Daddy Bunnies and Fatherhood as a Vocation

What do you want to be when you grow up? A children's book by Richard Scarry titled The Bunny Book explores that question. The book walks the reader ...

Dad Left at Gas Station on Family Vacation

A Texas dad (who did not want to offer his name) had some unexpected excitement on his family vacation. After the man and his family spent the night at ...

Son with Disabilities Says, "Dad, You're My Hero"

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, there's a restaurant called Tim's Place. It's named after Tim Harris, a young man with Down syndrome who started ...

Boys Need Mentors More than Ever

In 2002, the U.S. Secret Service completed the Safe School Initiative, a study of school shootings and other school-based attacks. The study examined ...

Film Critic Can no Longer Tolerate Violent Films

In the 1990s Rod Dreher was working as a professional film critic who reviewed numerous films with graphic violence. But just before the birth of his ...

Hostile Son Overcome by His Father's Goodness

NPR ran a moving story about a father and son that aired on the hit radio show "This American Life." The episode titled "Know When to Fold ...

Parenting Teens: Take Them Up Mount Everest

Imagine that you've chosen to scale Mount Everest. You've shelled out sixty thousand dollars to your Sherpa guides. After a few days, you finally ...

Son of Famous Mountaineer Wanted to Know His Dad

George Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Mallory and his climbing ...

A Young Boy Obeys His Father in Dangerous Traffic

In "Teaching Respect Within the Home," Dave Stone writes:

A number of years ago, our family was in the Dominican Republic on a mission trip. ...

Tony Dungy Learned Patience from His Father

Former pro football star and coach Tony Dungy told the following story about his father's Christian character:

My dad was usually a quiet, thoughtful ...