Today’s family has expanded options for making ends meet and nurturing family life.
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As parents of teen daughters, we need to learn to affirm her value without diminishing others.
Drs. Tom and Beverly Rodgers offer hope and guidance from their book Becoming a Family That Heals: How to Resolve Past Issues and Free Your Future. (Part 2 of 2)
Drs. Tom and Beverly Rodgers offer hope and guidance from their book Becoming a Family That Heals: How to Resolve Past Issues and Free Your Future. (Part 1 of 2)
Family is important, but have you ever wondered how you reflect its importance as you live out your life day to day?
Every day we change the course of the future because we influence our children in their faith and walk.
Has your middle school child set up boundaries or built protective walls to shut you out? Be the dad who can, well, interrupt once in a while.
One of the most important ways your family can pursue Christ together is through prayer.
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The prevailing framework with which dads approach their role in the family is as an equal partnership with their wife. Dads view their role as that of a team player with shared responsibility with their wife rather than split responsibility. Instead of taking sole ownership for the financial support of the family, many dads share …
Despite good intentions, all men make mistakes that affect their kids. It is wise to consider what we’ve learned from our dad, and how it may influence our own fathering.
As we raise our children to be responsible, God-fearing adults, there’s a lot of room for humor, energy and fun.
The more information a couple has when pursuing adoption, the more prepared they will be for any problems that may surface.
Adoption options include domestic foster care, domestic infant, international, open, closed and embryo.
What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?
Here are a few ideas real moms and dads have created to set an atmosphere where words of affirmation and moments of celebration can be shared.
Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.
Sports have so much to teach us about what it means to live well. Yes, good character can be taught in Sunday school, but it is “practiced” on the court, diamond, gridiron and track. Virtues such as tenacity, perseverance, fairness, integrity and responsibility can be developed and strengthened as surely as the muscles and skills …
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …