Parenting - articles
Yeats Family-Adoption
The Yeats family of Ft. Worth, Texas, followed God’s call to adopt no matter where it led them. Today their family provides us with a beautiful picture of our adoption into the family of God. more »
by: Tim Cuffman - Jun 24, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption, Life, Citizenship, Racial Reconciliation
Footprints Ministry
See how the Footprints ministry, in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, shares the love of Christ with NICU families by providing support and encouragement during a very difficult time. more »
by: Tim Cuffman - Jun 22, 2009 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Children, Parenting, Life
Parent-child relationship further weakened with court order
The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman of New York to order the FDA to make Plan B, post-intercourse contraceptives available to 17-year-old girls without a prescription from their doctor is one more example of the government believing it has the right to interpose itself between parents and their children. more »
by: Richard Land - Apr 28, 2009 - comments: 4 - topic(s): Life, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
Parents of special-needs children say support, prayer make all the difference
When Brenda McClelland was in high school, she read “Angel Unaware,” a book by Dale Evans Rogers about being a parent with a special-needs child, and prayed that one day, God would give her a Down syndrome child. more »
by: Anna Swindle - Apr 9, 2009 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Life, Disabled
Jump in out-of-wedlock births disheartening
The news of 4.3 million births in the United States in 2007—the highest birth rate in U.S. history—seems to be something to celebrate, and it is. more »
by: Richard Land - Mar 24, 2009 - comments: 4 - topic(s): Family, Children, Parenting, Fathers
A new pro-life battle: designer babies
Medical science has ushered in a brave new world in childbearing. A fertility clinic in Los Angeles recently announced it was ready to offer would-be parents designer babies. more »
by: Penna Dexter - Mar 17, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Life
Living your values
Sen. John McCain electrified the Republican base and millions of people of every political persuasion last Friday when he selected Alaska Gov. more »
by: Richard Land - Sep 3, 2008 - comments: 17 - topic(s): Faith, Family, Parenting, Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship,
MySpace, My Kids
Following media reports, you’d think MySpace.com was crawling with child predators. Jason Illian, author of MySpace MyKids, acknowledges the risks of the popular Web site, but believes there is plenty of good that can come from being a MySpace regular. more »
by: staff - Aug 21, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture
Infecting Your Kids with Integrity
“It’s not who you are in life that matters,” a famous American father told his later-to-be-famous sons. “It’s who people think you are.” When a person adopts this way of thinking, a split develops between the public and private, with more emphasis being placed on image management than character development. more »
by: Alan E. Godwin - Aug 20, 2007 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Family, Children, Parenting
Some common sense in the “mommy wars”
The divide between working and stay-at home mothers has always been overhyped. The term “mommy wars” doesn’t really describe the way mothers relate to one another. more »
by: Penna Dexter - Aug 7, 2007 - comments: 4 - topic(s): Family, Living, Finances, Marriage, Wives, Parenting, Mothers, Pop Culture