.

Here's Dr. Mike Bechtel talking to Jim Daly.

We left off last time about the Here's Dr. Mike Bechtel talking to Jim Daly.

We left off last time about the listening and the skill set that's required there.

This could be one of the most difficult areas for me.

I mean, especially when you're in leadership you're in meetings people are

looking to you to give direction and what I've admired in people that I've seen

in leadership is their ability to listen but it's an acquired skill set, isn't it? And it's the same in marriage,

and the same in parenting. How do we become better listeners?

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