Parenting Archives

Our perky waitress managed to keep a smile on her face in spite of multiple requests. It made me wonder if I wait on my beloved family as...

The secular mantra, heard from middle school on up, is that sex will make you popular and happy; it's great recreation that is free and fun.

November 1 is All Saints' Day. But is teaching our children about the Saints a distraction from the Word of God?

Today, I’d like to look at the question, “How and why do Christian parents let their children get off the right path? And how can diligent parents...

What can parents and churches do about rising interests in Wicca? In their new book Generation Hex, cultural experts Dillon Burroughs and Marla...

The majority of girls feel they do not measure up in some way including their looks, performance in school and relationships. Most disturbing is...

My thinking for most of the years my children were being raised was this: If a father and mother will generally do what is biblically right in...

A couple years ago my friend and co-worker Fred Alberti shared with me a lesson he prepared for the boys' class he was teaching. It was a big hit...

Every girl has at least one female nemesis in life. Mean girls exist everywhere, and the church is not exempt. Here are some steps I have taken to...

While we have learned much about blended families and how they can overcome natural obstacles to develop healthy, stable family life, great numbers...

You might have heard is that this teen romance series takes a strong stand against sex before marriage and are therefore a great way to get that...

As little girls, most women I know dreamed of adopting a baby someday. I did, but as I grew up, married, and began my own family, those dreams of...

There is no doubt that Halloween's origins can be traced to pagan beliefs and rituals. But if parents dress their kids in costume and exchange...

When we encourage our children to be more loving, we usually encourage them to do nice things for others. We must also show them that love includes...

The number of unmarried women who want to have a child by artificial insemination is growing at an unprecedented rate, even as the age of women...