Focus on the Family President Jim Daly shares about asking his kids to grade his parenting. When done right, this can be a meaningful and growing experience for you and your kids.
Family Roles & Relationships
My son, Ben, didn’t accept his new dad at first. It was one of our first step-parent problems. Jealousy, pride and stubbornness kept them from bonding.
Moms: Stop, pause and observe to see how a father’s unique contributions to parenting will benefit his children.
Is your desire for recognition distorting how you see your relationship with your stepkids?
Sons and daughters need their dads to connect with them on a regular basis. But since dads relate to their kids differently than moms, it can be challenging to know what the best ways are to connect. Dr. Meg Meeker offers tips for building healthy father-son and father-daughter relationships.
The Clausens found that by leaving the past behind, they were able to build happy memories as a family.
A growing number of families are motivated by recognizing the large number of kids in need of families and the realization that followers of Christ are God’s plan for children who’ve been orphaned.
Gratitude rescues us from the trap of negative thinking and helps us enjoy life more. Learn how gratitude is one of the seven traits of effective parenting.
Children spell love T-I-M-E. Are you giving enough? Read more about how love is one of the seven essential traits of parenting.
We work hard to provide for our families and to model a strong work ethic. Our kids see our dedication, but do they know what we’re working for?
There is value in regularly scheduled time with your family.
Parents can and should try to safeguard their children from the influence of the world, but when the “world” is the other household, parents face a difficult challenge.
Are the teen years always terrible? Get some practical advice from an experienced parent who didn’t think so.
Helping your child feel secure in family relationships.
Encourage young girls to act like a daughter of the King, God’s princess, by training them in the fruit of the Spirit.
Two girls formed a bond that spanned the miles — a bond that knew no bounds when one girl fell ill. Their friendship, a connection started through Clubhouse’s pen pal program, became a godsend for their families when crisis hit.
How is your marriages equipping your kids with the skills they need for interacting with their future spouses?
Grandparents can be role models for their grandchildren. Creative grandparents model morals, gender and values. Grandchildren often look to their grandparents for how life is to be lived.
Creative grandparents play several roles. They are historians, mentors and role models, all of which are significant and important as grandparents seek to love and nurture a new generation.
While similar in many respects to stepparenting through divorce and remarriage, parenting a child whose biological parent has died carries its own distinctives.
