Father's Discipline and Kiss Changes Son

Editor's Note: On March 10, 2008, we published the following story as an "Editor's Choice" illustration. The story had a number of errors in it, and we ...

Mother's Unanswered Questions

These are the unanswered questions of Martina Phillips, a mother with a wayward son whom she hasn't seen for four years:

How How does a parent, who ...

Three Approaches to Parenting

In his book Revolutionary Parenting, George Barna says there are three dominant approaches to parenting in the United States.

Parenting by default is what ...

Tragic Trip to Iraq Changes Reporter's Life

On December 10, 2003, TIME reporter Michael Weisskopf was riding with an Army convoy through the streets of Iraq's Al-Adhamiya when he noticed a small ...

Dad Recognizes His Discouraging Words

My ten-year-old son was "helping" me paint the laundry room. I brushed; he rolled. When he disappeared to get a Coke, I re-rolled where he'd ...

The Best Gift a Father Can Give

Michael Reagan received many gifts from his father, President Ronald Reagan. But at the 40th President's sunset funeral, Michael described the greatest ...

Troubled Children Missed Father's Blessing

Bill Glass writes in an article entitled, "The Power of a Father's Blessing:”

What is our country's biggest problem? A lack of a father's ...

Professor Discovers God as His Missing Father

John W. Fountain is a professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was formerly a national correspondent for The New ...

Father Has Unconditional Love for Sick Daughter

The following is a letter from a father to his daughter, taken from Dr. James Dobson's book, When God Doesn't Make Sense:

My Dear Bristol,

Before ...

Harried Homemaker Finds Life Overwhelming

Two ministerial students from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, were doing summer evangelistic work in a rural area near Montgomery. One hot ...