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Michelle Watson Canfield encourages fathers to stay invested in their daughters' lives.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2021-04-21.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, April 21<sup>st<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You can find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. The time you spend today, as a dad, investing in your relationship with your daughter will pay dividends in the future that you can\u2019t even begin to calculate. We\u2019re going to talk more about that today. Stay with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. At some point\u2014and I didn\u2019t do this for very long\u2014but when our kids were little, there would be these stories, these moments, episodes, conversations that would happen that I would go, \u201cI just need to\/I need to keep a file of this.\u201d I would get out my computer, and I would just start typing in these stories. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne that I remember\u2014my daughter Katie was about five years old at the time\u2014and Mary Ann\u2019s mom was going to go into the doctor to have\/there was some kind of a growth inside her nose that needed to be removed. We didn\u2019t know at the time: \u201cIs this benign?\u201d \u201cIs this\/could this be something more serious?\u201d At dinner that night, I just said, \u201cHey, guys, we need to pray for Grandma. She\u2019s going to go in, and she\u2019s going to have a growth removed from inside her nose. We just need to pray that it all goes well.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, a five-year-old doesn\u2019t understand a growth inside your nose; so Katie said, \u201cBecause it might be a pimple; <em>right, Daddy<\/em>?\u201d I\u2019m imagining, \u201cWhat\u2019s my five-year-old thinking Grandma\u2019s nose is going to look like? What\u2019s going to happen?\u201d Finally, I just said, \u201cYou know, we just need to pray that she\u2019s going to be okay.\u201d Katie was pretty regular with\/she\u2019d say something and: \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d\u2014there was always that looking for affirmation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was thinking about, this week as we\u2019ve been talking about the connection between fathers and daughters, the need for that bond to be strong\/the power of that bond. We\u2019ve got Michelle Watson Canfield joining us, again, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Michelle, welcome back. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Glad to be back joining you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is your lane, as you\u2019ve said. This is what God has put on your heart to coach men in this area. For more than an decade now, you\u2019ve been involved with a project. You call it The Abba Project to get together with men and say, \u201cHere\u2019s how you can strengthen the bond with your daughters.\u201d I\u2019m just wondering, \u201cAre these dads, who are coming and saying, \u2018It\u2019s broken. I need you to fix it\u2019; or are these dads who are coming and saying, \u2018It\u2019s okay; I just want to make sure it stays okay\u2019?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> All of the above. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Many of them have estrangements with their daughters\u2014estranged relationships\u2014and then all the way up to ones that just say, \u201cI want to kick it up a notch and enhance it, strengthen it, reinforce what we already have.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Do many come, saying, \u201cMy wife wanted me\u2026\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Oh, yes; oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> They do! Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You have been in private practice as a counselor for years. You\u2019ve written, actually, two books on this subject. The first book is called <em>Dad, Here\u2019s What I Really Need from You<\/em>. Then the second book is <em>How to Have Conversations with Your Daughter That Will Unlock the Relationship in Some Fresh Ways<\/em>. That\u2019s the goal behind all of this; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Exactly\u2014is to help you, as a dad, decode your daughter; because on the best of days, she doesn\u2019t make sense to you. But the more you can get her talking, she will, not only understand herself better, but you\u2019ll understand her better. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is there a common issue\u2014like if you had ten dads in a room from the good to the hurting\u2014is there one thing that you would say, \u201cIf we can get these dads to under this one thing or to develop this one skill, we\u2019ve unlocked the whole deal\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> It\u2019s more complex than that; right? I think, sometimes, men are like, \u201cGive me the one thing.\u201d \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>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s what I was thinking. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Ann and I have just been saying\u2014we have so many different conversations in our head, happening simultaneously, that we\u2019re like, \u201cOkay, it\u2019s not really one thing,\u201d\u2014but if I had to summarize it, I really go back to what God, Himself, said in the Word: \u201cIt\u2019s the hearts of fathers that have to turn.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOften, I\u2019ve asked myself, like, \u201cWhat does a heart-turn look like?\u201d Have you ever had someone say, \u201cHey, can you turn your heart over here?\u201d No, we say, \u201chead\u201d\u2014like a parent\u2014\u201cHey, you look at me when I\u2019m talking to you,\u201d\u2014\u201cTurn your head this way.\u201d But God used language on purpose because, to me, it\u2019s so unique. What does a heart-turn even look like? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You better answer that question. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Well, and again, this is just obviously my opinion\u2014someone else might have a different view\u2014but that a heart turn is softer; it\u2019s gentler; it\u2019s more emotional; it\u2019s more intuitive; it\u2019s more connected. It\u2019s not just data and information. As daughters, we love it when our dad turns his head towards us and helps fill out a FAFSA, or a college application, or I love when my dad\u2019s helping\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s like Katie saying: \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201c\u2026right, Daddy?\u201d\u2014yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Exactly. I loved when my dad has helped me figure: \u201cWhich car should I buy?\u201d\u2014goes with me. That, I call that more of a head-turn; it\u2019s information databased. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yet, a heart-turn is a whole different skill set as we talked about already. That\u2019s where\u2014not only do we need the power of God to do it\u2014but if dads can just have that in their mindset\/in their grid of: \u201cI want to engage, every day, my daughter\u2019s heart; I want to engage her heart,\u201d you\u2019re going to grow as a result. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I don\u2019t know if this is true or not; but when I hear you say that, I think, \u201cYou can turn your head by just observing someone as a man.\u201d Again, a woman can probably do this too; but I can watch somebody and see, \u201cOh, they are lacking this,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s a data point\u2014I can see it, but I can\u2019t turn my heart without hearing <em>their<\/em> heart. I can\u2019t turn my heart without conversation. I don\u2019t think you can just observe. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> You\u2019re right. But I love how you just said, Dave, that you turn <em>toward<\/em> her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So you\u2019re right. It means active listening\/reflective listening, which means you nod your head up and down; you say, \u201cMm-hmm\u201d; your eyes are looking at her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe truth is when we, as daughters, can see our dad sit mesmerized for over two hours during a football game\u2014like without missing a beat\u2014but we come in, and after two minutes, he\u2019s already looking off\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014and he seems bored, that\u2019s giving her a message that: \u201cYou\u2019re just not interesting enough to capture my attention.\u201d I guarantee that is the recipe for disaster outside of your home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; and I think, as men, we think, \u201cI understand football. I get what is happening. I know what the goal is; I know the strategy. When she starts talking\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cwith these players that I don\u2019t even know.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cI don\u2019t understand. I understand first and ten; I understand second and thirteen and a spread formation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> What did you say?\u2014something and thirteen? [Laughter] I literally don\u2019t even know what you just said. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> So it\u2019s the same thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> If I want to learn the language of football, I\u2019m going to go sit there; I\u2019m going to study it; I\u2019m going to learn the phrases. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh, that\u2019s good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Literally, that\u2019s what I sought to do with this book is: \u201cHey, dad, if you ask the question this way\u2014like if you say to her\u2014\u2018What words have I spoken to you that have <em>stuck<\/em> with you?\u2014that have made you feel better about yourself?\u2019 But then you say, \u2018What words have stuck with you\/have I spoken to you that have stuck with you that have made you feel <em>worse<\/em> about yourself?\u2019 If you can make amends now, you\u2019re not going to have an adult daughter, who still living with the messages in her head that you may not even remember you said\u2014and maybe, you didn\u2019t even mean to say it that way\u2014but she is still replaying it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, in The Abba Project, I\u2019ve often asked men, \u201cHow many of you are married to a woman or were married to a woman that you would say is still carrying what you would call father-wounds?\u201d Every hand goes up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I was going to say\u2014maybe, a husband\u2014maybe, you are married to that wife, who is carrying those father-wounds. Is there something he can do to help his wife? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Oh, that\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> question. As we know, within the body of Christ, we can be a hurter or we can be a healer. As a dad\/as a man, the more you have that mindset\u2014I mean, how important\u2014back to sports\u2014is the mindset? Your mindset has everything to do\u2014right?\u2014with the action you take on the field or on the court. It\u2019s the same with fathering. Whether or not it is your wife, who is carrying father-wounds, you get to be a conduit of the Father\u2019s blessing\u2014God as a Father to her\u2014to affirm her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe truth is, if there has been a wound, you\u2019re going to need to say more and do more to affirm. Again, it\u2019s not up to you\u2014that if she doesn\u2019t believe it, it\u2019s your fault\u2014because, really, that healing can only come from God, as a Father, ultimately; right? We get to partner in the miracle. <em>He\u2019s<\/em> the ultimate One who is giving her love. So dad, or husband, I would say, \u201cIf you were to even on the mirrors\u201d\u2014we talked about that\u2014\u201cof your daughter\u2019s life\u201d\u2014I\u2019ve had women\/wives say, \u201cI wish he would do that for me! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u201cI want that on the mirrors in <em>my<\/em> [wife\u2019s] bedroom.\u201d I\u2019ve had many dads\/many men start doing that there. Affirm her with Scripture\u2014when you say, \u201cYou are beloved. You are my delight,\u201d\u2014you can take actual verses and put them with her name in it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You could go through Proverbs 31\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> There you go! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and just go through\u2014there are so many verses. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Hey, Bob, are you listening to this? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m taking notes, right over here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> They are talking to us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know <em>exactly<\/em> what they are saying. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When I was reading through your book, and looking at the questions, I thought, \u201cEveryone of these I could do with Ann.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She would love it. I\u2019m looking at\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I would <em>love<\/em> it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014I\u2019m looking at this chapter: \u201cDad\/Daughter Date Number 19: Questions on Longing for Romance and Royalty.\u201d Number one: \u201cDo you remember dressing up like a princess as a little girl? Did you enjoy it? If you didn\u2019t, why not?\u201d She would <em>love<\/em> for me to ask her that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I would. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, this isn\u2019t my daughter\u2014it\u2019s my wife\u2014but this is connecting\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014to my heart. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to a heart. So it\u2019s not just a manual for fathers and daughters; it\u2019s a manual for marriage as well! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And you\u2019ve done a lot of research. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Talk about some of the research that you\u2019ve found. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> You know, there is really powerful data in the research that shows that daughters\u2014this is true for sons as well, but I\u2019m going to say this specifically to daughters\u2014when a daughter <em>feels<\/em> connected to her father, every area of her life is enhanced, and strengthened, and better: she\u2019s going to get better grades in school; she\u2019s more likely to finish high school and attend college; lower rates of substance use; greater self-esteem; less depression; she will delay sexual activities; there is also less teen pregnancy. Again, this all ties to the research with dads and daughters bonding. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShe will also have more pro-social empathy; okay; come on, when have we needed <em>that<\/em> any more than now? \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>Michelle:<\/strong> She will be more likely to find steady employment. On and on it goes\u2014less body dissatisfaction\u2014so, as men, when you speak words of life, you are truly representing God, as a Father, to the women in your lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Men, you have so much power. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I hope that <em>ignites<\/em> your soul of seeing, like, \u201cOh, yes! I want to step in and step up to that.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; but we just need to acknowledge here that, in those times when we will say to our wives or our daughters,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> [Laughter] I know what you\u2019re going to say. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014we will say, \u201cYou know what? You really look beautiful.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> What does the wife\/the daughter say? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cNo I don\u2019t!\u201d \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>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> What we hear is: \u201cThat was the stupidest thing you could have ever said!\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cIt didn\u2019t make any difference, so I won\u2019t say it again.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So we\u2019re not going to try that again; right! [Laughter] I know we should be smarter than this and go, \u201cNo, this is your inner-thing talking;\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cinner-thing.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cand you\u2019re just saying, \u2018Please say this, again, to me,\u2019\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014\u201c\u2018Please make me convinced.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cNo, I\u2019m not\u201d; but please tell me again, and again, and again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I know that; but after a while, as guys, it\u2019s like, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m not going to say the stupid thing today; because the last time I said it, it got shot down.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me just say, \u201cLadies, the next time your husband says, \u2018You know, you look really nice today,\u2019 just look at him and say, \u2018Well, thank you.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cThank you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes; that would be a nice thing for us to hear. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m trying to get better at that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Good for you; alright. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Good for you! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Okay, Michelle, in this past month, I\u2019ve talked to three families that have a 16-year-old daughter. They each have 16-year-old daughters that are in depression and anxiety. I think that this is very commonplace right now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had one dad call me and said, \u201cWill you meet with my daughter?\u201d I said, \u201cFirst of all, I think that it is <em>amazing<\/em> that you are calling me; that says so much right there\u201d; and he is doing all kinds of things to help her. Is that common\u2014and more common right now\u2014than it ever has been? <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> You mean the depression piece? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> The depression and anxiety. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Because I wasn\u2019t sure if you were asking if it\u2019s common for dad to step in; and I was going to say, \u201cNo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut yes, absolutely\u2014and you brought this up earlier, Ann, with the rise of social media\u2014because, again, I\u2019ve counseled teenagers for a lot of years. I am amazed at how depression has gone up\/I believe synonymous with social media use. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So you think there is a link. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Absolutely! In fact, I can think of one right now, where I had heard some statistics on the amount of time average a day\u2014is something like five to six hours on social media\u2014we\u2019re not talking on the computer for school. I would just encourage dads to\u2014if you have a daughter, who is really struggling with anxiety and depression\u2014a place to start is limiting screen time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You know that\u2019s going to have a lot of kickback from the daughter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> But then here is the key: \u201cIf you are going to take something away, what are you going to replace it with?\u201d I heard this great quote from an organization that said: \u201cTeenagers say, \u2018Adults are always telling us what to say, \u201cNo,\u201d to; but they are never telling us what to say, \u201cYes,\u201d to.\u2019\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019re going to take that away\u2014I mean, I can think of one dad named Dan, where he\u2019s like, \u201cMy eighth grader is all self-absorbed and narcissistic, and it\u2019s all about her,\u201d\u2014I said, \u201cI\u2019ve got the antidote.\u201d \u201cWhat, Doc? What do you have?\u201d I said, \u201cShe needs to volunteer. You don\u2019t say, \u2018Get your eyes off yourself\u2019; you\u2019ve got to engage her in something that gets her eyes off herself.\u201d He goes, \u201cOh, that\u2019s a great idea!\u201d I said, \u201cBut there is a caveat; you need to do it with her.\u201d He said, \u201cNot going to happen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I thought, \u201cWell, that\u2019s why: \u2018Houston, we have a problem!\u2019\u201d\u2014you know? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDad, if you have a daughter, who is struggling with depression, a lot of it is comparison; right? Ann and I speak from experience on this. We <em>always<\/em> come up short in our minds when we compare ourselves to the popular girls or the ones who are smarter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI mean, I\u2019ve even thought of that recently, where I still remember Stephanie Wiersman [spelling uncertain] was the smart one in school. [Laughter] She always turned in her test before I was even halfway through; but yet, now as an adult, I\u2019ve connected and engaged with some of my high school friends. One of them goes, \u201cWell, you were always the smart one.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cWhat are you talking about?!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut see, if Dad is that voice outside her head, affirming her creativity\u2014go do a painting class with her, where yours looks like a first grader; be okay not being perfect\u2014let her outshine you; that will build her confidence. You\u2019re right; the depression and the anxiety are on the rise. Medications for those things are on the rise, where it\u2019s really a tough era, as we all know, for kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The other thing that is on the rise is gender confusion,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and same-sex attraction, and \u201cAm I really a boy in a girl\u2019s body?\u201d How much is the father\/daughter relationship connected to that confusion; do you think? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Well, I like that you said, \u201c\u2026do you think?\u201d because you could talk to anyone in this line of work\/in psychology, and they would have different takes on this. I don\u2019t know that I can comment exactly on how much is the dad relationship tied to this; but I would say, regardless of what your daughter is dealing with\u2014because what I\u2019m hearing is that pretty young now; I\u2019m talking even elementary school\u2014what they are being shown in school is that you need to explore and experiment and: \u201cHow can you know that you are this gender if you haven\u2019t tried on the other outfit in the dressing room?\u201d or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDads, again, if you can teach your daughter <em>how<\/em> to think\u2014not just <em>what<\/em> to think\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> How do you do that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> By asking questions. That\u2019s why, in this book, I have questions on same-sex attraction. In fact, I know a dad right now\u2014who is a former missionary\/been a pastor\u2014his daughter is gay. They are now, weekly, going through this book. But Dad said\/and she said\u2014both of them together\u2014\u201cWe don\u2019t want to start with the deep end. We don\u2019t want to talk about what\u2019s happening right now in [our] relationship, but let\u2019s start with the laughing ones.\u201d She told me, a couple weeks in; she said, \u201cDad, hand me the book. I want to do the questions now about <em>your<\/em> life.\u201d That helps dads sometimes remember back when they struggled, but they forgot about it; because it was four decades ago or whatever. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe truth is, at the end of the day, your daughter is going to do what she wants to do, with or without your consent. She\u2019ll just hide it better if she knows that you\u2019re disappointed. I\u2019ve had daughters say her dad\u2019s disappointment is a much bigger thing even than his anger, knowing she has disappointed her dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA lot of daughters\u2014I mean, sadly, Christian women as well\u2014pretty much nobody is waiting to have sex anymore. Dads are like [deep voice], \u201cI\u2019d rather not know.\u201d Dad, if you don\u2019t weigh in on this, every other voice\u2014right?\u2014will speak louder than yours. She may make a different decision; but if you speak to her about these topics, at least, she gets to hear your opinion while you say, \u201cBut I know you are going to make your own decision. I just want you to know I love you no matter, but would you be open to hearing my thoughts on this?\u201d Then end with another positive on the end: \u201cThank you for taking the time to hear me. I want to hear you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, when you shared that story just a second ago about the dad whose daughter is struggling with anxiety and depression\u2014and you say, \u201cGo serve,\u201d\u2014and he says, \u201cThat\u2019s not going to happen. She can do it; I\u2019m not going to do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just want to say to that guy, \u201cDude! Are you kidding me?! This is your <em>chance<\/em>. Nobody is going to remember\/you\u2019re not going to remember, in ten years, your job, or the cars you drove, or the house you live in\u2014I\u2019m not saying that stuff doesn\u2019t matter; we all think it matters\u2014it does not matter as much as your daughter feeling loved by you and cared for by you. Do you want to be that dad, whose daughter never gets out of depression because you didn\u2019t have the time to say, \u2018I\u2019m going to serve with her\u2019?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cStep up!\u201d\u2014I mean, your whole book is \u201cEngage.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cEngage!\u201d She\u2019s got her arms out, figuratively, and you can be the man God has called you to be. You\u2019ve got what it takes\u2014do it\u2014today is your day. I\u2019m hoping today is a day a dad goes, \u201cI\u2019m getting off this couch; I\u2019m going to engage. I\u2019m going to make a difference in my daughter\u2019s life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> I love how you brought up: \u201cThink ahead ten years.\u201d I even encourage dads to go to the end of their life\u2014this might sound morbid\u2014but literally: \u201cWhat do you want your daughters to say about you when you are gone?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have a friend who, actually\u2014I challenged him\u2014and he wrote his own eulogy, sobbing as he reads this. His daughters were four and two; but that becomes, then, a guide:\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cWhat do you want your daughters to say about you at the end of your life?\u201d I call it: \u201cThinking backwards\u201d\u2014then you work from there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> If you want to say, \u201cI want her to know I loved her\u201d; we know, in goal setting, that is too vague\u2014\u201c...by doing what?\u201d\u2014\u201c\u2026by the way I affirmed her,\u201d \u201c\u2026by the way I built her up and supported what she was interested in.\u201d You\u2019re going to be specific in those things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt makes a difference in a dad, saying, \u201cThis is how I know where I am headed; because I\u2019ve got a goal, and I\u2019ve stated it.\u201d Put it up in your office; put that statement up there to guide you every day to remember why this matters. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I\u2019m thinking of James 1\u2014just real quick\u2014I mean, think about James 1: \u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask\u201d\u2014who?\u2014\u201cof God who gives generously without reproach.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And the dad, who would say, \u201cYou\u2019ve given me a few plays, but I feel like I\u2019m going to run out of plays pretty quick,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s what the book is for.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This book is a playbook for a dad to walk through: \u201cHere is how I can have this kind of engagement.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMichelle, this has been so good\/so helpful. Thanks for coming here; and thanks for challenging all of us, as men, with our daughters and with our wives to step in and to be the affirming presence they need for us to be. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> And Ann and I are saying: \u201cAs men, you matter,\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cYour voice matters.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cWe need you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michelle:<\/strong> \u201cWe need you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, we\u2019re grateful for you; and we are, this week, making your book available to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners, who can help with a donation to support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Michelle\u2019s book is called <em>Let\u2019s Talk: Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters<\/em>. You can request your copy when you go online at FamilyLifeToday.com to make a donation or when you call 1-800-358-6329 to donate; that\u2019s 1-800-FL-TODAY. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKeep in mind what you\u2019re supporting with your donations is the ongoing discipling\/the mentoring that is happening, day in and day out, as husbands and wives and moms and dads are connecting with us, here, at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, saying, \u201cHelp me win in the relationships that matter most to me: my marriage, my relationship with my kids.\u201d You make this kind of practical biblical help and hope available every day when you make a donation to support the ongoing work of this ministry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, when you make your donation today, we\u2019d love to send you a copy of Michelle Watson Canfield\u2019s book, <em>Let\u2019s Talk: Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters<\/em>, as our thank-you gift for your support. Donate online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. The website: FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-358-6329; that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have got the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, who has been sitting in with us here. David, I noticed you\u2019ve been taking notes during this conversation; because you\u2019re a dad with a daughter at home; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>David:<\/strong> That\u2019s right; I\u2019m a dad with a preteen in the thick of it. You know, what I loved about this conversation is: I want to go to my FamilyLife app, send it to three other dads that are dads of my daughter\u2019s classmates, and \u201cLet\u2019s have a conversation about them.\u201d I think a lot of times, dads\u2014we love taking in amazing content like this, and getting the help, and having practical biblical help to raising our daughters; this is my first daughter, who has hit preteen years\u2014but so often, we do that in isolation. There is something that happens when a few dads start getting intentional together, so I\u2019m going to do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to encourage you: if you are a dad out there, listening, go to the FamilyLife app; look up this most recent series; share it with a few dads; and get a little intentional, having some conversations on how you can pursue your daughters and deepen your relationships together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, and I\u2019ve mentioned this before: if you\u2019ve not yet downloaded the app, it\u2019s simple to do. Go to the app store for your device and look for FamilyLife\u2014as one word; no space between Family and Life\u2014the app should pop up. It\u2019s free to download, and it does make it easy for you to share individual broadcasts or a series like this with friends. Download the FamilyLife app from your app store, and use that to connect with us on an ongoing basis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSpeaking of connecting, we hope you can connect with us tomorrow. Matt and Sarah Hammitt are going to join us. Matt is the guy who wrote the song, <em>Lead Me<\/em>, and was the lead singer of the group Sanctus Real for years. Matt and Sarah speak at our <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> marriage getaways, and we\u2019re going to talk about their journey, and their marriage, and the challenges they\u2019ve faced, and the lessons they\u2019ve learned. I hope you can join us and tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch. We got some help from Bruce Goff today and our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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