Teach Your Child How to Have Meaningful Conversations

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Communication impacts the way relationships are built and nurtured. Heather Holleman and her husband, Ashley, to share advice on how to teach your kids the best ways to care deeply for others through intentional conversation. Their wisdom provides several tools you can use to raise up your child to be emotionally intelligent, open to meaningful human connection.

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0:00.0	God is at work and he's calling his people to rise in truth. Truth Rising is a powerful new documentary from Focus on the Family and the Colson Center. See how ordinary Christians choose courage in a culture that needs truth. Watch Truth Rising today and find out how you can become an agent of restoration and hope.
0:24.1	Visit truthrising.com today.
0:26.9	That's truthrising.com.
0:31.5	All the research shows that if you stop to have a loving conversation, you're improving your mental health and your physical
0:38.4	health. Lonely people, even in the home, you're, I mean, you're increasing your chance of premature
0:43.6	death by 32%. If you read the Surgeon General's report that came out last year on loneliness,
0:49.4	you'll think to yourself, I have got to slow down. I've got to make room for warm connections in my family.
0:56.4	Dr. Heather Holloman joins us today, along with her husband, Ashley, on Focus on the Family with
1:01.5	Jim Daly. And thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. I am super excited for the conversation you're
1:07.3	about to hear with Ashley and Heather. Before we dive in, I want to share something
1:12.3	close to my heart, a unique opportunity for you to make a real difference. You may have heard
1:17.9	that this past summer was financially challenging for us. It just kind of flattened or fell off,
1:23.8	really. And as we approach the end of our fiscal year, we're prayerfully looking ahead,
1:28.6	and we need some friends of the family to come alongside us in this vital work. Here's why your help
1:35.3	matters. When you give, you're not just donating, you're helping couples, build stronger marriages,
1:40.8	equipping parents for every stage of parenting, and even saving the lives of moms
1:45.9	and babies.
1:47.1	Think about the ripple effect of that impact.
1:49.8	It's incredible.
1:51.3	And right now, for this week only, we want to say thank you in a special way.
1:55.9	When you commit $30 a month, we'll send you a focus on the Family with Jim Daily travel mug. It sounds funny
2:02.9	to even say with a four-ounce bag of my own coffee blend that John Fuller has procured
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