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DATE CHANGE to Dr James Dobsons Parenting Conference
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – May 2, in the year of our Lord 2012
– Dr. James Dobson’s “Building a Family Legacy” conference,
originally set for two weekends in May at Skyline Church in San
Diego has been rescheduled for the same location on June 22/23
and June 29/30.
At the “Building a Family Legacy” conference, now June 22/23 and
29/30, Dr. Dobson, head of Family Talk radio and known for
bestsellers such as The Strong-Willed Child, Dare to Discipline
and Bringing Up Boys—will update and expand his legendary 1978
film series on parenting, seen at the time by 80 million people,
then more than a third of the U.S. population.
Dr. Dobson will speak four evenings, updating his world-renowned
parenting series with new research and insights, new stories . .
. fresh encouragement for partnering and parenting in the 21st
century.
“My son, Ryan, at the time a new dad, picked up a video and
watched it one night,” Dobson said, describing the genesis of
the new series. “He phoned me, and, after a few laughs about the
sideburns and big eyeglasses, he said, ‘Dad, this is what
parents are wanting right now!’”
Ryan’s plea was far from the first, and the Dobson team with
producer, David Nixon, began to consider which segments to
retain and what to update and add. In 1978 segments about
dealing with young children, for example, the child psychologist
speaks from the front lines of raising Ryan and Danae, at the
time young children in the Dobson household (she inspired The
Strong-Willed Child!). That one-of-a-kind footage will be
restored and reframed. (“John Wickham, then Army chief of staff,
was so taken with the Fathering film, he made it required
viewing for soldiers around the world,” Dobson recalls.)
In the new Legacy session, one of five new titles to be
presented at the San Diego conference, Dobson traces four
generations in his family to examine the enduring influence of a
godly great-grandfather. Every talk will have new research,
information and illustrations from the premier expert on child
development and family counsel.
“Mixing the immediacy of youth and the perspective of age from
this man’s career is a rich capstone,” said Robert Wolgemuth,
BUILDING A FAMILY LEGACY executive producer and, interestingly,
one of the marketers of the original film series at Word
Publishers. "We've issued a blanket invitation to anyone at the
original series in San Antonio because that was a
once-in-a-generation moment, and this is too."
“Faces in the crowd in that San Antonio screening were minor
celebrities for two decades,” Wolgemuth added, laughing.
Author of more than 30 books, Dr. Dobson currently heads Dr.
James Dobson’s Family Talk, a nonprofit ministry and radio
program. For 14 years, he was an associate clinical professor of
pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of
Medicine and was on the attending staff of Children’s Hospital
of Los Angeles for 17 years. He earned his doctorate in child
development from USC. He founded and is chair emeritus of Focus
on the Family.
WHEN Friday, June 22
Saturday, June 23
Friday, June 29
Saturday, June 30
Sessions begin at 7 p.m.
WHERE Skyline Church, 11330 Campo Road, La Mesa, CA
(Highway 94 at Jamacha Boulevard)
TICKETS
www.BuildingAFamilyLegacy.com