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Do you know how to defend your Faith with wisdom, clarity, and truth? These six powerful videos are tailored to help you experience a bold confidence in the reliability of Scripture and encourage friends and family who are struggling to trust in Jesus.
Vice President, Parenting and Youth
Dr. Huerta oversees Focus’ initiatives that equip mothers and fathers with biblical and research based principles and guidance for raising healthy, resilient children rooted in a thriving faith in Christ.
Dr. Huerta is a bilingual psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, author of 7 Traits of Effective Parenting, and co-author of Focus on the Family’s Age and Stage resource, and various other resources. He is also the co-host and expert on the Focus on Parenting and the Practice Makes Parent podcasts.
For many years, he has provided families with practical, biblically-based, and research-based parenting advice on key parenting topics. He has been interviewed by various media outlets including Fox News, Fatherly, Christianity Today, WORLD Magazine, The Christian Post and CBN, and regularly speaks on Christian radio stations and podcasts across the United States. He’s also written for various publications and is a regular speaker at retreats, conventions, family camps, online events worldwide, and on various social media channels.
Dr. Huerta has maintained a private practice serving families in Colorado Springs since 2003 and has also served families as an employee of Focus on the Family since 2004.
He and his wife, Heather, love the outdoors, have been married since 1997, and love spending time with their two adult children.
Dr. John Townsend shares practical tips for parents struggling to set healthy boundaries with their children. He provides insights into relatable situations spanning every stage of the parenting journey, from teaching unruly toddlers to dealing with adult children who still live at home.
Bill and Pam Farrel describe how you can strengthen your marriage by affirming your spouse, cultivating healthy habits, and planning time for romance.
Michelle Ablard tells her story of being prompted by God to embark on an unlikely journey of fostering two kids from the school she taught at, and eventually adopting them. She describes how her community of family and friends helped make her miracle family possible, inspiring listeners to consider how they might make a difference in the lives of foster care and adoptive families.
Kids are no strangers to big emotions. This can be scary for parents to navigate. Michelle Nietert is a licensed professional counselor, author, and mother of two. With personal stories and expert advice, Michelle provides practical and faith-based tools for parents to guide their little ones through emotions – big and small!
If you ever daydream as a mom about what your son will be like at 25 years old, it might be time to start letting go of him starting in his teens. John and Danny discuss how overmothering him now, might make you resent your son when he’s still sticking around at 25.
Susan Birdseye shares her dramatic story of learning about her husband’s affair after 17 years of an apparently happy marriage. She describes the devastating effects of her husband’s decisions on her family and her struggles navigating her eventual separation and divorce. Susan also shares some of the challenges she is facing now as a single parent. (Part 1 of 2)
Every parent has strengths. Discover your natural parenting approach and learn practical ways to help your family thrive.
