Parental influence is a throne which no man can abdicate. The members of our family come under our shadow, and we either drip poison upon them, or else beneath our shade they breathe an atmosphere perfumed with our virtue. The little boats are fastened to our larger vessel and are drawn along in our wake. [...]

For years, my name has been at the top of the most popular names in America list.  So, when I saw that the most popular baby names of 2011 had been released, I needed to see where my name stood.  I was disappointed… Most popular boys names of 2011: 1. Aiden 2. Jackson 3. Mason [...]

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) finds teens who have dinner with their parents 3 or fewer times per week are 4 times more likely to use tobacco, twice as likely to drink alcohol, 2.5 times more likely to smoke pot, and 4 times as likely to say they’ll [...]

In the summer 2011 edition of Facts & Trends magazine, Thom Rainer, the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, pointed out five big changes he sees coming for American churches.  Here are a couple of his research findings (in italics) followed by a few brief comments by yours truly. 1. Our nation will see [...]

Does the beast of busyness lurk in your home? Is your family enslaved by the demands of the calendar? Do you want to slow down but don’t know how? If so, then Randy Frazee, the author of Making Room for Life, may be able to help.  Back when I hosted the Parenting Teenagers radio program, [...]

Tom Bishop is a man who is passionate about prayer. He’s the author of several self-published booklets on prayer including the book, Praying Down the Path of Your Child’s Life. He believes that prayer is the most powerful tool by far in a parents arsenal. Here is what he told me a while back about [...]

Christian parents today are afraid. They’re afraid that the pressures of the culture will overwhelm their kids and cause them to walk away from the values and the faith that they’re desperately trying to pass on to them. Because of this, many parents are parenting out of fear.  Fear of losing their kids to the [...]