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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136240503321

Autore

Ridgely Susan B (Susan Bales)

Titolo

Practicing what the doctor preached : at home with focus on the family / / Susan B. Ridgely

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-061909-0

0-19-061910-4

0-19-061908-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

261.835874

Soggetti

Parenting - Religious aspects - Christianity

Child rearing - Religious aspects - Christianity

Families - Religious life

Families - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Focusing on families -- Tuning in to focus on the family: a history of Dobson's message and who has been listening -- Father, mother, child: the foundational trinity -- Preparing children to be husbands and wives: gender, dating, and sexuality -- All your children will be taught by the Lord: how families focus on school choice -- Bringing the home to the world: families and focus's politics -- Retuning focus on the family.

Sommario/riassunto

James Dobson is well-known to the secular world as a crusader for the Christian right. But within Christian circles he is known primarily as a childrearing expert; millions of American children have been raised on his message.