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After being married for years and asked the honest question by innocent onlookers, "When are you guys gonna have kids?" I would shamefully keep my...

When you get into conflict with your children, it doesn’t have to be the end of the world, or even miserable, take a look at the following list of...

How far should we go to have children? Should our desires trump the benefits of bearing children in the traditional design of a mother and a...

There is no period of the year that is more conducive to getting together as a family and sharing what we watch, hear, or read. I have two...

Has your child walked away from God, and you, in rebellion?

In Your presence is fullness of joy (Psalm 16:11). Sometimes it takes a child's enthusiasm to remind us of the joy this season brings.

I confess that when I was a young parent, I worried about all those times I wasn’t so loving, or patient, or consistent. But now that I’m older,...

Most of us bow under the weight of more than a few questions about children and how they come to faith. How do children believe? When are they able...

Great unity can result from a family that focuses on celebrating and honoring the birth of Christ. Here are some ideas you may want to incorporate...

Could many of our parenting approaches actually be helping us to raise Pharisees instead of disciples of Jesus?

If we are to have homes filled with true joy, we must first model joy to our children. Like it or not, we are the emotional facilitators of the...

As dads, we have so much power to influence our daughters' for good or for ill. Here are five key areas where our daughters' need our fatherly...

Although blended families are now nearly as common as traditional families, they’re much more complicated. But you can overcome the unique...

On Thanksgiving, families will gather together around the dinner table, but what about the other 364 days of the year?

As we gather around Thanksgiving tables, we will likely take a moment to count our blessings, thanking God for His abundance. But as we clink dish...