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Without fathers in their lives, these young men are getting their cues from the street and making poor choices.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-04-26.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When Dr. Harold Davis sits down to mentor elementary school-aged young men, there are certain things he wants to make sure they internalize as they begin the mentoring process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> We have thesis statements. The boy\u2019s thesis statement says that every boy needs a man in his face, challenging him with wisdom regarding critical issues and decisions in his life. Every boy needs a man who will firmly, and unflinchingly, and lovingly correct him with wisdom when he\u2019s made a bad decision. Our prisons are full of young men who had no one to get in their face, telling them that they were wrong, and then provide them with a solution. Boys memorize that in the <em>third<\/em> grade. And yes; they can.\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 Wednesday; April 26<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 Where do you start and what\u2019s the process to follow if you want to help a young boy become a young man? We\u2019re going to talk with Harold Davis about that today. Stay with 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\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I think all we have to do is kind of look around at\u2014whether it\u2019s headlines or even the community you live in\u2014it doesn\u2019t\u2019 take long to recognize that, when the family structure is not what God designed it to be, the cracks in the foundation of a society start to show up; don\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And the cracks get wider; and if they aren\u2019t addressed, Bob, they will completely cause a society to implode.\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>Dennis: <\/strong>I think we are in very dangerous territory today because of the breakdown of the family in <em>all<\/em> segments of society. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve got a friend with us today. There are those that\u2014Bob, you and I have on the broadcast here\u2014a kindred spirit. Then, there are those who are kindred spirits squared. [Laughter] \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\tDr. Harold Davis joins us, <em>again<\/em>, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Welcome back after <em>19 years<\/em>! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> It\u2019s been a minute, and it certainly is a pleasure to be back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is good to have you back. I doubt if any of our listeners, listening right now, will remember\u2014but there may be some who will remember Harold Davis. He is the head of TALKS Mentoring and has given leadership to that all the way back to the mid-\u201890s. He and his wife Ollie have four children. He works at Grace Fellowship Church in Champagne, Illinois.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I just think that guys like Harold are heroes, Bob; because they\u2019re doing the work at the grassroots, where it really matters. I think, Harold, what you are doing here in the mentoring program is desperately needed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You saw the issue that we are talking about here\u2014the breakdown of the family\u2014the fact that young people are growing up without a lot of guidance and direction from moms and dads. \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\tYou said, \u201cWe have to do something about this.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> \u201cWe have to do something about it.\u201d It started many years ago, but the need is even greater today than it was then. It bothers me a little bit that I would think we would be winning by now, but we\u2019re not. We\u2019re still in need of warriors to get up and get involved and use the power of God to change lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re doing on this broadcast. We\u2019re going to take you near, as a listener, what\u2019s taking place in boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 lives\u2014single moms \/ single dads\u2014where the family breaks up and the debris is all over the place. I want you to do that just right off the bat here, Harold. Take us into the epicenter of how this is happening; and introduce us to a boy or girl, who is really kind of a prototype of what we\u2019re talking about here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Well, that boy or girl could be in high school, they could be in the juvenile detention center, or they could be on the street. They are <em>without<\/em> guidance. \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\tIt terrifies me to think, right now in this day and age, what it would be like not to have the guidance of a father \/ not to have the <em>restraint<\/em> that a father provides. We all need restraints in our lives. We have young boys that are growing up without restraints \/ without the guidance, and the end result is many bad decisions. It behooves us to provide them with the wisdom that they need. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTALKS stands for T-A-L-K-S: Transferring a Little Knowledge Systematically. It\u2019s all about getting the wisdom from the older generation down to the younger generation. If you stop and think about it, that\u2019s been the way that all cultures have done it since any of us can look back and remember. We\u2019re not doing it today. Our children are learning from the wrong people. I remember, back in the day when we were young, we had our artists and our music people that we got down with and partied with; but we also had to go to church on Sunday\u2014\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\u2014we got the balance\u2014plus, we had the restraining forces of mom and dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and the barber.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> \u2014and everybody.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>As you walked down the street, you had people looking out for kids in the community.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> \u2014in the community. I was with two little boys in a middle school\u2014one was a little white boy \/ one was a little black boy. The little black boy said that he lives with his granny. He says: \u201cI live with my granny. This Friday, they\u2019re getting a babysitter and she\u2019s going to go to the club.\u201d They named the club, which is a strip club, and everybody in my city knows this. The little white boy said, \u201cMy auntie dances at the club.\u201d The little black boy said, \u201cWell, they don\u2019t wear any clothes when they dance at that club; do they?\u201d The little white boy said, \u201cWell, I think my auntie wears clothes.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am sitting here, listening to them talk and I said: \u201cGranny\u2019s going to the club \/ auntie\u2019s dancing in the club. Who\u2019s baking the cookies?!\u201d\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>Harold:<\/strong> I\u2019m telling you! So we\u2019ve got a situation. Now, it\u2019s not every family \/ it\u2019s not everybody; but the percentage is absolutely too high. \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\tI remember when I was in the projects, as a kid\u2014all the dads were there\u2014nine out of ten dads were there in the projects, as a kid. It\u2019s just the flip now, and many dads are not there. Those voids are going to affect our society\u2014the <em>whole<\/em> of society. It\u2019s not like it used to be. I remember, years ago, one of my neighbors said, \u201cI\u2019m moving a little further out to get away from the negativity.\u201d Well, negativity is everywhere\u2014it\u2019s on the internet\u2014it\u2019s coming in your home, and it\u2019s a battle for the minds. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI believe that the church that Jesus Christ died for is the only help. It\u2019s the only remedy for these problems that we\u2019re looking at. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Harold, you knew, as a dad, you had a responsibility with the kids who were growing up in your house. You needed to have talks with them and to transfer knowledge onto them. But there came a point, as you were raising your own kids, when you thought: \u201cI can\u2019t just stop with my kids. \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\u201cI\u2019ve got to do this with other kids, who aren\u2019t getting this kind of guidance.\u201d When did that dawn on you, and how did you begin to engage in that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Right; well, it dawned on me, maybe when they were in junior high school. I remember one day\u2014at the time, my wife was driving a Lincoln Continental; and I had an <em>old<\/em> Mercedes that was kind of my toy. We made a mistake, and we both showed up at the middle school to pick our kids up. She pulled up in a Lincoln Continental\u2014it wasn\u2019t spanking brand-new, but it was a big car \/ it was impressive. I showed up in my old Mercedes. The kids began to tease my children and tell them that: \u201cYou\u2019re rich! You guys are rich!\u201d They began to hate on them and give them a hard time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI saw that and I thought to myself, \u201cMy kids have got to function and matriculate in this environment with these children.\u201d I said, \u201cI need to go into the school and do what I can to let the children know me. I need to be around for my kids,\u201d you know. \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\tThe schools have changed, and they can be very\u2014they can be a threatening place. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So let\u2019s just put it in terms of what you\u2019re doing tomorrow morning here, after this broadcast today, you\u2019re hanging around.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Tomorrow morning, you\u2019re taking some of the\u2014I assume guys\u2014I don\u2019t know if there any girls on the list.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes; they\u2019re on the list too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; so they\u2019re going too. You\u2019re going to take them and do what?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re going to do a TALKS mentoring training in the morning. First of all, I haven\u2019t been here in a long time. This facility has grown\u2014you have a lot of people here. First thing I saw, when I pulled up was mentors\u2014it\u2019s a lot of mentors in this building! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are two elementary schools very close\u2014so a few people are going to get trained in the morning. We\u2019re going to run to the elementary school and introduce the principal to the program. We have great anecdotal data. Matter of fact, two PhDs have done their dissertations with TALKS and three masters degrees have done their dissertations with TALKS\u2014so we\u2019re going to go meet the principal. \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\tWe\u2019re going to tell her what we\u2019re going to do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay now. Hold on. You\u2019re just going to take half a dozen, maybe, parents with you. And you\u2019re going to walk right into the school tomorrow morning\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct; that\u2019s correct.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u20148:30 \/ 9:00 after school started.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes; we\u2019re going to introduce ourselves to the principal\u2014let her know we\u2019re going to mentor: \u201cWe have mentors for you.\u201d And again, TALKS mentoring is different. It\u2019s not like you sit down and say: \u201cHi, how are you doing? How\u2019s your day going?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have thesis statements. The boys\u2019 thesis statement says that every boy needs a man in his face, challenging him with wisdom regarding critical issues and decisions in his life. Every boy needs a man who will firmly and unflinchingly and lovingly correct him, with wisdom, when he\u2019s made a bad decision. Our prisons are full of young men who had no one to get in their face, telling them that they were wrong, and then provide them with a solution. Boys memorize that in the <em>third<\/em> grade. And yes; they <em>can<\/em>\u2014they have that capacity.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have high expectations of the children we mentor; okay? So they\u2019re memorizing many different things\u2014various quotes\u2014 \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\u2014all designed to give them a paradigm. See, you need a paradigm. If you stop and think about it, the Bible gives us a paradigm. Bob, I\u2019m not supposed to kill. Why?\u2014because the Bible says so. I\u2019m not supposed to steal. Dennis, that\u2019s a nice jacket you have on. I would really like it\u2014I would really like it, but I\u2019m not supposed to steal it. Because why? The Bible says\u2014the Bible puts us in a box\u2014it puts us in a paradigm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have a society that has <em>rejected<\/em> the Bible; so we go into the public schools and we give children paradigms through the quotes. The thesis statement teaches us to respect adults\u2014realize that, when they challenge you, they have your best interests at heart. We have all types of quotes that the children memorize\u2014we share wisdom. It\u2019s about giving the children a way to think and think about this. The memorization of wisdom is a prerequisite and a preparation for the memorization of Scripture. \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>Bob: <\/strong>There are some listeners who are hearing us talk about this and going: \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\u201cI think it would be great if moms and dads were at the local elementary or junior high saying, \u2018We\u2019d love to mentor three or four students\u2014take an hour a week\u2014take them through some of the material you have developed,\u201d which is a part of what makes it easy; because you\u2019ve got the topics, you\u2019ve got the outlines, you\u2019ve got videos that mentors and kids can watch together. But they are thinking, \u201cIf I go into my local elementary school and they find out I am a Christian, they\u2019re going to shut this down immediately.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Well, the Lord is good. I used to be an elementary school music specialist\u2014I taught elementary school music. I know where the lines are that you can\u2019t cross. The first book I wrote, <em>Talks My Father Never Had with Me<\/em>, was for the black church. It was filled with Scripture. I remember my neighbor was a middle school principal. I went to my mailbox\u2014he was at his mailbox. He said: \u201cI saw the book\u2014great book. But it\u2019s got too much God stuff in it. Can you fix it so that we can use it in school?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we did\u2014we have quotes from famous Americans. \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\tWe also have quotes from Peter the fisherman and Paul of Tarsus and other people. It\u2019s literature\u2014it\u2019s legal. We go in as citizens: \u201cThat\u2019s my school too. I pay taxes. That\u2019s my school too. I have a right to come in here. I\u2019m <em>not<\/em> preaching the Bible, but I am preaching the principles of the Bible, which everybody needs.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is not designed to be evangelistic\u2014at least, overtly or on the frontend. This is designed to be character formation\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014transference of wisdom, as you said. It\u2019s really about what makes a healthy society and a healthy culture, which the Bible clearly speaks to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I\u2019m looking at the subjects. I\u2019m looking at one of your books, which is called <em>Talking Through Transitions<\/em>. In here, you talk about subjects like excessive television viewing,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014refusing to do things because you don\u2019t understand, unaddressed anger,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014not being able to read, understanding the power of sex, and getting caught in the trap of drugs. These are things these kids are facing every day. \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\tYou\u2019re just saying, \u201cLet\u2019s talk about how we navigate these issues so you don\u2019t get caught in the trap.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Bob, here\u2019s another one. If you don\u2019t think this is relevant today\u2014Chapter Five?\u2014this is a talk\u2014a talk you have with the young person\u2014\u201cA Tendency Toward Violence...\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> A \u201cTendency Toward Violence.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It says: \u201c\u2026an Indication that You Are at Risk.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019re helping the child know how to cope with a culture that is putting them at risk!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And it\u2019s an adult doing that, which is what the child needs.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes; yes. I really got some issues. I have to be careful right now, because I am <em>not<\/em> in my pulpit; but\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>This is a pretty good pulpit.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes, it is; but it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You can let it go, Harold. You can let it go.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Okay. These are what I call smut TV. I am so embarrassed \/ I am so angry when I turn\u2014I don\u2019t watch it\u2014but every now and then I am in an environment where it is on and I have to watch it, like in my auto repair shop or somewhere. \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\tThe people who go on smut TV and share their personal problems with somebody\u2014who is exploiting them for the ratings\u2014that just galls me. I am on a personal campaign to get black people to turn their TV off. It\u2019s just bugging me to death.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe used to go to the pastor. The pastor would solve all your problems\u2014work it out with you\u2014if you needed to holler at each other in the pastor\u2019s office [Laughter]\u2014but now people don\u2019t have pastors, and they\u2019re taking their personal and private business on public TV. The reason I\u2019m saying this is\u2014I\u2019ve been in some homes where I\u2019ve seen the mother sitting and watching this, totally engrossed. I\u2019ve seen the children sitting down and watch it beside them. How are these kids going to have a decent relationship?\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>Harold:<\/strong> HOW?! Learning the way you deal is\u2014you always fight\u2014because they always fight on these TV shows. It\u2019s absolutely insane and degrading.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It normalizes disrespectful behavior, which [respectful behavior] every child must learn from their parents. If we don\u2019t teach it to them, where are they going to get 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>Harold:<\/strong> I\u2019m so excited. My church, Grace Fellowship Church\u2014we\u2019re just going out and getting people. Man, people are hungry. The Lord has gifted me with the ability to stop anybody and talk to them. I have that gift, because I have a secret weapon; and it\u2019s called the Holy Spirit.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> When I get up in the morning, I put Him on. He\u2019s the bumper as I go around and I bump into people \/ I talk to people. The first thing they detect from me is the Spirit of God, and it puts them at <em>ease<\/em>. I\u2019m inviting people to the church. We\u2019re getting\u2014I don\u2019t want anybody from anybody else\u2019s church\u2014we want totally non-churched people \/ people who come in, who know nothing. They are completely\u2014what do you say?\u2014wet behind the ears. We\u2019re building a church based on the hunger and the need that\u2019s out there. It\u2019s incredible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s really why you wrote the book, <em>Talking Through Transitions<\/em>,which was for a single mom\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014who is coaching her son through a number of dangerous issues in the culture. This is meant to equip her to be able to do that; or put it in the hands of another adult, who can take this book and put it in the hands of a single mom.\u00a0\u00a0 \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>Harold:<\/strong> Yes; sure. Well, it\u2019s specifically for black boys. There\u2019s a video that goes with it that has four successful black men discussing the pertinent chapters in the book. My favorite chapter is the one on father issues, where these four successful men, unscripted, begin to discuss their hurts and their pains. That father issue comes up, and we\u2019re almost at the point of tears and they talk about\u2014it\u2019s so incredible \/ it just blew me away. The Spirit of God just took over in the video session and just kind of blew me away\u2014that how people have daddy issues \/ people have daddy issues\u2014grown people have daddy issues. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI married a couple\u2014highly intelligent couple\u2014both of them were lawyers. We had extensive premarital counseling\u2014intense\/extensive premarital counseling. They got married\u2014beautiful wedding. Within three months, they were in crisis after the wedding. I got them together. I put on my black and white striped shirt with my whistle in my hand: \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\t\u201cYou sit over here \/ you sit over here. Let\u2019s talk.\u201d We began to talk and discovered that she had a father and three older brothers. All of her life, men have been telling her what to do. When she put on that ring, she felt trapped. All he had to say was, \u201cBaby, can you hand me that?\u201d\u2014she was like, \u201cDon\u2019t tell me what to do!\u201d She had never dealt with her issues\u2014her father issues \/ her scars. We have to show them and help them see it, because so many people have issues. They live and act out of those issues, not even realizing what the motivation is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>So what you\u2019re saying here, through your TALKS Mentoring Program, is\u2014you\u2019re saying that a mom \/ a dad can be powerful to walk into a school and get three young people using your content. They can begin to transmit this knowledge to these young people, and you\u2019re talking about the primacy of face to face. \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\tWe\u2019re also internet-inclined. 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And we\u2019re going to have conversations about\u2026\u201d and I\u2019ll list some of these things. I\u2019ve got your book. \u201cI want to take them through Dr. Harold Davis\u2019s book, <em>Talks My Father Never Had with Me<\/em>. I\u2019m going to take them through that material.\u201d The principal looks at it. Now, she doesn\u2019t know <em>me<\/em> from anybody. She probably doesn\u2019t know the students well enough to be able to think, \u201cWell who would be the right three boys?\u201d How does all of this come together?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Right. What we do\u2014and again, I taught elementary school\u2014I know the kids. \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\tWe ask for a high-performing child, a mid-performing child, and a low-performing child in the same group. Mix them up racially and everything\u2014just mix them up and get those three different levels in there\u2014so that\u2019s what we do. The teacher can point those children out. We send permission slips home for the kids. I also sent a DVD home for the parents to look at, or we could do a link. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tListen to this very carefully: \u201cIt\u2019s not a mentoring program \/ it\u2019s a leadership program.\u201d Mentoring is negative. We call it a leadership program. We tell Jerome: \u201cJerome, Miss Johnson says you have leadership potential. We\u2019re putting you in the leadership program.\u201d Jerome likes that \/Jerome\u2019s mother likes that. That\u2019s better than\u2014mentoring means\u2014you have it\u2014it has come to mean\u2014the children have taught me that they perceive it as the fact that \u201cI have a deficit.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, here\u2019s where I\u2019m hoping that our listeners, who have been hearing us talk about this and are thinking: \u201cThis is something I would have a heart to do. If I just had some help, I would <em>love<\/em> to be able to sit down with a group of elementary, or junior high, or senior high students and do this kind of leadership development with them.\u201d\u00a0 \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\tYou\u2019ve created the template for making that happen. If our listeners will come to our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, we will link them to your website for the TALKS Mentoring Leadership Program. They can get access to the curriculum you\u2019ve got \/ they can get access to the resources that are available. The website will give them what they need so that they could set up an appointment with the school principal and say: \u201cThis is something that I would like to begin doing with students here at your school. Is there a way to make this happen?\u201d\u00a0 Or this is something a church could adopt and make a church-wide program. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want to encourage listeners: \u201cCome to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link of the TALKS Mentoring Leadership Program website. \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\tLook at what Harold has created\u2014what he\u2019s got available that could get you started doing this with young men and with young women,\u201d because you\u2019ve got curriculum for young women; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com and find out what Harold\u2019s got available. See if this is something you could take the initiative to begin in your community. The website, again, is FamilyLifeToday.com.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me also mention, while you are there\u2014and Harold, I don\u2019t know if you\u2019re aware of this\u2014but we\u2019ve had a lot of dads, over the last couple of years, who have in the summer months decided to take their teenage sons through our <em>Stepping Up<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video curriculum as a mentoring \/ as a leadership program with them. The summer months give you some extended time \/ opportunity\u2014the course is ten-weeks long. There are ten sessions you go through. There\u2019s a workbook for everybody who is going through it. You get together and watch about a 30-minute video and then have some conversation. \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\tWhen this is done with dads and teenage sons together, there have been some special things happen for those parents. Let me just say to a dad, who might be listening: \u201cIf\u00a0 you\u2019ve got a son who is 16, or 17, or 18, why don\u2019t you plan a project this summer, where you and other dads get together with your son and their sons and go through the <em>Stepping Up<\/em> video series from FamilyLife? I think you\u2019ll find it\u2019s something that can be really helpful as you\u2019re raising your boys to adulthood.\u201d Find out more at FamilyLifeToday.com; or if you have any questions about any of this, call us\u20141-800-FL-TODAY is our number\u20141-800-358-6329. That\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, a quick word of thanks to the folks who made today\u2019s edition of <em>FamilyLifeToday<\/em> possible\u2014those of you who partner with us as Legacy Partners or those of you who are prompted, from time to time, to make a contribution to support this ministry\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\u2014we are grateful for your partnership with us. What you\u2019re doing is making it possible for what we\u2019re doing, here at FamilyLife, to be used by more people. There are more listeners, more people going to our website, more people using our resources all around the world thanks to your participation and your support of this ministry. We\u2019re grateful for the part you play in helping to accelerate our goal, which is to see every home become a godly home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019d like to make a donation in support of <em>FamilyLifeToday<\/em>, you can do that easily, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. You can make a donation over the phone or mail a donation to us at <em>FamilyLifeToday <\/em>at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. Ask about the prayer cards that we\u2019re giving away to those of you who are supporting the ministry this month. \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\tWe\u2019d love to send those prayer cards out to you to encourage you to pray for one another in your marriage and to pray more regularly for your children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can join us back tomorrow. Harold Davis is going to be here again. We\u2019re going to continue talking about what we can do in our community to help young men and young women grow up to maturity and grow in wisdom. We\u2019ll talk more about that tomorrow. I hope you can tune in 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'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time 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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