Middle school is not an easy time for anybody but I was definitely picked on

when I was growing up and just yeah I was a sensitive kid so making fun is not is not nice.

So I was the son of a pastor and I was So making fun is not nice.

So I was the son of a pastor and I was smart and everybody saw me as goody two shoes,

you know.

And it took me a little while to embrace that identity.

My younger brother, he's 17 now, he thinks of the world of his hair, but he kind of just looks

like a Chia Pet and we tell him that all the time.

We were both on the high school tennis team at the time and

so we were given each other a hard time about who was better but what we found

that after all that boiled down to it made us both their players and yeah made us stronger in

our relationship and grew us in our walk with the Lord. Well I wonder if you can

relate we're going to be talking about the fun that you might have in your family and when teasing becomes

harmful and becomes hurtful. This is focused on the family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller and

thanks for joining us.

John I'm reminded of a recent message we shared from our British guest Jay John

who recited the familiar saying sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me and

according to Jay John in that episode we aired that's not just a nursery rhyme it's a nursery

crime is how he said it because words can hurt I don't know if you

remember being teased oh maybe junior high yes that was particularly difficult I

don't know why we're all vulnerable at that age the fact is our words can hurt and even

when teasing is done in a spirit of fun and games it can go over this line and I you know

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