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I\u2019ll never forget that\u2014really won\u2019t. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Friday, February 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll talk today about what daddies can do so their daughters have unforgettable memories. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m trying to find something here on my phone. Let me show this to you\u2014see \/ can you see this picture? That\u2019s my son, Jimmy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014at age\u2014I don\u2019t know. He\u2019s probably\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Five or six. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014five or six, dressed up like Batman. And that\u2019s on my daughter-in-law\u2019s refrigerator at their home, right now. She posted that on Instagram<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> yesterday. The reason I brought it up is because it\u2019s been interesting, to me, to see how the advent of social media\u2014Facebook<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Twitter<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Instagram, these kinds of things\u2014have made connecting with your kids\u2014there\u2019s kind of a new dimension to connecting with your kids with some of these tools. But it\u2019s a different kind of connection than you used to get when you were side by side or face to face. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, you can send pictures \/ you can send notes and texts to your son or daughter; but there is a connection that can only be had\u2014face to face \/ arm in arm\u2014especially, with our daughters. And I\u2019m speaking about daddy-daughter dates. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome of my fondest memories, as a daddy, are having my daughter, arm in arm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget coming back from a date, one time, with one of my daughters\u2014this was back before the seat belt laws were so rampant. I know this is dangerous, and I know there are all kinds of people that would like to write me and rebuke me for being an unsafe daddy [Laughter]\u2014but we had a bench seat in this old Rambler station wagon. One of my daughters was right there\u2014and she was standing right beside me, tucked in under my\u2014underneath my shoulder with her arm around my neck \/ head leaned on my shoulder\u2014and the glow of that green light of that old Nash Rambler. Some people are wondering, \u201cWhat\u2019s a Nash Rambler?\u201d But that used to be a vehicle. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You allowed your daughter to stand up in the vehicle?! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> But we had had chocolate pie, and chocolate cake, and pudding\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, that excuses it? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and we\u2019d been to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> That means she couldn\u2019t sit still because she was all hopped up on sugar. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, exactly; exactly. No, but I asked her the question\u2014I said, \u201cWhat was your favorite thing about the date?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought: \u201cWell, maybe it will be the smorgasbord where we just hit the dessert tray. We didn\u2019t even mess with the meat, [Laughter] and the veggies, and everything.\u201d She said\u2014didn\u2019t say anything of that stuff. It wasn\u2019t <em>Bambi<\/em> that we watched at the movie there; but she said, \u201cJust being with you, Dad\u2014just being with you.\u201d She patted me on the shoulder. You know, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s connecting, heart to heart, and soul to soul with your daughters. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we\u2019ve got really two great books on daddy-daughter dates: One by Greg Wright\u2014Greg, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and the other, <em>88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates<\/em>, by Rob and Joanna Teigen. Welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And I just have to start off here. Can you\u2014do you still go on dates with a 19-year-old daughter? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Just went on one on Sunday night, actually. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I mean, she\u2019s not going: \u201cOkay; Dad, I\u2019m kind of over this. I\u2019m\u2014\u201d; you know? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> No. I say this with every ounce of seriousness. I expect to be dating that one when she\u2019ll have to pick me up from the old folks\u2019 home and take me out. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t <em>know<\/em> that there is a termination period on daddy-daughter dates. I don\u2019t know that you finish doing that. I think it just becomes more difficult perhaps, but I think you just keep going with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, I can vouch for it being more difficult\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014because my daughter, Ashley, who is our first-born, who only lives 90 minutes from our home\u2014the other day we were talking\u2014she said: \u201cDaddy, we were going to go out on a date again this year. It\u2019s been a year since you and I have been out on a date.\u201d We met in between\u2014about 45 minutes in between\u2014go out to dinner\u2014and really just fire up the relationship. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, to let you know\u2014it does continue to happen, afterwards, and it may be different because of the ages of children\u2014grandchildren, in this case\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Sure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014but you have to continue to pursue them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So, what was your most recent date with your 19-year-old? What did you do? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Well, we met at a little place called Opal Divine\u2019s in Austin. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s just this cool little vibe joint. We sat and had a sandwich together. But that was the night that we just needed to spend eyeball-time. And so, Sunday night was just a very low-key connection night. We just needed to get, eyeball to eyeball, and that\u2019s exactly what we did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Anytime you set an objective like this\u2014of having a date with your daughter\u2014there\u2019s going to be obstacles. Things come at you from all different angles. Rob, you talk about this in what you\u2019ve written as well. What are some of those obstacles that dads have to overcome if they\u2019re going to have a relationship with their daughter? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Yes, I think there are several obstacles that we can let get in the way of that connecting relationship with our daughters. One is, I think, our past\u2014you know, whether we didn\u2019t have a great role model in our life or struggling to figure out this whole thing\u2014and so, we just kind of pause and wait. It\u2019s really hard, when you\u2019re constantly looking in the rear-view mirror of your life, to see what\u2019s happening in the present and have hope for the future. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat can get dads kind of stuck on: \u201cWhy do I start? Where do I start? It\u2019s too late for me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>I think the other obstacle could be entertainment\u2014kind of mistaking entertaining instead of connecting or taking it as connecting. I think we, as men, tend to connect by doing things. We go to the football game \/ we go to the movie. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in watching the thing in front of us, we don\u2019t see the child sitting next to us. So, being mindful of that and not making that all the dates. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I think the technology that we have today is another\u2014I see this even\u2014we\u2019ve got a Wii<sup>\u2122<\/sup> game at home. All my daughters have DS<sup>\u2122<\/sup> games. When we play the Wii, we\u2019re interacting\u2014we\u2019re having a blast. When my daughters are on their DS games, they\u2019re in the corners\u2014each, in their own corner\u2014I\u2019m doing my thing. There is no connection \/ there\u2019s no interaction. So, I think being mindful of that, too\u2014that technology is a good thing, but it can also drive us apart from connecting with our families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> I think Rob touched on something that is super important. I want to communicate this, just as a regular guy. There may be some guys listening that\u2014maybe they have really blown it with their kids, or they\u2019ve blown it with their lives, or blown it with their marriage, or blown it with their job\u2014or whatever it is\u2014and they just feel like they are the worst possible candidate to keep parenting these kids. Maybe, you\u2019ve got a teenager that won\u2019t talk to you, and you\u2019ve really blown it in that way. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was reading Genesis 38 this morning\u2014it was kind of a funny moment in my daily reading. I was reminded that if you look at Genesis 37 and you look at Genesis 39\u2014and you pull out 38\u2014the two line up perfectly, like there is no scene missed there. God just throws this weird Judah\/Tamar story in from out of nowhere. It\u2019s got <em>nothing<\/em> to do with the end of Genesis, and it\u2019s a <em>horrible<\/em> story. It\u2019s this ridiculous, pathetic, \u201cDear God, why are You telling this story? It doesn\u2019t\u2014it\u2019s not even germane to the end of Genesis.\u201d It\u2019s just about Judah really making some <em>horrible<\/em> mistakes with Tamar, and all the stuff that happens with that; but there\u2019s a hint of encouragement there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI feel like God is always picking the wrong guy. I feel like church culture would pick the best person\u2014who has this kind of pedigree and this kind of a resume\u2014but God always picks the <em>worst guy possible<\/em> for some of the coolest stuff. David was a knucklehead, for crying out loud\u2014and he chose David to be this really amazing guy. And he was still a knucklehead\u2014had a guy executed and slept with his wife\u2014for crying out loud. I mean, there is all this craziness going on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you are listening and you\u2019re feeling like you\u2019ve blown it, fellow, let me tell you\u2014you haven\u2019t blown anything. This song is not over. There is still a lot of singing to do; and you\u2019d be surprised what a little girl really wants, on the inside. You could be an old man and your daughter could be in her 20\u2019s, 30\u2019s, or 40\u2019s\u2014I don\u2019t know\u2014but I just really do feel like God picks the wrong guy and maybe you are it. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Greg, I\u2019m glad you brought that up because this book, the Bible, is all about redemption. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s all about taking broken, sinful, selfish people who fouled up\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and using them for His purposes; but to your point, you\u2019ve got to get in the game. You have to decide you\u2019re going to risk it, and venture out, and try it. I\u2019m glad you mentioned that your daughter may be in her 20\u2019s, 30\u2019s, or 40\u2019s because we might have a listener, who is listening right now, who feels like he has so fouled up, back then, that there is no redemption now\u2014that\u2019s a lie. That\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s never too late to do what\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne thing I want you to comment on, Rob\u2014when you go out with your daughter, you\u2019re really training her in what she ought to expect from a young man, when she goes out later on; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Absolutely. And the dynamics of that in our marriage relationship\u2014how she sees me treat Joanna is a big part of that as well\u2014but everything I do models to her how she deserves to be treated\/respected\u2014the attention she deserves to have. She is my princess; and so, she does deserve to have a guy who is attentive to her every need, in some respects. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want her to see that. I want her to see how important she is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe message that keeps kind of coming up is, \u201cBe known.\u201d You know\u2014Psalm 139 talks about, \u201cSearch me, O God, and know me.\u201d God knows us; and we all have that desire, in our hearts, to be known. Ultimately, that desire is from\u2014to be known by God and to know God. But as Bob was saying, we\u2019ve been put on this earth, as fathers, to represent God\u2019s goodness to us and our Heavenly Father\u2014our perfect Heavenly Father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur daughters desire to be known. When we get in that relationship with them, we want to get to know who they are and let them know that they are important. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Greg, I\u2019m guessing that your 19-year-old maybe has been on some dates with somebody other than you, by this point? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> My older two have. In fact, my oldest one had a relationship with a guy\u2014and how I do that, by the way\u2014I\u2019ll answer that question, right off the bat; okay\u2014now, that you have a guy knocking on your door, \u201cWhat\u2019s the plan with that?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI did probably what I\u2019m assuming what everybody else would do\u2014I said: \u201cWell, listen, I\u2019m happy to let you date my daughter; but you and I have to talk. We have to have a conversation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> And there was no gun cleaning of any kind. It was just more of a\u2014just a sit down and talk. So, I sat down with the two of them and said: \u201cHere are the guidelines. I\u2019m willing to let this happen. I\u2019m willing to let you pursue each other, but here are the rules.\u201d And kind of laid out some basic one-, two-, three-step kind of things and what I intended it to look like. When the moment was right, I asked my daughter to excuse us. So, she stepped away. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so, Junior and I got a chance to talk for a minute. [Laughter] In that moment\u2014bless his heart\u2014he\u2019s a big, old, strapping guy\u2014has a football scholarship. He\u2019s sitting across this table, and he never looked so small. We were talking; and I just said: \u201cListen. I just need to ask you a question. I need to know: \u2018What are you going to do to join me in this fight to protect my daughter and protect her virginity? I want to <em>know<\/em> what your plan is about that.\u2019\u201d The oxygen left the room. He just\u2014somebody just needed to get him a bottle of water and get a brown paper bag to get his breathing started again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Great question. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> He just sat there for a few minutes; but when it came time for him to show up, he elected really one important answer\u2014that was, \u201cFor the next six months,\u201d\u2014what I had told them was\u2014\u201cOver the next six months of your relationship, we\u2019re not doing alone time. Here\u2019s what you do\u2014you can do group dates all you want, you can be here at the house, you can be at your folks house\u2014but we just don\u2019t do one-on-one time.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe was smart enough to go, \u201cWell, Mr. Wright, if we\u2019re not doing one-on-one time, that\u2019s going to be real hard for me to break that promise.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, that\u2019s a fine answer.\u201d [Laughter] \u201cThat will work for now, buddy.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cKeen observation, young man.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> \u201cSo, you\u2019re a thinker! That\u2019s great!\u201d\u2014you know? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> One of the things that I did, Greg\u2014was when our daughters were young\u2014was I would go out on a date; and I said, \u201cNow, Sweetie, when you get old enough to go on a date, Daddy is going to want to talk to the guy who dates you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I ultimately put that in a little book called <em>Interviewing Your Daughter\u2019s Date<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Oh, that\u2019s great! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I recently got an email from a friend\u2014that was a cartoon\u2014and I forget what cartoonist\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s Mr. Potato Head\u2014I don\u2019t know who drew it, but it was Mr. Potato Head. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It was Mr. Potato Head\u2014the father was Mr. Potato Head. The caption underneath said, \u201cNow, you can go out with my daughter.\u201d And Mr. Potato Head, the father, had ripped the arms off of the young man, who was standing in the door. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> But if I was Mr. Potato Head, I think I\u2019d take his arms off\u2014but then, put my eyes in the car with them [Laughter]\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Clearly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s a great idea. Joanna, we\u2019re all laughing about this and talking about how daddies can really develop a relationship with their daughters. There are some listeners, right now, who are single moms, raising daughters. They don\u2019t have a daddy to date their daughter. What can they do? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Well, I think you have to really just go on high alert and look around. You know, make sure you are a part of a supportive community where there are men that you can reach out to\u2014pray really hard that God raises up someone that has a heart for your child\u2014definitely. Or if your daughter has a really good friend, whose parents\u2019 household you can admire and trust, put yourself out there and ask if they\u2019ll involve themselves with what\u2019s going on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The key word is \u201ctrust.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And not necessarily everyone in the church\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014just because they go to church\u2014but there may be that special person\u2014who you really do know them well\u2014and it really can be a winning idea for your daughter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Yes, and I think\u2014just to add to that\u2014we, as dads, that are trying to do this\u2014many times, imperfectly\u2014but as we\u2019re trying to do this, keep our eyes open for how we can come alongside each other. When I listen to Greg and Dennis\u2014you talk about what you are doing with your daughters, as they were older, I\u2019m taking notes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>So, being supportive\u2014and even from a dad, who is trying to connect with his daughter as best he can\u2014to be mindful of those dads around there who may be \/ or those moms that maybe are looking for somebody to come alongside and encourage their kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Joanna, I grew up in an era where dads tended to be more disengaged from the kids\u2014tended to be providers and that was about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m just wondering if you have recollections of being dated by your dad\u2014if your dad was a dater\u2014if you have any fond memories of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> I do. We were in a unique situation because my dad went back to college when I was only six. So, he was probably around the house more doing homework while most dads would be off at the office or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the dates that made it into the book actually came from what my dad had done with me called \u201cCatch a Falling Star\u201d\u2014when I was little\u2014waking me up at about two in the morning, saying, \u201cHey, do you want to go to the meteor shower with me?\u201d We\u2019d drive out in the middle of nowhere and throw a blanket on the hood of our big, old station wagon\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> \u2014and just laid there, and looked at what was going on up in the sky. I\u2019ll never forget that\u2014really won\u2019t. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, and that\u2019s a great illustration of how an impromptu date like that\u2014again, it doesn\u2019t have to be Starbucks<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> or Froyo\u2014it can just be a spontaneous\u2014just a time to sit on the back porch, and just chat, and take a deep breath\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t--and not always, constantly having to be on the go and having to go somewhere to connect with one another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, I\u2019m going to give each of you the opportunity to share your favorite date with our audience because I think they need some ideas \/ some additional ideas of what this looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> I have plenty of favorites, but I think one that probably resonates with a lot of the folks is the one with Whitney, my daughter two. It was our very first daddy-daughter date. I had done one with my oldest, and this was\u2014it was time to go out with my second one at this time. I was really throwing my back into this one. It was a phone call\u2014I\u2019d call and ask them to go out with me and tell them what time I wanted to pick them up. Then, I would pull up to the front to pick them up. They\u2019d be decked out to the nines, and I\u2019d be in a suit. And I remember\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And she is how old? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> She was probably\u2014she was sub-ten\u2014so, probably, eight or nine, somewhere around in there. I pick her up in the car. I happen to know her favorite food was shrimp. She thought that was just the coolest invention that God had ever made\u2014and it\u2019s pretty cool. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I picked her up; and we went to a shrimp place\u2014got her some shrimp. Then, after we finished that, her big thing was book reading. She\u2019s just a reader\u2014she\u2019s a <em>huge<\/em> reader. I took her to Barnes &amp; Noble\u2014we went to the children\u2019s section. We just read books together, sipping hot cocoa, and just letting her read a page \/ then, I would read a page. Then, we\u2019d just find funny books. The short ones were the best ones. We had a great time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen we finished, and we were leaving that night, we got in the car. I was backing out of the parking space\u2014I\u2019ll never forget this. I put my hand\u2014you know\u2014how when you\u2019re backing out, you put your hand behind the head rest, and so you\u2019re sort of steering? I\u2019m looking over my shoulder, trying to make sure I\u2019m not hitting anybody. I catch her cheek, and she\u2019s crying. My first thought was: \u201cYou big dummy! What did you do?\u201d I thought: \u201cDid I say something? Did I step on her foot? I don\u2019t even really know what just happened.\u201d So, I waited until the appropriate moment, and I had my courage. I finally said, \u201cHoney, are you crying?\u201d She said, \u201cYes, Daddy.\u201d \u201cDid I say something? Did I do something?\u201d She just smiled; and she said, \u201cNo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll never forget it\u2014she said, \u201cDaddy, I just\u2014I\u2019ve never felt this special in my <em>whole<\/em> life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, then, I started crying. So, we were both crying. And we get home from the date\u2014we\u2019re both crying. It\u2019s not a good idea to come home from a date, crying. There are just some rules about dating. If you\u2019re crying, it\u2019s probably a bad idea. It was just one of those moments. It made me realize: \u201cI\u2019m on the right track with this thing\u2014whatever it is I\u2019m doing. If I\u2019ll just show up, take them\u2014one on one\u2014 and go do this thing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat Rob was saying is\u2014kids want to be known. The best way to do that is to give them a place to be known by presenting your two ears to them, closing the lips, and just letting them say what they say, and think what they think, and be who they are. It will be virtually impossible for a kid not to dig you if you just do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Rob? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Yes, I would say one of my favorites was with my youngest. I think she was about seven, at the time\u2014she\u2019s nine now. It was \u201cAll about You\u201d date. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a simple date\u2014but we just took a poster board at our home\u2014and we got a bunch of magazines. We cut stuff out all about her. I learned all about her favorite foods, her favorite places to go, where she would want to travel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd just doing that for an hour and putting\u2014having kind of this memory board of \u201cThis is Who I Am,\u201d\u2014she was on cloud nine because it was all focused on her. That was a very special date that I\u2019ll always remember. And I actually gave the book to a friend at work. He was going through it with his daughter. That was the first one he told me about. He said, \u201cIt seemed so simple, but I couldn\u2019t believe how excited my daughter was after that date.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Joanna, what stands out for you? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> What came to mind was the backyard camp out because you can\u2019t just enjoy\u2014during the date, the daughter gets to have so much fun helping set up the fire\u2014\u201cOh, Dad, let me play with matches!\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014and setting up the tent, and planning the food, and gathering all the games they are going to play out there in the dark with the flashlight. And then, Mom doesn\u2019t have to sleep out there\u2014which is a wonderful thing. [Laughter] So, they get this really fun outdoor experience with kind of unlimited, open-ended amount of time to spend with Dad until they fall asleep\u2014but really, a little bit out of the box from their normal routine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s cool \/ that\u2019s fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s just an example of what you guys have done for us in the books that you\u2019ve written, where you share some of what you\u2019ve used\u2014some of what you guys have done with your own daughters as you\u2019ve dated them. Let me just mention to our listeners, Dennis\u2014that we have copies of the book, <em>88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates<\/em>, by Rob and Joanna Teigen and the book, <em>Daddy Dates<\/em>, by Greg Wright. Both books are available in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. Go online to FamilyLifeToday.com, and you can order either or both of these books. Again, the website: FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call, toll-free, at 1-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201dF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d And you can order a copy of either or both of these books. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, the thing I want our listeners to hear is: \u201cThe purpose of these dates is to connect\u2014to connect Daddy\u2019s heart to his daughter\u2019s and his daughter\u2019s heart to his.\u201d And it\u2019s interesting\u2014it really does go against the flow of who we are, as dads, sometimes, if you are going to truly connect with your daughter because she is a woman and you are a man. They may not like to do the same thing you like to do\u2014but the point is: \u201cFight it through and go the extra mile to meet them there because, in the end, it\u2019ll be great.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I want to thank Rob\u2014you and Joanna\u2014for being with us and Greg, you too\u2014for just sharing your passion for helping dads and exhorting them to connect with their daughters because I think that\u2019s a worthy objective and goal of every dad\u2014that he needs to assume. Thanks for being on the broadcast. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Greg:<\/strong> Thanks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Rob:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joanna:<\/strong> Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We ought to say, \u201cThanks,\u201d too, to our Legacy Partners and the donors who make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible: \u201cThanks to you guys for your support of this ministry.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKeep in mind, during the month of February, we are asking God to raise up, in every state where <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is heard, an additional 20 families--that\u2019s 20 families per state. That\u2019s not a whole lot\u2014but you could be one of the 20 in your state, who step forward and say, \u201cWe\u2019d like to sign on, and become Legacy Partners, and help make sure that <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> continues strong on our local radio station.\u201d If you\u2019d like to find out more about becoming a Legacy Partner, or if you\u2019re ready to jump in and join us, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the button that says, \u201cDONATE.\u201d The information is there about becoming a Legacy Partner. Or call 1-800-\u201dF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY,\u201d and say: \u201cWe\u2019re on the team. We want to join you and become Legacy Partners.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy the way, we want to say, \u201cCongratulations!\u201d today to our friends, Lance and Christa Troyer, who live in Alliance, Ohio, right outside of Cleveland. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey are celebrating their 16<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary today\u201416 years of marriage. They listen to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> on WCRF out of Cleveland. We, of course, we are the \u201cProud Sponsor of Anniversaries,\u201d here at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We\u2019re celebrating our 40th anniversary as a ministry this year. Really, it\u2019s not about our anniversary. It\u2019s about all of the anniversaries that have happened, in part, because of how God has used the ministry of FamilyLife in the lives of so many couples. So \u201cCongratulations!\u201d to the Troyers as they celebrate number 16 today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have some ideas and some thoughts for all of you about how this year\u2019s anniversary for <em>you<\/em> could be your best anniversary ever. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and give us your anniversary date. We\u2019ll get in touch with you with some pre-anniversary ideas on how you can celebrate this year\u2014we have some thoughts for you about that. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and share your anniversary date with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd with that, we have to wrap things up for this week. Thanks for being with us. Hope you have a great weekend. Hope you and your family are able to worship together in church this weekend. I hope you can join us back on Monday when we\u2019re going to hear from our friend, Alistair Begg, talking about why marriage really is important. It\u2019s a great message that he shared recently at the FamilyLife <em>I Still Do<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> one-day event that we hosted a few months ago. We\u2019ll hear from Alistair Begg on Monday. Hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. Have a great weekend. We will see you back Monday for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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