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Mother holds her crying teenage daughter

Helping Teens Caught in Mass Violence

Consider ways to come alongside kids who have faced a life-threatening situation that stems from the misguided actions of another person.

Young widow holding her son

How To Help Your Child Heal When A Parent Dies

I’m not a morning person. I routinely connect with the snooze button, shortening our allotted wake-up time. My boys and I often race to the car with disheveled hair and bowls full of food.

Dad, mom, and two young children at the breakfast table

Patience With Kids: Avoiding The Rut Of Reacting

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It was a typical evening at our house. My wife and I were trying to discuss our plans for the upcoming week. My 5-year-old was singing in the background while my 2-year-old was attempting to let us know that he was done eating his dinner in progressively louder volumes. Both …

Graduating student hugs father as emotional mother watches, capturing the heart of empty nest syndrome.

How to Revitalize Your Relationship with God While Navigating Empty Nest Syndrome

When we place our hope in being a parent, we find it difficult to relate to God once kids have gone away. As parents, we must learn to place our identity in God.

Mom sitting and smiling with her young child

What Mom’s Of Young Children Really Values

Confession: Reflecting on Mother’s Day experiences for moms of young children, I recall when my life with four kids under four resembled a chaotic Tide commercial. Mother’s Day was just not my favorite day.

Dad looking shocked as wife shows him a positive pregnancy test

Preparing Reluctantly To Be A Father Once More

How one family went from being terrified of having children to embracing their continually growing family.

taming your wild child little girl with her arms up in the air and sun glasses

The Secret Sauce You Need to Tame Your Wild Child

Having a wild child can bring the eyes of judgment in every aisle of the grocery store. More discipline is not always the best answer. Explore how love, respect, grace, and forgiveness can equip you as you respond to your wild child.

Close up of laughing mom being kissed on each cheek by her young son and daughter

Stages of Motherhood

Each mom’s journey through the stages of motherhood will look slightly different. Mothers, overall, tend to handle certain things in each stage of their child’s life in certain ways. Those tendencies can be helpful as we journey through each stage of our child’s life

Help Kids Know Truth On Questions Of Transgenderism

There is a crucial shift in youth culture, and Christian teens need to understand transgenderism as well as how to respond in love and truth.

Father and son laughing together

How To Make Father’s Day Feel Less Awkward

Father’s Day is awkward for those who either don’t have a father or who are estranged from their father.

Homeschooling mom with her young son and daughter

10 Good Reasons to Homeschool: Are you a good fit?

If faith and character are part of your family values, homeschooling could be the right choice.

School-age girl at the table resting her arms on her book and her head on her arms

Four Truths To Empower Mom When Homeschooling Is Tough

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Smart stepparenting is important when blending families

The Guide to Smart Stepparenting

Many people assume that stepparenting is the sole responsibility of the stepparent. On the contrary, it is a two-person task.

How to get your baby to sleep well is a common question

How To Get Your Baby To Sleep Well

Although, March 1 is officially designated as National Baby Sleep Day, parents who have been sleep-deprived are all too aware of the importance of adequate sleep.

three kids of all different ages sitting at the table with their shoolbooks

Kids Want A Voice In Their Schooling

Recess! Report cards! (And other basic human rights)! Give your kids a place to voice their needs in the home-school experience.

Growth and learning happen as a parent is strategic just like in the picture of the stages of butterfly growth

Strategies for Helicopter Parents

Solid strategies for helicopter parents that can land the whirlybird while encourage their children’s growth and learning.

Dads and moms have different parenting styles

Different Parenting Styles: When Dad Says It’s Okay…

Children need both their parents. When mom and dad connect, they can complement each other’s parenting styles.

family of a mother, father, and little girl eating popcorn and watching tv on family movie night

The Value of Family Movie Nights

There are ways to motivate kids toward the ideas of belief, values and character qualities without the use of physical restraints or stern parental glares.

Prepare siblings like this little girl to welcome a newborn baby brother.

How to Prepare Siblings for the New Baby

Getting ready for a new baby can be fun and exciting. Help prepare siblings to welcome the new member in the family without rivalry.

Why does God allow suffering?

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

To answer the question: Why does God allow suffering?, you and your children will need some logic, communication, and patience, as well as an understanding of God’s wisdom and the Bible.

Dear Focus on the Family Reader, 

The Southern Poverty Law Center couldn’t be more wrong. They recently named Focus on the Family to its radical and inflammatory “hate group” list. Ridiculous!

The ministry you support is pro-person, not pro-sin. We follow the infallible biblical truth that God created two (and only two) genders, and that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman. These are divinely inspired beliefs held by faithful Christians for thousands of years, not hate speech.

Will you give today to stand up for truth and provide resources that invest in God’s plan for marriage and families?

We won’t back down from God’s calling and will continue to fight for families. Together, we will endure and combat hate with Christ’s overcoming love.

Jim Daly posing for a headshot photo

Jim Daly
President of Focus on the Family