Dr. James Dobson Impact On Society

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Dr. James Dobson uses his professional clinical psychologist experiences combine with his personal experiences with Christianity to help families grow closes to God and to each other. These past few weeks I have been reading books and listening to ninety second commentaries by Dr. James Dobson relating to love, marriages, and divorce. After exploring his thoughts surrounding tough love, marriage, and divorce and the insight gain from interviewing a mental health professional that is actively involved in counseling divorced couples, remarried couples, and blended families, I believe that Dr. Dobson may have some uniquely values that could be the key to the changing the rate of unhappy marriages and family structures. Dobson (n.d.) makes a compelling

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