What a MAN!!!! Thank you Dr. Dobson for your encouragement and knowledge for those of us who were raising our children! I listened to you daily while I was doing that. You were an inspiration to me. I LOVED being a mom and loving my children and you helped me do that. I also loved the Lord. I am a Catholic and love my faith and your faith encouraged me to be sure that our children were given the necessary help needed to become lovers of the Lord. I bought many of your books and tapes and loved listening to all of them. How great they were. In my opinion because of you, the family we have right now has been so very much helped by you. I have been married for 55 years and I am very happy. We have 4 children–2 girls and 2 boys. You have been such a great help to me in filling them with the spirit of the Lord. I am so very grateful that you were my mentor. Thank you for giving me the advise that I needed to be a strong parent. I miss you, but I am so thankful that you were here on earth when I was raising our children. I stayed at home with them and enjoyed every minute!!! Thank you for fighting for the unborn. I want to add a special thank to your wife, Shirley, who stood by you all the way through!! Thank you Shirley for sharing your wonderful husband with me.

Posted on August 22, 2025
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Patrice

There are not enough words to express my appreciation for Dr. James Dobson and his ministry. His books, Focus on the Family magazines, and radio messages provided much-needed guidance when I was raising my children. We loved the age-appropriate movies and magazines too. Since the inception of the radio programs and podcasts of Family Talk, I continue to learn and value the information from Dr. Dobson‘s messages and interviews, and those of his associates, even during these grandparenting years. My deepest appreciation, prayers, and condolences to Shirley and family. Dr. Dobson will be sorely missed. May God continue to bless the ministry of Family Talk.

There is so much I could say about James Dobson, and how his broadcast helped me get through life. I feel such a loss at his departure to heaven, yet oh what a celebration there must have been when that precious man was welcomed into the arms of Jesus! After getting married at 24, my husband and I accepted the Lord on the same day. This, of course, was God‘s plan, because a couple months later I found out I was pregnant with our first child. I had a wonderful neighbor down the road who was also a young Christian. She introduced me to Focus on the Family with James Dobson. At 10 o’clock every morning, I sat in front of the radio and listened to Focus as Dr. Dobson helped me learn to be a mom, a wife and, most of all, a Christian. Our new baby was born with a severe birth defect. We spent more days than I can count in the hospital, me taking the day shift, my husband taking the nights. I don’t believe I would’ve made it through those years without the steady voice of Dr. Dobson, every day, reassuring me that, indeed, I would get through this with the help of God! The years to follow were filled with advice passed along to me and my husband through the wise words of James Dobson. I can honestly say he taught us to be more like Christ every day. Dr. Dobson was a blessing to so many people; he will be greatly missed! I’m looking forward to meeting him in heaven one day! Peg

We will miss wonderful conservative points of life lessons!