{"id":789,"date":"2012-04-29T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T03:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-8-daddy-talks\/"},"modified":"2015-07-25T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T20:55:07","slug":"twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-8-daddy-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-terrific-times-to-talk-8-daddy-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Terrific Times to Talk&#8211;#8: Daddy Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Sorry it has been a while since I posted. I have been busy with my dad who has been sick. The rest of the Twelve Terrific Times to Talk coming soon!)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">#8: Daddy Talks<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">When our \u201clittle boys\u201d were tweens, we wanted them to learn about\/hear about sensitive things from their daddy\u2014not from Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, movies, television, or peers! It was about that time that we instituted \u201cdaddy talks\u201d\u2014times in which the boys (one at a time or in pairs since they were close in age) would sit down and talk with Ray about these types of things. We called it \u201cdaddy talks\u201d\u2014and they knew that if they ever had questions or heard things, etc., they could call a \u201cdaddy talk\u201d and Ray would be available. (Have I mentioned here&nbsp;how crucial our availability for our kids really is??) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>I can remember that we started going to a different church about the time one of our boys was eleven and going into sixth grade. At this particular church, there was a special class that took place for that age kids\u2014boys went into one and girls went into another for a couple of weeks to learn about \u201cthe birds and the bees\u201d and purity. A boy at church told Josiah that he had to go to the \u201csixth grade\u201d class&#8212;that all kids at church had to if they wanted to go to Royal Rangers. Josiah puffed his chest up, marched right up to that boy, and said, \u201cI don\u2019t have to go to that class. I have \u201cdaddy talks\u201d! Too cute!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Sweet stories aside, there was (and continues to be) something powerful in a young<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>boy\u2019s life when he has \u201cdaddy talks.\u201d Something about those talks and that availability keep that boy from straying too far\u2014keep his heart in check and his activities and motives pure. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sorry it has been a while since I posted. I have been busy with my dad who has been sick. 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