When you let people put you up on a pedestal, you step one step in any direction, and you're going to go down.
James DobsonWe are so busy giving our children what we never had that we forget to give them what we did have.
James DobsonA child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.
James DobsonThere is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.
James DobsonBehavior runs in deep channels that were cut during early childhood, and it is very difficult to alter them. In order to change a deeply ingrained pattern, you have to build a sturdy dam, dig another canal and reroute the river in the new direction. That effort is rarely successful over the long haul.
James Dobson