Parenting Archives

Some Christians are all exercised about the fact that Where the Wild Things Are might be too frightening for children. They're wrong. The movie...

Humble, ordinary shoeboxes. How is it that these same lowly shoeboxes can be transformed into glittering treasure chests that delight a child's...

While I enjoy dressing up my baby girl and taking her to the church carnival, I don't enjoy Halloween. I don't like to be afraid...

The most explicitly subversive literature is often presented to the very youngest among us -- our children. Far too many parents seem not to...

Of all the groups most affected by the busyness epidemic—perhaps the American family has been the worst hit. Under all the self-assumed pressure,...

The original Halloween had more to do with faith than fear.

Marriages can be severely impacted by differences in parenting styles, especially when one spouse runs the family in an overly authoritarian...

If you're struggling to get your kids to behave, there's hope. Dr. Rosemond's offers ways parents can discipline kids successfully.

Social workers, psychologists and counselors gathered with Rachel, Philip and me in the conference room. "We think Philip has a mild form of...

If timidity is allowed and even cultivated in our sons' lives, it can breed a spiritual timidity over the years. If our sons are allowed to shy...

Halloween always brings up some of the same questions I faced when I first became a believer in 1974...

Statistically, when it comes to Christian athletes helping the weak and the timid, we are missing in action.

Whether they be complicated or simple, with long-term effects or temporary, trials and frustrations can hinder our spiritual growth, causing...

Scripture tells us that the man (or woman) whose home is filled with children is truly blessed. But recently I received the following email from a...

Over the past several years, a marked decrease in the number of babies born with Down syndrome has been both observed and widely reported. This...