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From FOCUS ON THE FAMILY , Today , 19 Mar 2008 edition   The No-Knock Policy By Dr James Dobson   We’ve been talking these last few days about youngsters who need a little help coping with peer pressure and rejection.   Another suggestion for parents is that they teach their kids what I call a “no-knock” policy.   One of the common characteristics of a person who feels inadequate is that he or she talks about it to anyone who will listen.   This self-criticism isn’t as uncommon as we might think. You may even be surprised by how often you tell your friends about your own faults and while you’re babbling about all your inadequacies , the listener is formulating impressions of you.   After all , you’re the expert on that subject. If you think you’re a loser , then others are going to tend to see you that way.   You can help your child understand...

From FOCUS ON THE FAMILY, Today, 18 Mar 2008 edition   Get Them Moving By Dr James Dobson   We were talking the last time about the importance of teaching specific skills to primary school children that can be beneficial during the storms of controversy.   But this raises a point of controversy. Some parents just do not feel that they have the right to make a decision of this kind for their children, so they sit back and hope that the kids will choose something useful for themselves. Few actually do it.   Learning a new skill is difficult and discouraging at the beginning. That is why parents should make a careful assessment of a child’s strengths, select a sport or a musical instrument or promising talent to develop, then reward him, push him, beg him, bribe him, if necessary, but make him learn it.   It is part of being a good parent. My dad decided I was going to learn to play tennis when I was eig...

The Freedom of Simplicity     Happiness is not found outside of you. It doesn’t come from cars , clothes , cash , or Caribbean cruises. Happiness is found within. But how can you find it if you don’t have the simplicity of time and space to discover the most important things in your life? How can you search the depths of your soul if you are too busy impressing others , acquiring wealth , protecting your properties , and paying your debts?   Simplicity is not about the external either: living in a doghouse , eating in a Hepatitis joints , wearing rags.   Let me define what it is: Simplicity is living from the core of your being.     A TREASURE MAP OF HAPPINESS   Simplicity will point to you where and what and who the gold is in your life.   Let me share with you the seven powerful lessons I’ve learned on simple living:   LIVE ON LESS , AND DELIGHT IN...

FACING DEATH   One of the most difficult trials each of us will face is the death of a loved one. It is hard to keep things in perspective when death strikes so close to home , isn’t it?   Modern man strives frantically to prolong life and overcome death’s power. Physicians use extraordinary measures to keep the sick and dying alive just a little longer through wonder drugs , organ transplants , and sophisticated machinery. That was certainly the case when my nephew , Kenneth , was dying of AIDS several years ago.    But death continues harvesting its fruit without prejudice toward age , race , social level , or education. Death continues to be cynical , cruel , and real. No one escapes its cold fingers. Our appointment is sure. Neither money , fame , nor intelligence exempt us from death; everyone succumbs.   How should we respond as believers when a dearly loved Christian relative or...

REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR AND SEPTEMBER 11!   “For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying , ‘Peace and safety , ’ destruction will come on them Suddenly…” (1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 , NIV)   At approximately 8:00 A.M. , on Sunday Morning , December 7 , 1941 , a striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island , Hawaii . The surprise attack came without warning and without any formal declaration of war.   At 8:45 A.M. and 9:03 A.M. , Tuesday morning , September 11 , 2001 , the entire world was shocked by the unprecedented terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York and at 9:43 A.M. on the Pentagon. Again the attack came without warning and without any declaration of war.   As the theme , “Remember Pearl Harbor , ” has gone down in history , so will ...