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Focus on the Family Africa Email Newsletters : August 2006

Dear Friend

Only one more month of winter and then we can look forward to some warmer days and the sights, sounds and smells of spring.

There is a lot happening at Focus with a number of events taking place. A team will be going up to Pretoria to represent Focus at the CBSA (Christian Booksellers of Southern Africa) exhibition. It is an anual trade expo and allows wholesalers of Christian resources the opportunity to showcase their products to a number of retail stores throughout the country. Since we believe in the quality and impact potential of our resources we hope to get them into as many stores as possible.

At the same time here in Hillcrest we will be hosting Tom Davis, a world-renowned author of the book “Fields of the Fatherless”, as well as 4 other local experts on various aspects of Orphan Care Ministry for a conference entitled “Exploring God’s Heart for the Orphans”. The conference will also serve to aid us in our own foster care ministry, Focus on iThemba.

We are also in the midst of preparing for the “Bringing Home the Prodigals” and “Heart of Success” Conferences that we will be hosting in September. The conferences are aimed at the church and the business community respectively. We have invited international speaker and Author Rob Parsons to present these conferences in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban.
For more information on these conferences click here or Contact Marge on (031) 716 3300 or e-mail her on marged@fotf.co.za

As usual you will find below a Question and Answer excerpt by Dr Dobson.

Please click here To find out what exciting radio programmes will be broadcast during the month of August. To find out which stations in your area broadcast our programmes, please click here.

Sincerely

Danie van den Heever
Executive Chairman

QUESTION: I find I'm more likely to say "no" to my children than to say "yes," even when I don't feel strongly about the permission they are seeking. I wonder why I automatically respond so negatively.

DR. DOBSON: It is easy to fall into the habit of saying "no" to our kids.
"No, you can't go outside."
"No, you can't have a cookie."
"No, you can't use the telephone."
"No, you can't spend the night with a friend."

We could have answered affirmatively to all of these requests, but chose almost automatically to respond in the negative. Why? Because we didn't take time to stop and think about the consequences; because the activity could cause us more work or strain; because there could be danger in the request; because our children ask for a thousand favours a day and we find it convenient to refuse them all.

While every child needs to be acquainted with denial of some of his or her more extravagant wishes, there is also a need for parents to consider each request on its own merit. There are so many necessary "no's" in life that we should say "yes" whenever we can.

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