{"id":33,"date":"2011-06-02T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T19:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dadequate\/?p=33"},"modified":"2011-06-01T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T14:28:45","slug":"son-affection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dadequate\/2011\/06\/son-affection.html","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to My Son’s Affection"},"content":{"rendered":"

A conversation, <\/strong>while riding bikes in a nearby affluent neighborhood for the purpose of looking at large houses…<\/p>\n

———–<\/p>\n

“Whoa, Daddy, look at THAT one!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yep. It’s big.”<\/p>\n

“If we lived in that house I would hug you all the time.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“What?”<\/p>\n

“I would hug you all the time.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Okay…”<\/p>\n

“I know I’m supposed to hug you anyway, but I would do it a lot more with a big house.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Good to know.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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