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Growing up in this culture, without a father to help guide you, that just makes it incredibly difficult. Here\u2019s Harold Davis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>You look at all the negativity that they are exposed to\u2014I can\u2019t imagine being 15 years old and having a handheld device with access to the internet. I can\u2019t imagine; you know?\u2014all the negativity that they\u2019re drenched with. We have to get out there. It\u2019s a fight, and let\u2019s start drenching them with some positivity. \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 Thursday, April 27<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. What can we do in our communities to help young men, who are growing up without fathers, get pointed in the right direction?\u00a0 We\u2019re going to explore 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. You know, you stop, and you think about the issues that young people are facing today and the issues that moms and dads are facing\u2014because young people are acting out. A lot of times, we focus on what the acting out looks like; but we don\u2019t really dig below the surface and say: \u201cHow did we get there?\u00a0 How did this student get there?\u00a0 What are the seed issues that have blossomed into this kind of behavior?\u201d\u00a0 I think, when we can start to peel back and look at the roots of the problems, we can start to figure out how to bring some help and hope in those situations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I think we can, Bob. We have a guest, Dr. Harold Davis, who joins us again on the broadcast. Harold, welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Thank you, Dennis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Harold looks at young people today in our elementary schools, junior high, and high school; and he doesn\u2019t just see the faces. \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\tHe sees kids who come from families\u2014many of them broken families\u2014some of them non-existent families: absent fathers \/ absent mothers\u2014who are in need of adult teaching, mentoring,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014guidance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. They are in need of adult contact. One of the things I say, all the time, is, \u201cNothing is going to change until we talk to the boys\u201d; okay?\u00a0 We\u2019ve got to get out there and talk to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think about prize fighters, whether it\u2019s\u2014you know, Mohammed Ali just passed a few years ago; so there\u2019s been a lot of video about him on TV. One of the things that prize fighters do\u2014that\u2019s kind of unethical\u2014they\u2019ll do a low blow in a fight early in the round. Basically, even though they get penalized, the guy is really hurt\u2014he\u2019s not the same. Our enemy does the same thing with kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy classic is that, for me\u2014of course, I\u2019m sure that everybody has one of these stories\u2014but, for me, I started school the first year of integration in Charleston, West Virginia. \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\tI remember a white kid hit me in the nose. I went to the teacher and I said, \u201cHe hit me in the nose!\u201d\u00a0 The teacher told me, \u201cShut up, and get in line!\u201d\u00a0 And in kindergarten, I determined that this thing called school was not for me; you know?\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll come, because my mom makes me come. I like recess \/ I like lunch; but I\u2019m not participating.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tReally, I had turned off to school in <em>kindergarten<\/em>. I went through my whole elementary years not really doing anything \/ middle school not really doing anything. I was very fortunate to get in the band, which sustained me in school. High school\u2014really didn\u2019t do anything\u2014I never studied \/ I never did anything. I came out of high school and had a choice\u2014Vietnam or college\u2014not hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>It\u2019s not difficult. So, I went to college, and I never studied in college. I never studied, but I had a problem with Math 103. I took it as a freshman \/ got lost\u2014took it as a junior \/ got lost. And as a senior, I had to have it to pass. Out of desperation\u2014total and complete desperation\u2014I did something I\u2019d never really done before\u2014I studied. \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\tI studied!\u00a0 Teacher said: \u201cRead Chapter 1. Do the questions at the end of the chapter,\u201d\u2014I did it. To my utter surprise, I got a high \u201cC\u201d out of that class; and I could have gotten a \u201cB,\u201d had my attitude been a little different. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy point is\u2014how the enemy got me in kindergarten messed me up all those years. I didn\u2019t even realize that I was messed up until I was a senior in college. I encounter children all the time, whom the enemy has gotten a blow in; and they are struggling with something. I was taking some information on a little boy\u2014third grade\u2014he\u2019s getting into the mentoring program. I said\u2014we normally get the race of the boy just to keep the data and everything\u2014I asked the boy, \u201cWhat\u2019s your race?\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cMy momma\u2019s black; my daddy\u2019s white.\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know!\u201d\u00a0 [Laughter] I said, \u201cWell, we\u2019ve probably got some issues here that he has to work through.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKids have issues. They are bringing all types of issues to the schools. One thing I do know\u2014the schools aren\u2019t prepared to deal with them all. And so, it\u2019s about mobilizing adults into the schools to spend a little time with these children and see if we can help them sort some things out.\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\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You said something I want to double back on; because I know you\u2019ve developed material for both leadership development with young men, but also, leadership development with young women; but you said, \u201cIf we want to make a change, we\u2019ve got to get to the boys first.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>We\u2019ve got to get to the boys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Explain what you mean by that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Well, the boys had drooping pants first; you know?\u00a0 Now, many girls have had drooping pants\u2014it\u2019s the same old thing. Girls want to please the boys; and sometimes, they follow in their behavior. That\u2019s very unfortunate when the boys\u2019 behavior is not acceptable. Those of us who have daughters have really fought through this thing and working hard to be close to our daughters to make sure that they are not emulating the world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You\u2019re saying that, if young men would step up and embrace maturity \/ if they would act with godly character\u2014the young women\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>\u2014would raise their standards. \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>\u2014would respond to that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Oh, yes. Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You actually wrote about this in a book called <em>Run<\/em>. \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 subtitled\u2014I love this\u2014<em>Soarin\u2019<\/em>\u2014as in flying\u2014<em>Not Saggin\u2019<\/em>\u2014\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>\u2014as in dropping your drawers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Yes; absolutely. It\u2019s totally unappealing\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In fact, tell our listeners what you did with some boys one time. Wasn\u2019t it you who\u2014they were wearing sagging pants.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>I was at a school in my city that I interact with\u2014with grown boys. I had on a suit that day. The boys came in with their pants down\u2014these are big guys; you know?\u2014it\u2019s just totally distasteful. Without going into detail\u2014we\u2019re in a small room about this size\u2014there were about six guys in there with their pants drooping. Without saying anything, I took my pants and I put them down below my gluteus; and I tightened up my belt. They began to roll around on the floor, laughing at me, because they thought it was hilarious. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014in your suit with your pants\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>\u2014in my suit with my pants drooping. I told them, \u201cHow do you think I feel when I look at you guys\u2014you big, grown men?\u201d\u2014you know. \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\tI just kind of laid them out, because it\u2019s very distasteful. Listen, this book, <em>Run: Soarin\u2019 Not Saggin\u2019<\/em>, is about excellence \/ it\u2019s about excellence: \u201cLet\u2019s run toward excellence.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I remember one time the wife and I were sitting in a restaurant. We were looking at the front door. There was a black gentleman going out the door and a woman was coming in. The gentleman opened the door; he tipped his hat; and he bowed his head to the woman and held the door as she came in. The wife and I reflected on how that just used to be the way things were done. \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>That was the way things were done. I want to write a book called <em>Black People Are Good People<\/em>. Somebody ought to tell the kids; you know what I mean?\u2014to get back to our character\u2014where we had such high character when our music was tasteful \/ good lyrics. When I was coming along, the song said [Partial lyrics from <em>The Way You Do the Things You Do <\/em>\/ Songwriters: William Jr. Robinson and Robert Rogers]. \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\tYou know, we had good lyrics!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>[Singing] \u201cWell, you could have been anything that you wanted to; I could tell\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Sing, Bob!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Don\u2019t encourage it, Harold! [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>I didn\u2019t know you had it in you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, it\u2019s there all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Well, you know, we have to raise the character of our culture. There are elements that want to take our character down to debauchery. We all have a fallen nature that, if we don\u2019t watch it, we\u2019ll feed that fallen nature. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t blame the young knuckleheads. I was a young knucklehead once, but I had people around me that challenged me to go higher. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to do. We\u2019ve got to challenge the young men to: \u201cLet\u2019s take it to a higher level\u2014to be a gentleman\u2014to do things that are decent and in order and aspire to higher things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis book, <em>Run<\/em>, is about higher things. And I wanted to say\u2014on page 77, it says: \u201cRun to education. Run to a reputation to be honest. Run to the skills that beat the police at their own game.\u201d\u00a0 \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou see, I tell the young people the police work for me. I don\u2019t\u2014I have no fear of the police\u2014they work for me. \u201cRun to everything of integrity. Run to obtain more skill sets.\u201d So many of our boys do not know the difference between a flat-head screwdriver and a Phillips-head screwdriver\u2014we have to teach them\u2014they need to be taught \/ they need to hang out with older men\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s the last one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>What\u2019s that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cRun to older men for guidance and assistance.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>There you go!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And that\u2019s really what we\u2019re doing on this broadcast. We\u2019re featuring you and your ministry, TALKS Mentoring, challenging our listeners\u2014to say: \u201cWould you be one of a thousand\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>\u2014\u201cwould you be one of a thousand, who would say: \u2018You know what?\u00a0 I\u2019d like to do something about the injustice in our culture; and I\u2019d like to do it by going near young people in elementary, junior high, high schools and begin to develop three young people for 30 minutes a week\u2014\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>\u2014\u201cin leadership \/ leadership development\u2019?\u201d\u00a0 That is what TALKS Mentoring is all about. \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>Harold: <\/strong>And there is a principle woven into the fabric of the universe that says: \u201cYou reap what you sow,\u201d and \u201cYou reap more than you sow,\u201d and \u201cYou reap after you sow.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDennis, I\u2019ve raised four children. It\u2019s been the most incredible thing to do it with the Lord. The Lord has so blessed our family. The wife and I\u2014all we do is help kids. She helps college ones \/ I help the other ones; and the Lord has so looked over our family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSome men say to me, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve got three kids of my own.\u201d I say to them: \u201cThat\u2019s the point. You get blessed by blessing somebody else\u2019s kids. Don\u2019t spend all of your time just raising your kids. Spend some time giving to others so that God can give back to you stuff that you could never do or arrange.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Be the uncle these young men don\u2019t have\u2014or the aunt\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<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014who can speak into these young ladies\u2019 lives. Tell them and explain to them that they shouldn\u2019t allow a boy or a young man to mistreat them and not treat them like a young lady and to take advantage of them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014but to understand what they should look for in a man before they start a relationship and move toward marriage.\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\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>They\u2019ve got to have the models. They\u2019ve got to have the knowledge. They have to have the support to keep them on the straight and narrow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And we were talking earlier about young people, who are growing up with deficits\u2014maybe, there\u2019s not a dad in the home \/ maybe, there\u2019s not a mom in the home\u2014maybe, there is a situation where both mom and dad are there; but they\u2019re hardly there, because they are working just to try to pay the bills. \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>This child is growing up without wisdom being poured into his or her life. We all know stories of young people who grow up\u2014and it wasn\u2019t a mom or a dad\u2014but it was a grandmother, or it was an uncle\u2014or maybe, we called him uncle; but he wasn\u2019t really related to us \/ somebody came along\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and said, \u201cI\u2019m going to help.\u201d\u00a0 \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>And that made an indelible mark on the life of that young person. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Yes; and we still have great people in our society. There are <em>great<\/em> people in our society\u2014<em>good<\/em> people who want to do good\u2014but they need to be made aware of the need. \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\tThat\u2019s what we\u2019re doing today. We\u2019re letting you know that you can go into an elementary school for 30 minutes, drop wisdom, and get out. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe TALKS Mentoring structure is designed to protect men from the normal pitfalls of mentoring, which is: you will not get another family; your finances will not be touched; and you don\u2019t have to deal with Jermaine\u2019s mother, who happens to be 31 years old, and you\u2019re in your 50s\u2014so none of that. We protect your integrity. You\u2019re with three children at the school together at the same time\u2014no evenings, no weekends, no financial expenditures. You go in and drop a little wisdom and get out. It only takes one person, who has no more sense than to think that they can make a difference. These people take the structure \/ the curriculum, and they run with it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was with a businessman up in the Northwest recently. It was interesting to hear him talk about how he was wondering if he was really making a difference. I think, across our country, there are, literally, millions of husbands and wives, moms and dads, singles\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<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014single parents, who would like to make a difference beyond their own home\/ beyond their own family and reach out to the community and touch these young people. You\u2019re actually giving them the tools\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>\u2014the tools. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and the messaging of what to say\u2014\u00a0 \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>\u2014like your curriculum \/ you\u2019ve got <em>Talks My Father Never Had with Me<\/em>. How many talks are in that curriculum that a man could have with three boys?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Well, there are 32 chapters, I believe; but that\u2019s not how it works. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor example, there are quotes in the public school section after each chapter. President Garfield said: \u201cTake off the strong curb of discipline and morality, and you will be an old man before your twenties are passed. Preserve these forces. Do not burn them out\u2026 in idleness or crime.\u201d\u00a0 Now, I recommend that they spend three weeks to a month on that one quote\u2014it\u2019s <em>packed<\/em>\u2014there\u2019s so much wisdom in that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvery chapter has six or seven quotes in it that further take the conversation in many different directions. \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\tWhat\u2019s going to happen, when you are mentoring your kids\u2014you will soon see where their hurts are. If you\u2019re a creative person, you can do little things to help them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things I did\u2014we try to stamp all of our children. One of my boys\u2014he just looked like a banker. When he was in middle school, I put my finger in his face; and I said, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be a banker,\u201d because I saw a banker in him. He had a banker\u2019s personality. Our children need that\u2014they need to be stamped, because so many of them don\u2019t have a father to follow. They need somebody to follow\u2014so we stamp them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And you\u2019re just talking about speaking words of belief. \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 you may be the only person, outside of a coach or a teacher\u2014that speaks into that young person\u2019s life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and gets into some of these conversations around life skills that they need to learn about. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>And let me say this again\u2014you look at all the negativity that they are exposed to\u2014I can\u2019t imagine being 15 years old and having a hand-held device with access to the internet. I can\u2019t imagine; you know?\u2014\u00a0 \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\u2014all the negativity that they are drenched with. We have to get out there. It\u2019s a fight, and let\u2019s start drenching them with some positivity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Harold, you mentioned earlier about the issues these kids bring with them into school. \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>I\u2019m thinking of all the <em>other<\/em> issues that are brought into these kids\u2019 lives by their peers. <br><br><strong>Harold: <\/strong>Oh, yes; absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I mean, we\u2019ve got all kinds of issues today around human sexuality, gender, morality. I mean, you talk about a setup for kids to be confused and, frankly, despairing of life. They desperately need someone to show them what a straight line looks like. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>They need a North Star. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had a college student come to me\u2014and again, my wife is the Director of the University of Illinois Black Chorus. She averages 90 students\u2014between 80 and 100 students\u2014in her choir every semester. It gives us a fertile ground for mentoring. One young boy came up to me; and he says: \u201cI\u2019ve never seen this before. You all actually like each other!\u201d\u2014you know, we\u2019re husband and wife. He said, \u201cYou actually like each other!\u201d \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\tPeople: \u201cThey need a North Star. They need a North Star.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd having rejected the Bible, many other worldviews are trying to vie for primary attention. I think that, as Christians, we need to work harder to get in there. Let me say this\u2014which you might have to cut\u2014but; \u201cYou know how you scare an evangelical Christian \/ do you know how to <em>scare<\/em> an evangelical Christian?\u201d\u00a0 Well, I\u2019m going to tell you\u2014all you have to do is say, \u201cChurch and State\u201d; and they\u2019ll go: \u201cOoh! Ooh! Ooh!\u201d\u00a0 The schools have scared us out of the schools, and we\u2019ve got to get back in there and just show the love of Jesus Christ. I call it the \u201cFrank People\u2019s Principle\u201d\u2014just showing the love of Jesus Christ is so powerful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And if we\u2019re going in to help develop leadership skills in young people, there\u2019s an open door for that; isn\u2019t there?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Oh, absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If we\u2019re going in and saying, \u201cI want to lead a backyard Bible club,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014the school\u2019s not going to say, \u201cYes,\u201d to that. They\u2019re going to be afraid there is going to be a lawsuit slapped on them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Yes. And our society wants all the benefits of Christianity without Christ;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right. \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<strong>Harold: <\/strong>\u2014but for me, that\u2019s impossible; because wherever I go, He goes. And He will\u2014when I leave, He\u2019s still going to be there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We can go in through the open door of leadership\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014and the aroma of Christ comes with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We started a club\u2014the name of the junior high and the high school were Robinson Junior High \/ Robinson High School\u2014and we started a club called RSVP. \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 was an outreach to bring the good news of Jesus Christ into the school, but it was done after hours. We bribed the kids to come with pizza\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>Hold on. Was RSVP\u2014Robinson School\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>RSVP: Robinson Student Venture Party\u2014and who doesn\u2019t want to come to a party?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Right!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>But we had relevant speakers. And you know what?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>What\u2019s that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That was back in the mid-1980s. \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>RSVP is still at that school today. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Oh, wonderful\u2014wonderful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Student led. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Wow!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Why?\u2014\u00a0 \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\t\u2014because students are looking for a place to belong to\u2014a place to find what\u2019s good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou just raised an issue, a moment ago\u2014I just want to camp on for a moment. There are a lot of these young people today in these schools who have never seen a married couple. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Now, I want our listeners to understand what I just said. I mean, they\u2019ve never seen a couple like Harold and Ollie in love with each other, who are married and been married for over\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>\u201437 years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014over 37 years. \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>So, how can they be expected that they\u2019re ever going to have one on their own if they\u2019ve never seen one?\u00a0 You may say: \u201cWait a second!\u00a0 That\u2019s from another planet!\u201d\u00a0 No, no, no\u2014that\u2019s in your city \/ in your community\u2014some of which are small communities \/ some are big. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut this is the breakdown of the family brought very close to young people, who are in your schools; and they need your help. That\u2019s why we are challenging them [listeners]. Give them your best challenge to become one of these leadership development men or women in the public schools.\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Well, I would like to challenge you that: \u201cIf you get involved\u2014and I\u2019m speaking from 20 years of experience of watching people do this\u2014you\u2019re going to get more from it than you give.\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ve never had a mentor that felt that he gave more than he received. The benefits will extrapolate out into your family\u2014it\u2019ll just affect everything. It\u2019s <em>impossible<\/em> to give in the Lord\u2019s name and for His glory and not receive more than you give. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We have on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, links to some videos you\u2019ve put together \/ some information for folks, who are listening and just saying, \u201cYou know, maybe, this is something I could do.\u201d\u00a0 Maybe, it\u2019s folks who have retired and they\u2019ve got a little more time on their hands than they used to have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And they don\u2019t know where to start, Bob. Harold\u2019s got a video for school administrators that helps them understand this is sane\u2014it makes sense \/ it is wisdom. It\u2019s not proselytizing these young people. \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 a workable program that\u2019s being used in dozens of places around the country; and it\u2019ll equip you to be able to do it, as a parent. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Harold: <\/strong>Absolutely. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Go to our website at FamilyLifeToday.com. There\u2019s a link to the TALKS Mentoring Leadership Program website. There, you will find all that Harold created for mentoring young men \/ mentoring young women\u2014elementary age, middle school, junior high, senior high. There\u2019s material available \/ curriculum available. Wherever your passion is\u2014and if, maybe, there is an elementary school near you; maybe, there\u2019s a high school near you; or maybe, it\u2019s all the way across town\u2014but you\u2019d like to get involved and help some young people gain wisdom\u2014we\u2019ve got the material for you at the TALKS Mentoring Leadership Program website. You\u2019ll find that when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link we\u2019ve provided there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Then, I also want to mention\u2014\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\t\u2014we\u2019ve got a video series that we put together a few years back\u2014it\u2019s the <em>Stepping Up<\/em><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> video series for men. What we\u2019ve found is that a lot of dads have decided to get together with other dads and go through this material with their teenage sons. Summertime is a particularly good time of year to do that; because the calendar is a little lighter, and you can pick a Tuesday evening\u2014or whatever works for you guys in the summer\u2014get together once a week over at somebody\u2019s house \/ have some food, watch the video, have a conversation. The reports we\u2019ve gotten back from the dads who have done this is that it has fueled some really <em>great<\/em> conversations between fathers and sons\u2014some transparency \/ some great bonding relationships that have formed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019d just encourage you, as a dad\u2014if you\u2019ve got a 16- or a 17- or an 18-year-old son, who is going to be home this summer, why don\u2019t you talk to him about getting four or five of his buddies and their dads to come over once a week and go through the <em>Stepping Up<\/em> video series this summer? \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can find out more about the <em>Stepping Up<\/em> series, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or if you have any questions about anything we\u2019ve talked about here today, give us a call\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\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, you think about the magnitude of all we\u2019ve talked about today and, sometimes, we can look at what\u2019s going on all across the country and say, \u201cHow can one person make any difference?\u201d\u00a0 And the reality is one person can make a difference in the life one, or two, or three, or five young men. If enough people are doing that, that\u2019s how change happens\u2014one community, one home, one family at a time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHere, at FamilyLife, we\u2019re committed to providing the practical biblical help and hope that marriages and families need so that, first of all, your marriage and family can\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\u2014not only survive, but thrive\u2014and then, beyond that, you can help other marriages, and families, and people in your community grow in their relationships with God and with each other. We appreciate those of you who are partners with us in this endeavor. As you contribute to the work of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, you\u2019re making it possible for us to reach more people all around the world with God\u2019s blueprints for marriage and family. And we\u2019re seeing those numbers grow every year as people are connecting with us, online, or listening to this radio program in all parts of the world, or utilizing our resources and having them translated in other countries. It really is amazing how God is at work through this ministry, and you make that happen through your contribution to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s easy to contribute, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to contribute over the phone. Some of you, I know, prefer to mail your donations to us, and that\u2019s fine. \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\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOur mailing address is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. 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