Gary Smalley, popular author and psychologist, asked 100 people, "What is one specific way you knew that you had received your father's blessing?" Here some of those answers:
My father would put his arm around me at church and let me lay my head on his shoulder.
When my father was facing being transferred at work, he purposely took another job so that I could finish my senior year in high school ...
2. The Words of Boys and Girls
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Gary Smalley
In a Harvard study of several hundred preschoolers, researchers discovered an interesting phenomenon. As they taped the children's playground conversation, they realized that all the sounds coming from little girls' mouths were recognizable words. However, only 60 percent of the sounds coming from little boys were recognizable. The other 40 percent were yells and sound effects like "Vrrrooooom!" "...
