{"id":304530,"date":"2017-06-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/summer-reading-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2017-06-01T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:00:00","slug":"summer-reading-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/summer-reading-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane help capture the imagination of far-away places as they share their favorite reads and offer practical tips on how to engage young children as well as teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-06-01.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:27:18","filesize":"24.99M","filesize_raw":"26208571","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2891,2089],"tags":[6253,6256,6254,4961,6255],"podcast_series":[8212],"cwp_profile":[3052,3259],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-304530","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-making-memories","category-media-and-entertainment","tag-digital-media","tag-encouraging-children-to-read","tag-media-fast","tag-reading","tag-summer-reading","podcast_series-summer-reading-for-families","cwp_profile-barbara-rainey","cwp_profile-tracy-lane","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/304530\/summer-reading-for-kids","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/304530\/summer-reading-for-kids","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0GcEC3xlln\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/summer-reading-for-kids\/\">Summer Reading for Kids<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/summer-reading-for-kids\/embed\/#?secret=0GcEC3xlln\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Summer Reading for Kids&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"0GcEC3xlln\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Barbara Rainey says when she was raising her children\u2014that was a family highlight. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We sat on the couch. I was in the middle, and I had two kids on my right and two kids on my left. We read our way through all of those <em>Little House <\/em>books. I remember, I would read a chapter and the kids would go, \u201cCan we read another one?!\u201d I just\u2014that memory is one of my <em>favorites<\/em> of our time raising kids, because we were <em>all<\/em> participating in the same thing. It\u2019s a real treasure to me; and I think it was a treasure, at the time, to our kids, too; because we <em>all<\/em> participated in the same thing.\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, June 1<sup>st<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. As you\u2019re beginning to make plans for how you will spend the summer together, as a family, where is reading on that list? \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>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll talk more about it today. 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. I have a quiz to start our program today, and it\u2019s for you and for our guests. Do you want to introduce our guests?\u2014and then I\u2019ll get to the quiz here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; Tracy Lane joins us. Tracy works with Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which is a ministry of FamilyLife. She\u2019s been working with us, here, for five years\u2014working with Barbara. She has two children, ages five and three. She\u2019s our resident expert on the <em>younger<\/em> generation coming up. Tracy, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you. I\u2019m happy to be here with y\u2019all today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And my wife Barbara also joins us\u2014mom of six; actually, 12 now, because we\u2019ve grafted in a bunch\u2014[Laughter]\u2014through marriage.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Barbara, welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thank you, Bob.\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<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; here\u2019s how our quiz is going to work. It\u2019s open competition. I\u2019m going to read\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So this is competition?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is competition. We\u2019ll see who can get it first. I\u2019m going to read\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Do we have a buzzer? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Just buzz in with a \u201cBzzzz!\u201d when you know. [Laughter] I\u2019m going to read the first part of a book that I think everybody in the room has read before. I\u2019ll see how many words it takes before you can identify the book I\u2019m reading; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to start reading\u2014I\u2019m just going to read a line at a time. When you think you know, buzz in. Here we go: \u201cIn the great, green room\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Oooh! Me!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Was that a buzz? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> That was a buzz!\u2014\u201cBzzzz!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That was an \u201cOooh!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cBzzzz!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wait! Both of you are getting it? [Laughter] \u201cIn the great, green room\u201d\u2014you know the book I\u2019m talking about?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes: \u201c\u2026there was a telephone and a red balloon.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAnd a picture of the cow jumping over the moon.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201c\u2026over the moon\u201d; right! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> <em>Good Night, Moon!<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Well, it took you more than the first line!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I beat them! I beat them!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Nooo.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They had it on the first line. [Laughter]\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>Tracy:<\/strong> We have <em>three <\/em>copies of that in our house.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; we do too. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It has got to be <em>the <\/em>universal\u2014don\u2019t you think everybody in America has read <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em> by this point?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I hope they have. If they haven\u2019t, they\u2019re missing out on a lot. It was one of <em>my<\/em> favorite books to read to my kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> When I read it, I often wondered, \u201cWhy has this become an evergreen?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I know; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why did you love it so much?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I love the simplicity. I also love the fact that the little, tiny mouse moved every single page\u2014he\u2019s always in a different place. Each consecutive spread of the pages, it gets a little bit darker and a little bit darker so that, at the end, it\u2019s dark; and the bunny is asleep.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re not here to celebrate the virtues of <em>Good Night, Moon, <\/em>although we could do that. We could wax poetic on that for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But we\u2019re here to talk about the value \/ the importance\u2014the need for more reading going on at <em>your<\/em> house this summer; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Turn off the electronics, open a good book, and lead your children in reading some <em>great<\/em> literature. \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\tIf I have any passion about this, I have to say it was <em>grafted<\/em> into me through marriage more than 44 years ago by my bride, Barbara. This is <em>really<\/em> something that she feels strongly about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Were you read to, as a child, growing up?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I was. My mom read nursery rhymes, and she read a <em>lot<\/em> of books to us when we were little. I don\u2019t remember her reading to us once we learned to read on our own. I remember, however, when I was in elementary school and in junior high, walking to the library in the summer; because we lived in a small enough town I could walk in to the library and walk back home. I would come home with arm-loads of books, week after week after week. I would perch myself up on the carpeted stairs, leaning up against the wall with my knees bent. I would read, and read, and read. She would climb over me, going, \u201cI\u2019m coming down with laundry!\u201d And then, I had another place on a favorite chair that I would sit, with my legs hanging over the arm of a chair, and I would read, and read, and read. \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\tIt was just my happy place\u2014it was a way to imagine another world. I just <em>loved <\/em>reading. So when I had our kids, I couldn\u2019t wait to start reading to them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You sound like Belle from <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>; right?\u2014with her armful of books going home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTracy, were you read to, as a child?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; we were read to daily and nightly. That was something that my mom did all of the time with us. She <em>loved<\/em> to read, and she thought it was important for <em>us<\/em> to learn to read. Even from the time I was young\u2014I am the oldest girl of seven\u2014and so it was my job to read to the younger ones as they came along. That was a really sweet experience for me too. I loved reading so much that I got an English degree in college. What my mom did for us really influenced\u2014even my career today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And I would have to say: \u201cI think that people who are writers\u2014both of you are writers\u2014you don\u2019t start being a writer. You start being a reader before you\u2019re ever a writer.\u201d Anybody who\u2019s a good writer is a good reader; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think that\u2019s really true. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wouldn\u2019t have thought of that when I was reading books, as a child; because I had no ambitions, ever really, of being a writer; but I did love to read. When I read really good books, they inspire me to want to write; and to want to craft really well-written sentences; and communicate thoughts in interesting, creative ways. Reading does that for me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why do you think reading was such a big deal for you, as a child? Why did you <em>crave<\/em> it so much? Why weren\u2019t you watching TV?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I much preferred going off into the world of a book and imagining the scene, and the people, and what it all looked like. That was much more entertaining to me than something on the screen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And for you, Tracy?\u2014same thing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, TV is fine\u2014we watched some TV, growing up; but in reading a book, you get to create your own reality. In a TV show, it\u2019s created for you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> When you\u2019re turning the pages, you\u2019re wondering how it\u2019s going to end. You can make up some of that in your mind as you read. You can picture what those characters look like. \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\tThe book really allowed me to be imaginative and creative and be more a part of the story as it unfolded.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You have to wonder, today, with children growing up with so many entertainment options\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014so many screens.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; that you wonder if their imagination doesn\u2019t really have a chance to be cultivated and grown. I think it\u2019s really healthy to take the electronics away\u2014turn off the TV \/\u00a0 turn off all of the noise\u2014and just say to a child, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just sit and read a book together?\u201d or \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go to your room and enjoy a good book?\u201d Do you do that with your children?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; I do. I learned that from my mom. What she did with us was really great. We would have to read 30 minutes to earn a 30-minute TV or screen ticket. There weren\u2019t iPhones<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and all of that when I was growing up in the \u201880s; but 30 minutes of reading equaled 30 minutes of some type of electronic use.\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\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you wanted <em>Full House, <\/em>you were going to have to read for 30 minutes to watch <em>Full House.<\/em> [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Right! And I very much enjoyed <em>Full House<\/em>\u2014so I would read for that. [Laughter] <em>Saved by the Bell<\/em>\u2014I sure would turn in my reading tickets. [Laughter]\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>Tracy:<\/strong> But a lot of times, what happened was\u2014I would get too into reading and, by then, I didn\u2019t care about what was on TV.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I would like to suggest that both of you, as moms, make a list of the top ten books that you would read to children: maybe pick a few for young ones, under five \/ five and under; and then elementary-aged children; and then teenage and junior high. We\u2019ll put it on the website and point our listeners to a spot where they can get a summer reading list at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Tracy and I have been talking about that. We want to create some suggested reading lists for parents to use, because there are <em>so many<\/em> great books out there! I don\u2019t know them all. Tracy probably doesn\u2019t know them all. So we\u2019re going to combine several different friends that we know. \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\tWe\u2019re going to create some reading lists for kids who are five and under; for elementary kids; you know, middle schoolers; and high school kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and that\u2019s important; because there are some books out today that moms and dads need to be aware of. They may be very popular, but they may not be books that <em>you<\/em> want your kids to read; because there are some themes, particularly in what\u2019s called \u201cYA\u201d\u2014young adult literature\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014some themes that can be really dark\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014or really destructive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; so it helps to have a suggested list, because that way moms and dads can look at a list and say: \u201cHere\u2019s an alternative. Instead of reading that book, I want you to read this book.\u201d As Tracy\u2019s mom did, she created tickets; and the kids got rewards. We paid our kids for reading books in the summer. I don\u2019t remember how much. Do you?\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>Barbara:<\/strong> But we did. We rewarded them in some way. I remember paying them money, which meant a lot to them, to have extra spending money. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> To the point of literature being dark or inappropriate for kids, this means parents need to be involved, especially as the children check into grade school, junior high, and high school. \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\tYou need to pay attention to what they\u2019re being asked to read.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019ll never forget having a parent-teacher meeting. I think we took our son to the meeting. In a way, it was for the purpose of making sure we were appropriately kind to the teacher. We didn\u2019t go beat her up \/ we didn\u2019t go pull out our Bible and thump her on the head, but we had a very healthy conversation there. She ended up giving our son a different book to read.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> And I think that\u2019s really important; because it just illustrates that parents need to be engaged, and they need to be intentional. You don\u2019t have to read every book with your child; but I think it\u2019s important, if your child does get a book at school\u2014a lot of schools have summer reading lists for the school too\u2014you just need to look at what those are. If you\u2019re not sure what the content is, pick it up and read it yourself.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So one of my kids sent me a video the other day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Now your children are all adults.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re all adults. All of them are married, and four out of the five have kids. \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\tThis was our son, John, and his wife Katie. They sent me a video of their son, John, who was sitting on his Uncle Tim\u2019s lap\u2014Tim\u2019s not a real uncle \/ he\u2019s just kind of a pretend uncle. Uncle Tim was reading John a book, and John is just shy of his first birthday. Of course, I\u2019m watching this. I\u2019m watching my grandson, who can\u2019t understand a <em>thing<\/em> that Uncle Tim is saying, as he\u2019s reading this book. He\u2019s just kind of grabbing at the pages, and Uncle Tim is having to fight his way through it. You think, \u201cThis is cute, but is that really accomplishing anything?\u201d There\u2019s something really being accomplished, even with a one-year-old sitting on your lap and hearing your voice read a book!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, there\u2019s a lot that happens in that moment. You transfer security, because you\u2019re sitting with your child on your lap. You\u2019re teaching him to be still. You\u2019re teaching him or her to look at pictures and to pay attention to the rhythm, especially if it\u2019s a rhyme. \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\tKids love rhyming books, and I did too. So there\u2019s a <em>lot<\/em> to be gained from even those preschool, pre-reading opportunities to read to your kids, which is why we loved reading <em>Good Night, Moon. <\/em>The repetition of that\u2014the pictures in that book\u2014created a really great bond between me and our kids; and you, too, when you read it to our kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; the problem with <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em>, though\u2014they became so familiar with the book that, when it was a long day, and I arrived home\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> [Laughing] You wanted to skip pages!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wanted a picture book so I could skip a page or two and get to the \u201cGood night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Come on! <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em> has got maybe 50 words total! [Laughter] You couldn\u2019t hack 50 words?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m telling you!\u2014I was tired, Bob! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It had been a long day! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I was tired!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright; alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; you did like to skip pages occasionally.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I did! What about you, Tracy?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Thank you! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But I used to have fun doing that, because our kids do become so familiar with these books that I would change words. \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\tI would say, \u201cAnd then the caterpillar came in\u2026\u201d And they would say: \u201cNo! No, Dad!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cIt doesn\u2019t say \u2018caterpillar!\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s no caterpillar in this story!\u201d So I\u2019d have fun doing that. It is interesting\u2014I had one of my kids write me, not long ago, and said, \u201cI\u2019ve started reading <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> to our kids.\u201d This child said, \u201cEvery time I read it, I can hear you in my head, doing the character voices like you used to do at bedtime.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was\u2014at our house, that was bedtime. I read to the kids every night at bedtime. I figured, by that time of day, if Mary Ann hadn\u2019t had a break, that\u2019s when the break needed to happen. So, from the time Amy was probably two years old, until maybe she was 12 or 13, pretty much every night was a chapter of something \/ sometimes, two chapters of something. I now know <em>Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms. <\/em>I now know <em>Anne of Green Gables. <\/em>I now know all the <em>Little Women <\/em>and the <em>Little Men.<\/em> [Laughter] \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\tI\u2019ve been through all of those stories, in addition to things like <em>The Chronicles of Narnia <\/em>and the great books by George MacDonald\u2014the great fairytale books that he wrote as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I remember very well reading the <em>Little House on the Prairie <\/em>series to my kids when they were all elementary and maybe middle school ages. I have this mental picture, because we sat in the same place every afternoon\u2014and it was one summer. We sat on the couch. I was in the middle, and I had two kids on my right and two kids on my left; and we read our way through all of those <em>Little House <\/em>books. I remember\u2014I would read a chapter and the kids would go, \u201cCan we read another one?!\u201d And I would go: \u201cYes! Let\u2019s!\u201d because I liked it as much as they did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs long as the two youngest ones were still napping upstairs, we could read until they woke up. That memory is one of my <em>favorites<\/em> of our time raising kids, because we were <em>all<\/em> participating in the same thing. We were <em>all<\/em> experiencing the same emotions. I mean, I remember <em>crying<\/em> through those books together, and talking about why these things happened and how they felt. \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\tIt\u2019s a real treasure to me; and I think it was a treasure, at the time, to our kids, too; because we <em>all<\/em> participated in the same thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And the literature that you introduced them to\u2014there are some classics\u2014you mentioned George MacDonald; wasn\u2019t that the guy who wrote <em>The Princess and the Goblin<\/em>?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I remember reading that out loud. I was kind of where you were, Barbara\u2014I was going: \u201cThis is really clever.\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>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThis is <em>really<\/em> <em>amazing<\/em>\u2014how this guy thought this up.\u201d This guy\u2014wasn\u2019t he a mentor of C.S. Lewis? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He helped C.S. Lewis develop <em>his<\/em> imagination. You don\u2019t know, but you may be training the next C.S. Lewis or Beatrix Potter to speak to the next generation of children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s what\u2019s important about reading. It\u2019s about a lot more than just the reading. We\u2019re talking about the time together; and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve made it about in our home, especially since our kids are younger. That\u2019s the rhythm of our day\u2014when they go down for a nap, we read the books together \/ right before bedtime, we have three books.\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\tThey get to pick three books each time, and then say the same prayer. That\u2019s what they\u2019re used to\u2014you know, that\u2019s our family time. That sets their expectations. That\u2019s the time we all snuggle together on the bed\u2014we all four get in the same bed. That\u2019s what they look forward to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, I overlook that importance. If we miss it\u2014if I say, \u201cOne book tonight,\u201d\u2014\u201cOh, no! [Laughter] That is not right! It is <em>three <\/em>books.\u201d My husband works late some nights during his season\u2014he\u2019s a coach. If he\u2019s not there, it\u2019s not <em>right<\/em>. That\u2019s really neat to see our kids accept that time and look forward to that time so much. Of course, they love the stories; but it\u2019s about our family time together\u2014making that a priority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So if you were coaching a young mom with kids, anywhere from one-year-old up into the teen years\u2014summertime is here\u2014they\u2019re heading into these months, and they would like to make sure reading is a part of what goes on in the summer. With younger kids, what would you recommend?\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> One of the things I did is\u2014I always put books in my kids\u2019 beds when they went to bed, when they were still napping in the crib. Laura always went to bed with two or three books, and so did all of her older siblings when they were that age. They were familiar with books from the time they were little-bitty. They could sit up and look at those board books until I could come get them after they were awake. Start out letting them be around books. Let them have their own books. Let them turn their own pages, and become really familiar with the sensory experience of having a book and turning the pages. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would also say, on the other end of the spectrum, when you\u2019ve got teenagers\u2014I just want to challenge parents that it\u2019s <em>not<\/em> too late to read out loud to them. We tend to think that, once kids learn how to read on their own, that they can read on their own and we move on to the younger ones; or we just say: \u201cHere\u2019s a list of books. Go read on your own.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember very, very clearly\u2014another one of my favorite memories is reading to Laura and Deborah, our two youngest ones, when they were sophomores and juniors in high school. I read them <em>The Hiding Place <\/em>at night before bed. \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>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would read a chapter every night. I mean, they could have easily read the book on their own; but I climbed into bed, leaned against the headboard with them, and I read <em>The Hiding Place. <\/em>I have read the book myself three or four times before\u2014so it wasn\u2019t like it was a new book for me\u2014but it was an <em>important<\/em> book for me. It was one that had marked my life when I was in college. I didn\u2019t want to just <em>hand<\/em> that off to my kids and say, \u201cHere\u2019s a book you have to read.\u201d I wanted to experience it with them! I wanted them to talk to me about it and ask questions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo it really doesn\u2019t matter what ages your kids are\u2014whether they\u2019re little-bitty and they\u2019re still in the crib or whether they\u2019re teenagers and in high school\u2014I think reading together out loud\u2014sitting on the couch, sitting on the bed, on a bean bag \/ it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014I think reading out loud together and sharing the experience of a book is an invaluable experience that you can\u2019t get any other way with your family.\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> Okay; but I\u2019m just imagining the mom, who says to her 15-year-old, \u201cI\u2019d like for us to read a book together this summer\u201d; and the 15-year-old rolls her eyes\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Of course, they\u2019re going to roll their eyes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014like, \u201cOh, Mom!\u201d [Laughter] So the first night, the mom is there, reading. The 15-year-old is\u2014eyes closed about half of the time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re listening.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s okay!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re listening.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And at the end of the chapter, the teenager goes, \u201cCan I go now?\u201d and you say, \u201cYes.\u201d That mom\u2019s going to think, \u201cWe\u2019re not doing Chapter 2 tomorrow night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; but I think she needs to give it more than one night. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wouldn\u2019t let the teenager bluff you out at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No! And if it\u2019s a really good book like <em>The Hiding Place<\/em> or another book that\u2019s equally exciting, or gripping, or raises questions about God and why He allows bad things to happen like the Holocaust\u2014I mean, I just think those are <em>really<\/em> important conversations to have with your kids. A book is a <em>great<\/em> way to introduce that subject so that you can <em>talk<\/em> about those things, because your teenager is thinking about those questions anyway. \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\tIf you read a book together that addresses those questions, you may get some eye rolls for a few nights; but if the book is engaging enough, they\u2019re going to start to pay attention; and they\u2019ll start to go, \u201cOh, this isn\u2019t so bad.\u201d They might not say, \u201cThank you,\u201d but\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You brought your copy of <em>Honey for a Child\u2019s Heart<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014which you\u2019ve had forever and ever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; can\u2019t you tell?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And\u2014in fact, you brought two copies with you. Explain this book. We do have it available for our listeners\u2014explain why they should get a copy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Not the original. We don\u2019t have the original.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We don\u2019t have the original.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; we don\u2019t have the original. Yes; my original is pretty beat up and waterlogged from a few falls in the bathtub, probably. I <em>loved<\/em> this book when we were raising our kids; because, as I said earlier, I don\u2019t know all of the good books that are out there. I know the books that I read\u2014that I checked out of the library \/ I know the books that my mother read to me; but there were a lot of books that I missed when I was a kid, growing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wanted to read some new ones to my kids that I didn\u2019t get to read when I was a child. It was great fun for me to get this book and to get suggested titles. She talks a little bit about why she likes this [particular] book\u2014why it\u2019s good for kids to read it. \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\tThat\u2019s a part of why I enjoyed reading with my children as much as they did, because I was reading books that I\u2019d never read before either. We went on this journey together in reading books that I\u2019d never read before.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; I know you\u2019ve recommended this book, for years, to moms. Of course, we\u2019ve got it in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. Our listeners can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to get a copy of <em>Honey for a Child\u2019s Heart <\/em>by Gladys Hunt. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve written a whole series of books designed for parents and kids to read together \/ to read aloud, all designed to teach particular character qualities to your children. It\u2019s the <em>Growing Together <\/em>series: <em>Growing Together in Forgiveness; Growing Together in Courage; Growing Together in Truth. <\/em>Again, our listeners can find these books available in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. Go online to order at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-358-6329\u2014\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\u2014that\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\tThe point of all of this\u2014is find some good books \/ some good stories and read together this summer. If we can help point you to some great books and great stories, we\u2019d be happy to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want you to know, we are encouraged, here at FamilyLife, by some of the trends that we have been seeing as folks are relating to our ministry. We\u2019re seeing more and more people who are setting aside a weekend, joining us, attending a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaway. They\u2019re seeing the importance of investing in their marriage, and they\u2019re spending a weekend with us for the getaway. More people than ever are accessing articles and resources from us, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. There are more channels than ever \/ more ways than ever for folks to listen to this daily radio program\u2014a lot of people listening on their devices \/ through the internet, streaming and downloading our programs.\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\tWhat that tells us is that there is an increasing hunger for how to order your marriage and family around God\u2019s Word\u2014how to make it central to what your family is all about. That\u2019s our goal here\u2014we want to effectively develop godly marriages and families, because we believe godly marriages and families can change the world. And we\u2019re grateful to those of you who support this ministry, who make all that we do here possible. More than 60 percent of the revenue we need to operate the ministry comes from donations from folks like you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, after you have set aside funds that you want to give to your local church\u2014that ought to be your first giving priority\u2014if there are additional funds available to help support ministry work, we hope you\u2019ll consider supporting <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. It\u2019s easy to do. You can donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FLTODAY. \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\tOr you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; the zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk\u2014not about reading to your children\u2014but about the importance and the benefits of taking time, as a grownup, to do a little reading. We\u2019ll talk more with Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane tomorrow. I hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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; a Cru<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> ministry. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\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\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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Rainey and Tracy Lane help capture the imagination of far-away places as they share their favorite reads and offer practical tips on how to engage young children as well as teens.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2017-06-01.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Does your family ever turn off your gadgets \/ turn off the TV, sit down together, and listen as somebody reads from a book? Barbara Rainey says when she was raising her children\u2014that was a family highlight. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>We sat on the couch. I was in the middle, and I had two kids on my right and two kids on my left. We read our way through all of those <em>Little House <\/em>books. I remember, I would read a chapter and the kids would go, \u201cCan we read another one?!\u201d I just\u2014that memory is one of my <em>favorites<\/em> of our time raising kids, because we were <em>all<\/em> participating in the same thing. It\u2019s a real treasure to me; and I think it was a treasure, at the time, to our kids, too; because we <em>all<\/em> participated in the same thing.\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, June 1<sup>st<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. As you\u2019re beginning to make plans for how you will spend the summer together, as a family, where is reading on that list? \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>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll talk more about it today. 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. I have a quiz to start our program today, and it\u2019s for you and for our guests. Do you want to introduce our guests?\u2014and then I\u2019ll get to the quiz here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; Tracy Lane joins us. Tracy works with Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which is a ministry of FamilyLife. She\u2019s been working with us, here, for five years\u2014working with Barbara. She has two children, ages five and three. She\u2019s our resident expert on the <em>younger<\/em> generation coming up. Tracy, welcome to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Thank you. I\u2019m happy to be here with y\u2019all today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And my wife Barbara also joins us\u2014mom of six; actually, 12 now, because we\u2019ve grafted in a bunch\u2014[Laughter]\u2014through marriage.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Barbara, welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thank you, Bob.\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<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; here\u2019s how our quiz is going to work. It\u2019s open competition. I\u2019m going to read\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So this is competition?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is competition. We\u2019ll see who can get it first. I\u2019m going to read\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Do we have a buzzer? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Just buzz in with a \u201cBzzzz!\u201d when you know. [Laughter] I\u2019m going to read the first part of a book that I think everybody in the room has read before. I\u2019ll see how many words it takes before you can identify the book I\u2019m reading; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to start reading\u2014I\u2019m just going to read a line at a time. When you think you know, buzz in. Here we go: \u201cIn the great, green room\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Oooh! Me!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Was that a buzz? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> That was a buzz!\u2014\u201cBzzzz!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That was an \u201cOooh!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> \u201cBzzzz!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Wait! Both of you are getting it? [Laughter] \u201cIn the great, green room\u201d\u2014you know the book I\u2019m talking about?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes: \u201c\u2026there was a telephone and a red balloon.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cAnd a picture of the cow jumping over the moon.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201c\u2026over the moon\u201d; right! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> <em>Good Night, Moon!<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Well, it took you more than the first line!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I beat them! I beat them!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> No!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Nooo.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They had it on the first line. [Laughter]\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>Tracy:<\/strong> We have <em>three <\/em>copies of that in our house.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; we do too. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It has got to be <em>the <\/em>universal\u2014don\u2019t you think everybody in America has read <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em> by this point?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I hope they have. If they haven\u2019t, they\u2019re missing out on a lot. It was one of <em>my<\/em> favorite books to read to my kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> When I read it, I often wondered, \u201cWhy has this become an evergreen?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I know; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why did you love it so much?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I love the simplicity. I also love the fact that the little, tiny mouse moved every single page\u2014he\u2019s always in a different place. Each consecutive spread of the pages, it gets a little bit darker and a little bit darker so that, at the end, it\u2019s dark; and the bunny is asleep.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re not here to celebrate the virtues of <em>Good Night, Moon, <\/em>although we could do that. We could wax poetic on that for a while.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But we\u2019re here to talk about the value \/ the importance\u2014the need for more reading going on at <em>your<\/em> house this summer; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Turn off the electronics, open a good book, and lead your children in reading some <em>great<\/em> literature. \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\tIf I have any passion about this, I have to say it was <em>grafted<\/em> into me through marriage more than 44 years ago by my bride, Barbara. This is <em>really<\/em> something that she feels strongly about.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Were you read to, as a child, growing up?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I was. My mom read nursery rhymes, and she read a <em>lot<\/em> of books to us when we were little. I don\u2019t remember her reading to us once we learned to read on our own. I remember, however, when I was in elementary school and in junior high, walking to the library in the summer; because we lived in a small enough town I could walk in to the library and walk back home. I would come home with arm-loads of books, week after week after week. I would perch myself up on the carpeted stairs, leaning up against the wall with my knees bent. I would read, and read, and read. She would climb over me, going, \u201cI\u2019m coming down with laundry!\u201d And then, I had another place on a favorite chair that I would sit, with my legs hanging over the arm of a chair, and I would read, and read, and read. \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\tIt was just my happy place\u2014it was a way to imagine another world. I just <em>loved <\/em>reading. So when I had our kids, I couldn\u2019t wait to start reading to them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You sound like Belle from <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>; right?\u2014with her armful of books going home.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTracy, were you read to, as a child?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; we were read to daily and nightly. That was something that my mom did all of the time with us. She <em>loved<\/em> to read, and she thought it was important for <em>us<\/em> to learn to read. Even from the time I was young\u2014I am the oldest girl of seven\u2014and so it was my job to read to the younger ones as they came along. That was a really sweet experience for me too. I loved reading so much that I got an English degree in college. What my mom did for us really influenced\u2014even my career today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And I would have to say: \u201cI think that people who are writers\u2014both of you are writers\u2014you don\u2019t start being a writer. You start being a reader before you\u2019re ever a writer.\u201d Anybody who\u2019s a good writer is a good reader; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think that\u2019s really true. \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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wouldn\u2019t have thought of that when I was reading books, as a child; because I had no ambitions, ever really, of being a writer; but I did love to read. When I read really good books, they inspire me to want to write; and to want to craft really well-written sentences; and communicate thoughts in interesting, creative ways. Reading does that for me.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Why do you think reading was such a big deal for you, as a child? Why did you <em>crave<\/em> it so much? Why weren\u2019t you watching TV?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I much preferred going off into the world of a book and imagining the scene, and the people, and what it all looked like. That was much more entertaining to me than something on the screen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And for you, Tracy?\u2014same thing?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, TV is fine\u2014we watched some TV, growing up; but in reading a book, you get to create your own reality. In a TV show, it\u2019s created for you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> When you\u2019re turning the pages, you\u2019re wondering how it\u2019s going to end. You can make up some of that in your mind as you read. You can picture what those characters look like. \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\tThe book really allowed me to be imaginative and creative and be more a part of the story as it unfolded.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You have to wonder, today, with children growing up with so many entertainment options\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014so many screens.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; that you wonder if their imagination doesn\u2019t really have a chance to be cultivated and grown. I think it\u2019s really healthy to take the electronics away\u2014turn off the TV \/\u00a0 turn off all of the noise\u2014and just say to a child, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just sit and read a book together?\u201d or \u201cWhy don\u2019t you go to your room and enjoy a good book?\u201d Do you do that with your children?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Yes; I do. I learned that from my mom. What she did with us was really great. We would have to read 30 minutes to earn a 30-minute TV or screen ticket. There weren\u2019t iPhones<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and all of that when I was growing up in the \u201880s; but 30 minutes of reading equaled 30 minutes of some type of electronic use.\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\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> If you wanted <em>Full House, <\/em>you were going to have to read for 30 minutes to watch <em>Full House.<\/em> [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> Right! And I very much enjoyed <em>Full House<\/em>\u2014so I would read for that. [Laughter] <em>Saved by the Bell<\/em>\u2014I sure would turn in my reading tickets. [Laughter]\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>Tracy:<\/strong> But a lot of times, what happened was\u2014I would get too into reading and, by then, I didn\u2019t care about what was on TV.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I would like to suggest that both of you, as moms, make a list of the top ten books that you would read to children: maybe pick a few for young ones, under five \/ five and under; and then elementary-aged children; and then teenage and junior high. We\u2019ll put it on the website and point our listeners to a spot where they can get a summer reading list at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Tracy and I have been talking about that. We want to create some suggested reading lists for parents to use, because there are <em>so many<\/em> great books out there! I don\u2019t know them all. Tracy probably doesn\u2019t know them all. So we\u2019re going to combine several different friends that we know. \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\tWe\u2019re going to create some reading lists for kids who are five and under; for elementary kids; you know, middle schoolers; and high school kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, and that\u2019s important; because there are some books out today that moms and dads need to be aware of. They may be very popular, but they may not be books that <em>you<\/em> want your kids to read; because there are some themes, particularly in what\u2019s called \u201cYA\u201d\u2014young adult literature\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014some themes that can be really dark\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014or really destructive.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; so it helps to have a suggested list, because that way moms and dads can look at a list and say: \u201cHere\u2019s an alternative. Instead of reading that book, I want you to read this book.\u201d As Tracy\u2019s mom did, she created tickets; and the kids got rewards. We paid our kids for reading books in the summer. I don\u2019t remember how much. Do you?\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>Barbara:<\/strong> But we did. We rewarded them in some way. I remember paying them money, which meant a lot to them, to have extra spending money. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> To the point of literature being dark or inappropriate for kids, this means parents need to be involved, especially as the children check into grade school, junior high, and high school. \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\tYou need to pay attention to what they\u2019re being asked to read.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019ll never forget having a parent-teacher meeting. I think we took our son to the meeting. In a way, it was for the purpose of making sure we were appropriately kind to the teacher. We didn\u2019t go beat her up \/ we didn\u2019t go pull out our Bible and thump her on the head, but we had a very healthy conversation there. She ended up giving our son a different book to read.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> And I think that\u2019s really important; because it just illustrates that parents need to be engaged, and they need to be intentional. You don\u2019t have to read every book with your child; but I think it\u2019s important, if your child does get a book at school\u2014a lot of schools have summer reading lists for the school too\u2014you just need to look at what those are. If you\u2019re not sure what the content is, pick it up and read it yourself.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So one of my kids sent me a video the other day.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Now your children are all adults.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> They\u2019re all adults. All of them are married, and four out of the five have kids. \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\tThis was our son, John, and his wife Katie. They sent me a video of their son, John, who was sitting on his Uncle Tim\u2019s lap\u2014Tim\u2019s not a real uncle \/ he\u2019s just kind of a pretend uncle. Uncle Tim was reading John a book, and John is just shy of his first birthday. Of course, I\u2019m watching this. I\u2019m watching my grandson, who can\u2019t understand a <em>thing<\/em> that Uncle Tim is saying, as he\u2019s reading this book. He\u2019s just kind of grabbing at the pages, and Uncle Tim is having to fight his way through it. You think, \u201cThis is cute, but is that really accomplishing anything?\u201d There\u2019s something really being accomplished, even with a one-year-old sitting on your lap and hearing your voice read a book!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, there\u2019s a lot that happens in that moment. You transfer security, because you\u2019re sitting with your child on your lap. You\u2019re teaching him to be still. You\u2019re teaching him or her to look at pictures and to pay attention to the rhythm, especially if it\u2019s a rhyme. \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\tKids love rhyming books, and I did too. So there\u2019s a <em>lot<\/em> to be gained from even those preschool, pre-reading opportunities to read to your kids, which is why we loved reading <em>Good Night, Moon. <\/em>The repetition of that\u2014the pictures in that book\u2014created a really great bond between me and our kids; and you, too, when you read it to our kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes; the problem with <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em>, though\u2014they became so familiar with the book that, when it was a long day, and I arrived home\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> [Laughing] You wanted to skip pages!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wanted a picture book so I could skip a page or two and get to the \u201cGood night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Come on! <em>Good Night, Moon<\/em> has got maybe 50 words total! [Laughter] You couldn\u2019t hack 50 words?!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m telling you!\u2014I was tired, Bob! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It had been a long day! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I was tired!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Alright; alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; you did like to skip pages occasionally.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I did! What about you, Tracy?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I\u2019ve been there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Thank you! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But I used to have fun doing that, because our kids do become so familiar with these books that I would change words. \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\tI would say, \u201cAnd then the caterpillar came in\u2026\u201d And they would say: \u201cNo! No, Dad!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u201cIt doesn\u2019t say \u2018caterpillar!\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cThere\u2019s no caterpillar in this story!\u201d So I\u2019d have fun doing that. It is interesting\u2014I had one of my kids write me, not long ago, and said, \u201cI\u2019ve started reading <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> to our kids.\u201d This child said, \u201cEvery time I read it, I can hear you in my head, doing the character voices like you used to do at bedtime.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat was\u2014at our house, that was bedtime. I read to the kids every night at bedtime. I figured, by that time of day, if Mary Ann hadn\u2019t had a break, that\u2019s when the break needed to happen. So, from the time Amy was probably two years old, until maybe she was 12 or 13, pretty much every night was a chapter of something \/ sometimes, two chapters of something. I now know <em>Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms. <\/em>I now know <em>Anne of Green Gables. <\/em>I now know all the <em>Little Women <\/em>and the <em>Little Men.<\/em> [Laughter] \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\tI\u2019ve been through all of those stories, in addition to things like <em>The Chronicles of Narnia <\/em>and the great books by George MacDonald\u2014the great fairytale books that he wrote as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; I remember very well reading the <em>Little House on the Prairie <\/em>series to my kids when they were all elementary and maybe middle school ages. I have this mental picture, because we sat in the same place every afternoon\u2014and it was one summer. We sat on the couch. I was in the middle, and I had two kids on my right and two kids on my left; and we read our way through all of those <em>Little House <\/em>books. I remember\u2014I would read a chapter and the kids would go, \u201cCan we read another one?!\u201d And I would go: \u201cYes! Let\u2019s!\u201d because I liked it as much as they did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs long as the two youngest ones were still napping upstairs, we could read until they woke up. That memory is one of my <em>favorites<\/em> of our time raising kids, because we were <em>all<\/em> participating in the same thing. We were <em>all<\/em> experiencing the same emotions. I mean, I remember <em>crying<\/em> through those books together, and talking about why these things happened and how they felt. \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\tIt\u2019s a real treasure to me; and I think it was a treasure, at the time, to our kids, too; because we <em>all<\/em> participated in the same thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And the literature that you introduced them to\u2014there are some classics\u2014you mentioned George MacDonald; wasn\u2019t that the guy who wrote <em>The Princess and the Goblin<\/em>?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I remember reading that out loud. I was kind of where you were, Barbara\u2014I was going: \u201cThis is really clever.\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>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u201cThis is <em>really<\/em> <em>amazing<\/em>\u2014how this guy thought this up.\u201d This guy\u2014wasn\u2019t he a mentor of C.S. Lewis? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He helped C.S. Lewis develop <em>his<\/em> imagination. You don\u2019t know, but you may be training the next C.S. Lewis or Beatrix Potter to speak to the next generation of children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Tracy:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s what\u2019s important about reading. It\u2019s about a lot more than just the reading. We\u2019re talking about the time together; and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve made it about in our home, especially since our kids are younger. That\u2019s the rhythm of our day\u2014when they go down for a nap, we read the books together \/ right before bedtime, we have three books.\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\tThey get to pick three books each time, and then say the same prayer. That\u2019s what they\u2019re used to\u2014you know, that\u2019s our family time. That sets their expectations. That\u2019s the time we all snuggle together on the bed\u2014we all four get in the same bed. That\u2019s what they look forward to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSometimes, I overlook that importance. If we miss it\u2014if I say, \u201cOne book tonight,\u201d\u2014\u201cOh, no! [Laughter] That is not right! It is <em>three <\/em>books.\u201d My husband works late some nights during his season\u2014he\u2019s a coach. If he\u2019s not there, it\u2019s not <em>right<\/em>. That\u2019s really neat to see our kids accept that time and look forward to that time so much. Of course, they love the stories; but it\u2019s about our family time together\u2014making that a priority.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So if you were coaching a young mom with kids, anywhere from one-year-old up into the teen years\u2014summertime is here\u2014they\u2019re heading into these months, and they would like to make sure reading is a part of what goes on in the summer. With younger kids, what would you recommend?\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>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> One of the things I did is\u2014I always put books in my kids\u2019 beds when they went to bed, when they were still napping in the crib. Laura always went to bed with two or three books, and so did all of her older siblings when they were that age. They were familiar with books from the time they were little-bitty. They could sit up and look at those board books until I could come get them after they were awake. Start out letting them be around books. Let them have their own books. Let them turn their own pages, and become really familiar with the sensory experience of having a book and turning the pages. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would also say, on the other end of the spectrum, when you\u2019ve got teenagers\u2014I just want to challenge parents that it\u2019s <em>not<\/em> too late to read out loud to them. We tend to think that, once kids learn how to read on their own, that they can read on their own and we move on to the younger ones; or we just say: \u201cHere\u2019s a list of books. Go read on your own.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember very, very clearly\u2014another one of my favorite memories is reading to Laura and Deborah, our two youngest ones, when they were sophomores and juniors in high school. I read them <em>The Hiding Place <\/em>at night before bed. \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>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI would read a chapter every night. I mean, they could have easily read the book on their own; but I climbed into bed, leaned against the headboard with them, and I read <em>The Hiding Place. <\/em>I have read the book myself three or four times before\u2014so it wasn\u2019t like it was a new book for me\u2014but it was an <em>important<\/em> book for me. It was one that had marked my life when I was in college. I didn\u2019t want to just <em>hand<\/em> that off to my kids and say, \u201cHere\u2019s a book you have to read.\u201d I wanted to experience it with them! I wanted them to talk to me about it and ask questions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo it really doesn\u2019t matter what ages your kids are\u2014whether they\u2019re little-bitty and they\u2019re still in the crib or whether they\u2019re teenagers and in high school\u2014I think reading together out loud\u2014sitting on the couch, sitting on the bed, on a bean bag \/ it doesn\u2019t matter\u2014I think reading out loud together and sharing the experience of a book is an invaluable experience that you can\u2019t get any other way with your family.\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> Okay; but I\u2019m just imagining the mom, who says to her 15-year-old, \u201cI\u2019d like for us to read a book together this summer\u201d; and the 15-year-old rolls her eyes\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Of course, they\u2019re going to roll their eyes!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014like, \u201cOh, Mom!\u201d [Laughter] So the first night, the mom is there, reading. The 15-year-old is\u2014eyes closed about half of the time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re listening.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s okay!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> They\u2019re listening.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And at the end of the chapter, the teenager goes, \u201cCan I go now?\u201d and you say, \u201cYes.\u201d That mom\u2019s going to think, \u201cWe\u2019re not doing Chapter 2 tomorrow night.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; but I think she needs to give it more than one night. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I wouldn\u2019t let the teenager bluff you out at that point.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No! And if it\u2019s a really good book like <em>The Hiding Place<\/em> or another book that\u2019s equally exciting, or gripping, or raises questions about God and why He allows bad things to happen like the Holocaust\u2014I mean, I just think those are <em>really<\/em> important conversations to have with your kids. A book is a <em>great<\/em> way to introduce that subject so that you can <em>talk<\/em> about those things, because your teenager is thinking about those questions anyway. \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\tIf you read a book together that addresses those questions, you may get some eye rolls for a few nights; but if the book is engaging enough, they\u2019re going to start to pay attention; and they\u2019ll start to go, \u201cOh, this isn\u2019t so bad.\u201d They might not say, \u201cThank you,\u201d but\u2014[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You brought your copy of <em>Honey for a Child\u2019s Heart<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014which you\u2019ve had forever and ever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; can\u2019t you tell?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And\u2014in fact, you brought two copies with you. Explain this book. We do have it available for our listeners\u2014explain why they should get a copy.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Not the original. We don\u2019t have the original.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We don\u2019t have the original.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes; we don\u2019t have the original. Yes; my original is pretty beat up and waterlogged from a few falls in the bathtub, probably. I <em>loved<\/em> this book when we were raising our kids; because, as I said earlier, I don\u2019t know all of the good books that are out there. I know the books that I read\u2014that I checked out of the library \/ I know the books that my mother read to me; but there were a lot of books that I missed when I was a kid, growing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI wanted to read some new ones to my kids that I didn\u2019t get to read when I was a child. It was great fun for me to get this book and to get suggested titles. She talks a little bit about why she likes this [particular] book\u2014why it\u2019s good for kids to read it. \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\tThat\u2019s a part of why I enjoyed reading with my children as much as they did, because I was reading books that I\u2019d never read before either. We went on this journey together in reading books that I\u2019d never read before.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; I know you\u2019ve recommended this book, for years, to moms. Of course, we\u2019ve got it in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. Our listeners can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to get a copy of <em>Honey for a Child\u2019s Heart <\/em>by Gladys Hunt. Again, the website is FamilyLifeToday.com. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve written a whole series of books designed for parents and kids to read together \/ to read aloud, all designed to teach particular character qualities to your children. It\u2019s the <em>Growing Together <\/em>series: <em>Growing Together in Forgiveness; Growing Together in Courage; Growing Together in Truth. <\/em>Again, our listeners can find these books available in our <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>Resource Center. Go online to order at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-358-6329\u2014\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\u2014that\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\tThe point of all of this\u2014is find some good books \/ some good stories and read together this summer. If we can help point you to some great books and great stories, we\u2019d be happy to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want you to know, we are encouraged, here at FamilyLife, by some of the trends that we have been seeing as folks are relating to our ministry. We\u2019re seeing more and more people who are setting aside a weekend, joining us, attending a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaway. They\u2019re seeing the importance of investing in their marriage, and they\u2019re spending a weekend with us for the getaway. More people than ever are accessing articles and resources from us, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. There are more channels than ever \/ more ways than ever for folks to listen to this daily radio program\u2014a lot of people listening on their devices \/ through the internet, streaming and downloading our programs.\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\tWhat that tells us is that there is an increasing hunger for how to order your marriage and family around God\u2019s Word\u2014how to make it central to what your family is all about. That\u2019s our goal here\u2014we want to effectively develop godly marriages and families, because we believe godly marriages and families can change the world. And we\u2019re grateful to those of you who support this ministry, who make all that we do here possible. More than 60 percent of the revenue we need to operate the ministry comes from donations from folks like you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, after you have set aside funds that you want to give to your local church\u2014that ought to be your first giving priority\u2014if there are additional funds available to help support ministry work, we hope you\u2019ll consider supporting <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. It\u2019s easy to do. You can donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or you can call 1-800-FLTODAY. \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\tOr you can mail your donation to <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; the zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to talk\u2014not about reading to your children\u2014but about the importance and the benefits of taking time, as a grownup, to do a little reading. We\u2019ll talk more with Barbara Rainey and Tracy Lane tomorrow. I hope you can be here for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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; a Cru<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> ministry. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.\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\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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