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"Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Prenancy and the Church" cover image with purple sky and mountains in the background, and a church steeple in the foreground.

Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Pregnancy and the Church

The pregnancy test was positive. I cried. Pregnancy wasn’t in my plans, because I recently quit my job for full-time entrepreneurship. After telling the father of my twins I was pregnant, he immediately suggested an abortion and offered to pay. I didn’t want to abort. For weeks, he pressured me. Despite uncertainties about motherhood’s impact …

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.

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Can Dads Save Lives? Abortion and Fatherhood’s Surprising Connection

When a woman first holds up that positive test, research shows that her mind most often goes to a potential resource and solution that many people on every side of the debate seem to have forgotten – the father.

Time with dad is the key to relationship-building here is a dad and daughter smiling and touching foreheads

Make the Most of Time With Dad

Spending one-on-one time with kids allows for a deeper connection between Dads and children.

A man's fingers is grasped by the tiny hand of a baby.

Is Our Marriage Ready for a Baby?

Before, you were a couple. Now you’re “Mom” and “Dad.” How can you and your spouse prepare your relationship for some of parenthood’s unique challenges?

The impact of radical feminism on boys and men. Little boy looking back and smiling as he is holding his daddy's hand

Protecting Our Sons: Navigating a Radical Feminist Culture

Radical feminism and the crisis of male identity has impacted our families in a barrage of subtle attacks.

Father and son fishing off a pier.

The Power and Importance of a Father’s Role in Child Development

God’s Word clearly indicates that fathers bring power to the parenting relationship.

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Family’s not in the way. They are the way.

If the writers of the beloved Wonder Years television series were right – that growing up happens in a heartbeat, that one day you’re in diapers and the next day you’re gone – then the parenting season is equally brief, poignant, and profound.

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How to Talk with Your Adult Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction

Note: This article is intended to support and encourage parents of adult children only.

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Be the Dad

Do you confront your kids when they’re not thinking clearly? Sometimes they will need you to intervene and help them deal with issues.

What Defines a Father?

Help your child embrace God as his or her heavenly Father.

Girl and her father

Fathers Matter: The Importance of a Father

A father’s gifts of quality time, life-giving words, and positive actions have a long-lasting impact on his children.

How to be the dad your family needs is being with them. Dad standing with wife, son and daughter celebrating.

Fatherhood: How to be the Dad Your Family Needs

Fathers have the awesome responsibility of laying a spiritual foundation in the home. But what does that mean, exactly? How can you be the dad your family needs?

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Be a DIY Dad, and Build More Than a Pair of Stilts

It’s not just about building stilts. It’s about your relationship with your kids.

The Real Job of Dads

A dad’s primary, underlying job isn’t control.

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How To Be a Good Dad: 7 Ways To Be the Father Your Kids Need

Dads matter. 
So how can you make a lasting difference in your children’s lives?

Fathers Impact Child Development

When dads are involved with their kids at all ages and stages of childhood, they will help them grow and thrive

Consistent Fatherhood

How active are you in the lives of your children?

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Importance of Fathers to Their Daughters

Fathers have an important role in their daughter’s lives. Here are some key insights to help dads be great.

raising boys into godly men takes a father like this one loving his son into manhood

Raising Godly Men Out of a Toxic Culture

In spite of the conflicting messages our boys are getting about masculinity, you can raise your son to be a godly man.

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.

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Jim Daly
President of Focus on the Family