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You haven\u2019t quit parenting; <em>have<\/em> <em>you<\/em>?\u00a0 Here\u2019s Dr. Meg Meeker.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>The trend I see in parents, over the past 15 years, is that daughters\u2014during their teen years, parents think, \u201cWell, you know, she\u2019s grown up, she\u2019s mature, she\u2019s responsible, and she\u2019s a good kid.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs kids get older \/ as daughters get older, one of the things that we, parents\u2014and particularly dads\u2014forget is that daughters still need those rules and the fences. They will test you on that, and we know that. They need taller fences that don\u2019t cover as much area\u2014fewer rules\u2014but those rules are big, they must stick, and they are non-negotiable. \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 Tuesday, March 15<sup>th<\/sup>. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. The way we parent will change as our children become teenagers, but we can\u2019t hang up the \u201cGoneFishing\u201d sign and just unplug. Stay with us. \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 on the Tuesday edition. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, you\u2019ve, undoubtedly, had some fun with your daughters as you raised a pair of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, sure; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>What would you say are some\u2014well, a couple\u2014of your favorite memories with you and your daughters?\u00a0 I know you have to have some\u2014I mean you\u2019ve shared too many of them with me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve probably\u2014as you bring that up, I\u2019m thinking about the times we\u2019d get the video camera out. I would video tape\u2014and maybe, they\u2019re favorite memories because I still have them on video tape\u2014\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I can go back and watch some of these. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And you don\u2019t forget them that way! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. I haven\u2019t forgotten them over the years, but\u2014no\u2014I enjoyed seeing my daughters thrive in whatever environment they were in. I remember when Amy was in high school. She decided that she wanted to be in the play, <em>Little Women<\/em>, at school. So, Amy was Amy in <em>Little<\/em> <em>Women<\/em>. It was just a <em>joy<\/em> to go and watch her. Then, they did <em>Father of the Bride<\/em>\u2014she was the bride. Now, it was not such a joy to see my 15-year-old daughter\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014be the bride?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes\u2014wearing a wedding gown. I\u2019m going, \u201cNo, no, no. This\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cThis is way too soon\u201d?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. So, it was things like that\u2014or seeing my daughter, Katie, excel. She loved being a counselor at summer camp. In fact, I remember one of the great memories Mary Ann and I have\u2014we drove up to pick up Katie at summer camp\u2014this was when she was still a camper, before she had become a counselor. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe arrive at the camp, and we pull up. The counselor meets us and, \u201cYou\u2019re Katie\u2019s mom and dad?\u201d\u00a0 We said, \u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cKatie is such a <em>wonderful<\/em> <em>girl<\/em>. Oh, she\u2019s been the <em>best<\/em> camper this week.\u201d\u00a0 MaryAnn and I are thinking: \u201cNo, no; our daughter is Katie <em>Lepine<\/em>. You must be thinking of a different Katie.\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter] Honest to goodness\u2014we\u2019re looking at each other, going, \u201cCould they be talking about our Katie?\u201d\u00a0 Then, she gets the honor camper award\u2014she is the camper out of all of the kids. We\u2019re going, \u201cWell, then, could we just move up here and have her be the honor camper at home?\u201d because, you know\u2014it was a disconnect from what we were used to in the teen years there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes. It really illustrates what we are talking about today\u2014a strong daughter. Katie\u2014I know Katie and Amy too\u2014both are strong daughters. I\u2019ve got four of them as well. We have the author of <em>Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters. <\/em>It\u2019s talking about the power of a father in a daughter\u2019s life. And Dr. Meg Meeker joins us again on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Meg, welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg:<\/strong> Well, thank you Dennis\u2014great to be here!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This book is just chock full of all kinds of practical pointers that really cheer fathers on in terms of what they need to be doing <em>best<\/em> with their daughters. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things you teach in your book is the need for fathers to provide fences\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014for your daughters?\u00a0 Explain what you mean by fences.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg:<\/strong> Really, fences are boundaries\u2014they\u2019re rules. I try to describe to parents that: \u201cWhen your child is little, you need a fence that is short but that covers a lot of territory. As kids get older \/ as daughters get older, one of the things that we, parents\u2014and particularly dads\u2014forget is that daughters still need those rules and the fences. They will test you on that, and we know that. They need taller fences that don\u2019t cover as much area\u2014fewer rules\u2014but those rules are big, and they must stick, and they are non-negotiable. Curfews are one. Dating rules are another big one in our house. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMany times, the trend I see in parents, over the past 15 years, is that daughters\u2014during their teen years, parents think, \u201cWell, you know, she\u2019s grown up, she\u2019s mature, she\u2019s responsible, and she\u2019s a good kid.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And she\u2019s pushing back against the rules. So they begin to do what?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>They just tend to sort of back off.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg:<\/strong> They shrug their shoulders and back off\u2014particularly dad \/ particularly dad. Mom is tired because she\u2019s been sort of implementing these rules year, after year, after year. She\u2019s getting kind of tired\u2014throws up her hands. Dad says, \u201cWell, I\u2019m not exactly sure what to do,\u201d\u2014so he backs off.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>He doesn\u2019t want the emotional pain of trying to keep the rules in place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Exactly; exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, these teenage girls can punish you for that. Your father stepped into your life when you were dating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>He did not mind the emotional pain; did he?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>No, I don\u2019t know that he really felt it. He was just very cut-and-dry about it; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But you turned it up on him; didn\u2019t you?\u00a0 [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg:<\/strong> Yes; I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u00a0And he actually turned some emotional pain back on the young man who took you out too; didn\u2019t he?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes; he did. That\u2014I was beyond the teen years then. I was in college.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, really?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>I was in college. So, I\u2014\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\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Tell our listeners the story of what happened.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Okay. I had gone out on a date with a fellow that my dad didn\u2019t know very well; but he wasn\u2019t\u2014what he did know, he didn\u2019t like. Now, my dad didn\u2019t have to <em>say<\/em> that\u2014I could see it in his face that he didn\u2019t like it. So, the gentleman came over and picked me up. I had gone to an all-women\u2019s college. I wasn\u2019t dating a whole lot, but my dad just kind of knew something smelled kind of funny.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI got home very late, and my dad was waiting up. That gentleman dropped me off.\u00a0\u00a0 My dad ran out and just said to him that he was\u2014in no uncertain terms\u2014not allowed back near our home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because he brought you home late?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Because he brought me home late and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Now, wait!\u00a0 You were a college student?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes, I was a college student; but here\u2019s what my parents said\u2014and we do this with our college students\u2014and that is: \u201cThis is our home. Now, I know\u201d\u2014and we say this to our kids \/ this is what my dad said to me\u2014\u201cI know you\u2019re off at college doing whatever you want to do. You\u2019re there \/ you\u2019re responsible; but when you come home, it\u2019s our rules because it\u2019s still our home. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cSo, you don\u2019t go out and float until three in the morning just because you may at college. You don\u2019t do that when you are at our home.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s what my dad let me know\u2014that, still, when I came into the home, I was back under his wing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd I will tell you\u2014I learned about the gentleman who took me out that night\u2014that, sure enough, he really was a bad egg. I couldn\u2019t see it; but my dad could sense it, early on, when he first met the guy. He really literally ran him out of the house and that was that. I was humiliated, and I was furious with my dad, and felt like I wanted to run away from home\u2014and I was 20 years old\u2014but still, I realized\u00a0 my dad was much smarter than I at that time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes, he actually yelled at your dad; and your dad yelled back at him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes; he did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But you felt\u2014bottom line of bottom lines\u2014as a woman, even though you were ticked off,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and embarrassed, and full of shame at that point, you felt protected\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Very protected.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and special as a young lady.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When did you feel protected because, at the time, you just felt mad? \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow old did you have to get to\u2014to look back and go\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>I was really protected; yes. I was so furious; and I was so <em>convinced<\/em>, as a young woman at a women\u2019s college in the 1970\u2019s, that I knew far better about who I dated\u2014the character of people I dated\u2014than my father did. But it really was\u2014it was probably within months, I believe, when I learned about some of the antics that this fellow had pulled, unbeknownst to me\u2014that the sort of sixth sense that my dad had \/ that he was a really bad egg and my dad got into a confrontation\u2014but I was sort of feeling like I was falling in love and glossing everything over, but my dad saw right through it. And so, when I learned that this gentleman was kind of a bad egg, that\u2019s when I really realized I was protected. My dad was right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned earlier this week that\u2014and this has become one of those practices that\u2019s become a part of the culture\u2014after the prom, everybody goes over to somebody\u2019s house; and they just have a sleepover.\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\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Boys and girls.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Boys and girls.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And the girls are upstairs and the boys are downstairs, maybe; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s not the way it works.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Really?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Mom and Dad are there, and it\u2019s just couples cuddling up. Is that what\u2019s going on?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and maybe, Mom and Dad may not be there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u00a0I mean, it\u2019s a pretty loose situation.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>I will say this happens to Christian families \/ non-Christian families. It\u2019s just the trend; and that is\u2014the expectation is, again: \u201cAfter prom, our kids are going to do things that are out of control. They\u2019re going to drink \/ they may drive\u2014we need to keep them safe. So, we\u2019ll bring them to our home, take the car keys from them, and then, they can have their party here.\u201d\u00a0 It really turns into a sleepover\u2014a coed sleepover. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI and my husband always told our kids that: \u201cReally, nothing good happens after midnight. You can have all your fun before midnight. Nothing good happens\u2014there is <em>no<\/em> reason you don\u2019t need to be at home in your bed. I don\u2019t care how old you are\u2014until one in the morning\u2014at least by one in the morning.\u201d\u00a0 \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut this is the trend; and again, this is where we have sold out with our kids, as parents, because we go: \u201cOh, yes. Well, if that\u2019s what all the other parents are doing.\u201d We feel the peer pressure. So, we jump on the bandwagon and let our kids go and do that also. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think it\u2019s a very <em>bad<\/em> <em>message<\/em> to our kids: \u201c\u2019A\u2019: We expect you to be out-of-control. So, we\u2019re going to keep you safe.\u201d\u00a0 Why don\u2019t we just expect them <em>not<\/em> to be out of control, and to get in the car, not drunk, and drive home? and \u201cIf you made a mistake and you did drink, here\u2019s the phone number. I will be happy to come pick you up, no questions asked, and get you back in your bed.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut really, what happens at a lot of these parties is\u2014the parents say: \u201cWe will be there, and we will be up\u201d\u2014but they\u2019re not. They go to sleep; and then, some parents think, \u201cWell, you know, my kids are good kids,\u201d\u2014I hear this all the time\u2014\u201cThey go to youth group. They\u2019re good kids. They\u2019re not going to get into trouble.\u201d\u00a0 Studies show that Christian kids have about the same sexual activity rate as non-Christian kids. So, we can\u2019t have our blind folders on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And in all these matters, Dad needs to step in there and provide the leadership. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe needs to be strongly-engaged and involved. I want you to comment for just a moment about the importance of fathers dealing with the issue of modesty.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This was a big <em>deal<\/em> in our home. I have to tell you, Meg\u2014I didn\u2019t feel like I was a winner here. I always felt like I was the bad guy. I\u2019d take our daughters on a date, and we\u2019d try to find clothes that were suitable. That was an assignment\u2014that was a few years ago. Now, the clothing is even skimpier. I mean, how do dads navigate these waters?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes. They need to follow their instincts, they need to be bold, and they need to not parent out of fear. Again, so many dads back down because they say: \u201cWell, this is what all the kids are doing, and I want you to fit in with your other friends. I don\u2019t want you to be called names. I don\u2019t want you to look like the prude in the class. So, I\u2019m going to relax here and just sort of let you wear what you want to wear to school, or to prom, or whatever.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tModesty is self-protective. It\u2019s a <em>wonderful<\/em> asset. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdults should have it. Children should have it because that\u2019s how we protect ourselves. But we\u2014particularly kids who go through sex-ed programs in public schools\u2014get a lot of that torn down because they are forced to hear and see a lot of things that they don\u2019t want to see and hear, particularly, as it relates to sex. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA girl\u2019s sexuality is in large part shaped by her relationship with her dad. Her dad needs to show her and teach her that her body is beautiful and that it should have boundaries placed around it: \u201cAnd here\u2019s <em>why<\/em> you should place boundaries. There are places on your body that should be not touched, and they\u2019re off-limits to anybody. Maybe, as you are older, Mom can see these or your sisters can; but certainly not me or your brothers. Your body is gorgeous. It\u2019s perfect \/ it\u2019s wonderful,\u201d\u2014make girls feel very good about their bodies. That\u2019s how you protect their modesty and encourage kids to wear appropriate clothes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur kids\u2014\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014it really wasn\u2019t an issue in high school because they had a dress code in their school, which was, \u201cNo skin from neck to knees.\u201d I could live with that\u2014it was great!\u00a0 So, it really wasn\u2019t much of a problem. The kids sort of bucked it at first; but then, as they got older, they really liked it. And now that they\u2019re out of college and out of the home, they see the value in that. They\u2019re very grateful for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wonder how girls\u2014who are 16-, 17-, 15-years-old\u2014allowed to go out of school, pass by their dad at the breakfast table in a shirt that\u2019s showing a tremendous amount of cleavage, their midriff is showing, they have a very short skirt on\u2014and then, they grow up to be mothers themselves. What will they think when they think, \u201cWhat was my Dad thinking to allow me to walk out of the house looking like that?\u201d\u00a0 They will think worse about themselves. They will look down on themselves. That\u2019s really how we allow our girl\u2019s modesty to not stay intact\u2014is by allowing the rules to be broken\u2014allowing them to go out of the house wearing things that are very, very inappropriate.\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is an interesting line for dads to know how to navigate because, on one hand, you are talking about affirming your daughter\u2019s beauty\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and affirming the need for her to be protected and to be covered up. Yet, at the same time, we don\u2019t want to dwell too much on physical appearance. In fact, one of the things you talk about is the whole phenomenon of eating disorders\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and the role that a father plays in that regard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Talk about that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Well, I feel strongly in encouraging and affirming a daughter\u2019s character. This is a great thing that dads can do. Rather than complimenting her on her grades or her athletic performance\u2014which are pretty easy\u2014or her music, and certainly on her looks, or her weight loss or weight gain\u2014which a lot of dads do\u2014big, big, big, no-no\u2014talk about the things that are very important to you in her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you look at how Paul opened all the epistles, he didn\u2019t say: \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cOh, it\u2019s so nice to be writing to you again. You look so good. Have you lost weight?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s how we greet people in our culture\u2014women do. I don\u2019t know if you guys do, but that\u2019s what women do. We are used to complimenting.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Here\u2019s how guys do it: \u201cHey. What\u2019s up?\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s how we greet each other; okay?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Well, we women go: \u201cYou look so great!\u00a0 Have you lost weight?\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s really one of my pet peeves because weight isn\u2019t important. We say it isn\u2019t important; and yet, we talk about it all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you believe your daughter\u2019s character is important, talk about that\u2014affirm that. Compliment her on her courage. Compliment her on her patience\u2014how compassionate she was \/ how she served somebody. Don\u2019t say: \u201cHuh? Are you losing weight?\u201d \/ \u201cHuh? Are you gaining weight?\u201d\u00a0 Even things like: \u201cOh, that dress looks so nice on you,\u201d or\u2014over and over \/ every once in a while is fine\u2014but if you say something about a daughter\u2019s weight or how she looks in a certain outfit, it\u2019s a no-win comment for you because what you say is not what she hears. \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<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe is hearing: \u201cOh, Dad likes the way I look. I better work harder at it to get his attention,\u201d or \u201cGee, Dad thinks I\u2019m fat. I better lose weight to make myself admired by him.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You have been a pediatrician now for over 20 years; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Talk about the increase you\u2019ve seen in eating disorders. I mean, has it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Oh, tremendous increase in bulimia nervosa as well as anorexia nervosa. Bulimia is where girls will overeat, and then, they will induce vomiting \/ or girls with anorexia, who will starve\u2014very complicated issues. But what we do know now is that the studies show that fathers are pivotal in affirming and encouraging a healthy self-esteem in a girl. The number one way to encourage a girl\u2019s self-esteem is to receive physical affection from her father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, are all girls who have a low self-esteem going to develop an eating disorder?\u00a0 No. \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\tBut girls with a low self-esteem, who are very conscientious \/ who tend towards being perfectionist\u2014these are the girls who want great grades, they want to be perfect athletes, they want everything perfect in their lives, and they want to be perfect for their moms and their dads\u2014these are the girls who will develop eating disorders because they feel that they need to do this to keep garnering attention and affirmation from Mom and Dad.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>To keep an image up that has approval attached to it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Exactly.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So, what a father needs to do is\u2014 he needs to affirm who they are and who they\u2019re becoming\u2014not just what they do and how they look.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>And ignore her weight\u2014exactly. <em>Ignore<\/em> her weight. And parents say, \u201cHow can you do that in this culture?\u201d\u00a0 Unless your child is seriously obese and needs to go on a diet for health reasons, ignore her physical appearance because that\u2019s where our culture is affirming thinness, and anorexia, and beauty in a way that is really <em>sickening<\/em>. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is a trend on the West Coast in the past couple of years that one of the gifts that was being given to teenage daughters, when they graduated high school, was breast augmentation surgery.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I heard about this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes. It\u2019s really, really sickening. We have become so superficial. So, here is a perfect way that we can counter this\u2014by talking about a girl\u2019s character and affirming that. If a dad does that, it really stacks the odds against her developing an eating disorder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I know of a dad who has a couple of daughters. Just one time he said\u2014he made a comment about weight, or weight gain, or weight loss\u2014and it was during the time that these young ladies were teenagers\u2014very insecure, trying to find out who they were. I mean, it was fascinating to watch them almost instantly begin to obsess around that one statement. \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\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Meg, you talk about how important it is for fathers to point their daughters in the direction of God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Unpack that a little bit for us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Meg: <\/strong>Sure. I write in there that, really, a daughter\u2019s first experience of male love is with her dad. I see so often, women \/ adult women\u2014who are mothers who have had a negative experience with their own father\u2014 shut down when it comes to prayer, to God, praying to Christ, to accepting Christ as their Savior because they want nothing to do with maleness. It\u2019s far too frightening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDad is the pivotal person in showing a daughter that maleness is good and maleness in God is acceptable. Now, this sounds like an over-simplification; but for many women, it\u2019s a real hang up. They don\u2019t want to have a deep, intimate relationship with a male figure\u2014even God, who is perfect \/ even Christ who died on the cross for them and is perfect. \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<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s very intimidating. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut a father has a perfect opportunity to model his intimate relationship with the Lord, in that: \u201cI am just man. He is God the Father, and He is perfect. First of all\u2014I, as your father, will make mistakes; but it\u2019s okay because God the Father is more perfect than I. I will mess up; but when I do, you can come with me to God the Father and He will help us with this.\u201d\u00a0 That will show her who God\u2019s character is, it will make her feel safe in approaching God, and it will make her feel good about maleness. That\u2019s something that\u2019s very much needed in families today\u2014 in girls who are very skeptical of male figures and close off when it comes to relating to God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Meg, I really like the way you\u2019ve encouraged dads\u2014just to step into the lives of their daughters, and not step back, or get pushed out and remain outside of their lives. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve cheered them on without putting them down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. I felt the same way as I read your book, <em>Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters<\/em>. This is designed to encourage us\u2014not to beat us up as dads. And I think you\u2019ve done a great job with that. We have copies of the book, <em>Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters<\/em>, in our <em>FamilyLife<\/em> <em>Today<\/em> Resource Center. If you\u2019re a dad and you\u2019ve got a daughter, you ought to have a copy of this book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd if you are a dad and you have a son\u2014or if you are a mom and you have a son\u2014you ought to get a copy of Dr. Meeker\u2019s book, <em>Boys Should Be Boys<\/em>. Both are available when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order from us online. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to order by phone\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 \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\tNow, if you live in or around Spartanburg, South Carolina, do you know what was happening a year ago today?\u00a0 Wes and Wendy Greer were getting married. The Greers are celebrating their one-year wedding anniversary today. \u201cCongratulations to the Greers!\u201d\u00a0 They listen to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and they recently went through our Oneness Prayer Challenge as a newlywed couple. We just want to congratulate them on their first wedding anniversary. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>FamilyLife is all about anniversaries. We exist to provide practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and your family so that next year\u2019s anniversary will be better than this year\u2019s, and the one after that is even better than the one before. We want you to have many happy anniversaries. In fact, we\u2019ve got some anniversary suggestions for you this year on how your celebration can be all-time. So, when you give us your anniversary date at FamilyLifeToday.com or when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY and give us your anniversary date\u2014\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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014let us know whether you\u2019d rather have text messages or emails\u2014we\u2019ll send you some anniversary suggestions, starting about a month before your anniversary and leading all the way up to the actual celebration. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me also say a word of thanks to those of you who make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible and have done so for 40 years\u2014those of you who are donors \/ supporters of this ministry\u2014some of you monthly Legacy Partners. We\u2019re grateful for all of you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd if you can help with a donation today, we have a thank-you gift we\u2019d like to send you called <em>Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family: Avoiding the 6 Dysfunctional Parenting Styles<\/em>. It\u2019s a book that is our gift to you when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com and make an online donation or when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014make a donation over the phone and request your copy of the book. Or you can mail your request for the book, along with your donation, to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \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\tNow, tomorrow, Jonathan McKee is going to join us. We\u2019re going to talk about \u201cTheTalk\u201d\u2014actually, about the talks that all of us, as parents, need to be having over and over again with our kids as they grow\u2014talking to them about their sexuality, and about the birds and the bees, and about all of the aspects of human sexuality\u2014 at an age-appropriate level, obviously. We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow. Hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\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. We\u2019ll see you back tomorrow 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. Help for today. 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