James Dobson Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Personal life== Dobson married Shirley Deere on August 26, 1960. The couple have two children, Danae and Ryan.<ref name="nyt2010">{{Cite news |last=Goodstein |first=Laurie |date=2010-01-16 |title=Radio Show for Focus on the Family Founder |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/business/media/17dobson.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091805/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/business/media/17dobson.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dobson turned control of some of Focus on the Family's youth-oriented magazine titles over to his son Ryan Dobson in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Denver Post |title=Dobson's "rebel" son gets on board |first=Electra |last=Draper |date=March 26, 2009 |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/03/26/dobsons-rebel-son-gets-on-board/ }}</ref> Danae Dobson received a golden key necklace as a gift from her father when she voiced her commitment to sexual purity at age ten. James Dobson encouraged other parents to give similar gifts.{{sfn|Moslener|2015|p=103}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page