Coming Home: Timeless Wisdom for Families

by James C. Dobson

In Coming Home, Dr. James Dobson offers practical wisdom and help on a wide range of marriage and family issues. These selections from Dr. Dobson's 90-second radio feature, Focus on the Family Commentary, provide wisdom and inspiration for the various family relationships. Some provide an encouraging boost, while others give a gentle nudge that we all need occasionally to maintain healthy priorities at home. Families young and old will find this lovely gift book charming and insightful.

Genres: Christian

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 9, 1999

About the author

A licensed psychologist and marriage, family, and child counselor, Dr. James Dobson was a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. For 14 years Dr. Dobson was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, and he served for 17 years on the attending staff of Children's Hospital Los Angeles in the Division of Child Development and Medical Genetics. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California (1967) in the field of child development.

He was the author of more than 50 books, including The New Dare to Discipline, The New Strong-Willed Child, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Night Light: A Devotional for Couples, Bringing Up Boys, and the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls .

Heavily involved in influencing governmental policies related to the family, Dr. Dobson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Advisory Commission to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He also served on the Attorney General's Advisory Board on Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Health and Human Services' Panel on Teen Pregnancy Prevention, and the Commission on Child and Family Welfare. He was elected in 2008 to the National Radio Hall of Fame, and in 2009 received the Ronald Reagan Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reviews

[Melissa (Always Behind) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Encouragement and wisdom from a parenting expert--there's nothing really new here, most is common sense.