Parenting Archives

The phrase ‘dysfunctional family’ has been tossed around as part of our cultural psycho-babble for years now. And familiarity does sometimes breed...

I spent the first two years of my life as a single mom in darkness, shock and depression. Night after night, I found myself sitting in a quiet...

One of the biggest risks parents face as they listen to the many messages these days about parenting is the tendency to become "cookie-cutter"...

I call it the "success trap." It’s easy to get sucked into as a parent...even if you’re serious about your faith. It’s a philosophy that worships...

Single moms and single dads need personal strength no matter how we gained our status. We all have too much stress, too many responsibilities and...

If we ignore, minimize, or are at ease with the discrepancies between our daughters’ behavior and God’s standard, there may be dire consequences.

Fathering is at the heart of masculinity. Yet many men I talk to have feelings of inadequacy regarding their fathering abilities. As author Frank...

We gave our boys the short survey in the back of Gary Chapman's book The Five Love Languages for Teens, and discovered that their primary love...

Prayer is simply talking to God. We can talk to him just like a friend, and the great thing is, he’s the best listener. He gives us his undivided...

Sometimes mothers are undervalued, so let me share two stories that will remind you of your lasting worth....

There is nothing like a mother’s love for her child. If Webster had given it more thought, surely he would have defined the word "mother" as, "The...

Feminist Professor Peggy Drexler, author of the anti-father Raising Boys Without Men claims that no special gift of fatherhood exists. She writes,...

As a parent, you naturally want to give your children the best possible education. But, in the face of so many different schooling choices and...

What works in protecting our children from the harmful results of early sexual activity? Among many expected factors like parental involvement, it...

One of my favorite stories about the power of prayer to win the lost is over 1600 years old. It begins with a woman named Monica who was raised by...