A Higher Order

Tired of struggling with my strong-willed 3-year-old son, Thomas, I looked him in the eye and asked a question I felt sure would bring him in line: "Thomas, ...

Scripture Comes in Handy

Michelle attempts to teach her children the "please and thank you" of polite society. She also helps them memorize Scripture. One day, her 4-year-old ...

The True Definition of Marriage

This is a true definition of marriage: Marriage is the God-appointed and legitimate union of man and woman in the hope of having children or at least ...

Managing Through Problems

Parents are called to manage through problems and crises, not to avoid them altogether.

The Process of Parenting

Both Eli and Samuel had disappointing results with their children. Yet, Jehovah punished one for his ineffective parenting and blessed the other. We need ...

Divine Calling

My family is close friends with another family who faithfully attends our church. Often we spend Sunday afternoons together relaxing at our house. Recently, ...

Little Girls Need Mommies

Four-year-old Emily accompanied her mother into a public restroom equipped with handicapped facilities. "What are the bars for?" she asked.

"They're ...

Ingenuity's Outcasts

The children of these [poor, urban] neighborhoods are not suffering by mistake. They are the outcasts of our nation's ingenuity. We lock them up in ...

Disposable People

When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we wish. ...

The American Way

Abortion is not some little mistake. Abortion is a reflection of who Americans are: people in the United States are supposed to concentrate on themselves ...