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Adopting a child is a lengthy, expensive process that poses great emotional and legal risks to prospective parents -- or is it? Natalie Nichols...

From sexually provocative media, to the influence of bad boy athletes and self-indulgent celebrities, to violent video games… the cultural undertow...

Do you worry about the friends your kids choose?

If you learn how to relate to your adult children as respected friends, you can build great relationships with them that can last for the rest of...

Every child has their own financial personality. Three of our children are savers. Two are spenders. Of course, they take after both my husband and...

Why not make a New Year's resolution that builds your relationships?

Protecting our kids makes sense in the very early years of childhood, but kids need a lot of real life practice well before they head out into the...

God’s call to reach lost people with the Gospel is for all believers – adults and children alike. Answering God’s call to focus your family outward...

It wasn’t until I became a mother that I realized part of the miracle of Christmas was Mary’s own quiet strength...

Humility is one of the rarest of all character traits - and the most desperately needed. Here are some ways we can encourage this character trait...

Recently, while chatting with a few moms who regularly gather to pray, we agreed that there is a lot of pressure to be popular in our culture. But...

Parents cannot be spectators in the lives of their children, but should set rules, establish expectations, enforce limitations, and constantly...

As kids head to college or marry and begin families, sometimes the holidays can become a source of stress or tension for the family.

The year I found a bag full of wrapped presents hidden four days after Christmas, I knew we were going overboard with the gift-giving...

Bringing up a child is like watching a continuously unfolding miracle – as long as we can turn off that nagging inclination to say “Stop!” and tune...