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| James C Dobson, Ph.D. biography: | |
| Founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, a non profit organisation that produces his
internationally syndicated radio programmes. Dobson was for 14 years an Associated Clinical Professor of Paediatrics at the University Of Southern California School Of Medicine, and served for 17 years on the Attending Staff of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics. He has an earned PhD from the University of Southern California (1967) in the field of child development. He is a licensed psychologist in the state of California, a licensed marriage, family and child counsellor in both California and Colorado, and is listed in the Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. Dr Dobson has been heavily involved in the governmental activities related to the family. He served on the task force, which summarised the White House Conference on Families and received a special commendation from President Jimmy Carter in 1980. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Advisory Commission to the office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1982-84. From 1984-87 he was regularly invited to the White House to consult with President Reagan and his staff on family matters. He served as co-chairman of the Citizens Advisory Panel for Tax Reform, in consultation with President Reagan, and served as a member and later chairman of the United States Army’s Family Initiative, 1986-88. He also consulted with President George Bush on family related matters Dr Dobson is married to Shirley, and the father of two grown children, Danae and Ryan. He resides in Colorado. |
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| The Ministry of Focus on the Family: | |
| Focus on the Family began in 1977 in response to Dr. James Dobson’s increasing concern for the American family. Dr. Dobson’s method attempts to ‘turn hearts toward home’ by reasonable, biblical and empirical insights so people will be able to discover the founder of homes and the creator of families: Jesus Christ. Focus on the Family has since become an international organisation with more than 74 different ministries requiring nearly 1,300 employees. Car in the Family is Focus on the Family’s ministry partner in promoting family life in the United Kingdom. |
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| Focus on the Family Radio Broadcast: | |
| Focus on the Family addresses a wide variety of family concerns, including marriage, dating, conflict resolution, issues facing singles, parenting techniques, divorce and broken families, education, and medicine and health. Dr. James Dobson and his guests explore family issues, usually with one or more recognised experts as guests, drawing on their personal professional experiences to contribute positive, insightful guidance. Meanwhile, other parts of the organisation produce six additional broadcasts, ten magazines sent to more than 2.3 million people a month, award winning books, films and videos. |
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| You can hear Focus on the Family on: | |
| Branch FM | |
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