tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013061704828990246.post6280387692349263037..comments2023-06-04T08:57:15.376-05:00Comments on Christian Life with Michael: FINALLY the girls get their book! James Dobson's "Bringing Up Girls"TulsaMJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15945834114006833482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013061704828990246.post-31202287009051559212010-07-09T13:14:41.694-05:002010-07-09T13:14:41.694-05:00Actually, I don't know that whether or not a w...Actually, I don't know that whether or not a woman gets married is a fair barometer of whether her parents did a good job. In fact, there is Biblical evidence that some people simply aren't interested in getting married at all (<a href="http://esv.to/Mat19:10-12" rel="nofollow">Matthew 19:10-12</a>). I can't say that I know what her exact situation is, but I can say that I think equating a successful life as a woman to getting married before a certain age is a little out of line. You and I don't know God's will for Danae Dobson. Besides, I know about long-term bachelorhood first-hand: I was 29 years old before I even ever dated a girl (I married her, and we're still married now 11 years later!)<br /><br />As to Ryan's divorce - indications on the Web are that his first wife left him, despite his efforts to get her back. I don't know the full story, of course, but assuming that that's it, many would consider abandonment Biblical grounds for divorce. Now, choosing to marry someone who would one day treat him like that was probably a bad decision, but people make mistakes. Ryan is remarried now and heads up a ministry of his own: <a href="http://www.ryandobson.com" rel="nofollow">RyanDobson.com</a>. I know firsthand about people making mistakes, too; my wife was married, abandoned, and divorced before she met me.<br /><br />If Dr. Dobson's children were Adam Lambert and Lindsay Lohan, I think you would have a pretty good case for "Dobson's parenting advice doesn't work". But they're not. To all appearances, they are clean-cut, respectable people, flawed like me and you but doing their best to make a difference in God's Kingdom.TulsaMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945834114006833482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4013061704828990246.post-42388845100013027362010-07-06T00:55:18.072-05:002010-07-06T00:55:18.072-05:00Apparently Dobson's parenting wisdom does not ...Apparently Dobson's parenting wisdom does not work. His son is divorced and remarried and his aging, forty-something daughter has never married.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com