Parenting

On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Pastor Doug Fields shares humorous stories about his parenting journey and offers practical ideas on how to raise children who are confident, compassionate, competent, and have good moral character. For more from...

Mumbles. Grumbles. Moans. Whines. One day, while on a road trip with her family of 11 people, Tricia realized that there was a terrible amount of complaining coming from her family members. In an act of desperation, Tricia made a proposal that her family...

Mumbles. Grumbles. Moans. Whines. One day, while on a road trip with her family of 11 people, Tricia realized that there was a terrible amount of complaining coming from her family members. In an act of desperation, Tricia made a proposal that her family...

Dr. Meg Meeker offers moms with boys encouragement and advice in a discussion based on her book Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men. She explains how a mom can bolster her son's confidence, navigate conflict as he...

A family tree displays solid branches reaching through the generations—parents, grandparents, and beyond. But what do you do when those branches are broken by heavy weights like abandonment, divorce, loss? How do you become a good husband or wife when it...

A family tree displays solid branches reaching through the generations—parents, grandparents, and beyond. But what do you do when those branches are broken by heavy weights like abandonment, divorce, loss? How do you become a good husband or wife when it...

Lee Nienhuis, a mom of young kids, was overjoyed watching her 5-year-old sing “I have decided to follow Jesus.” But when he sang the line “No turning back,” Lee was gripped with fear. She realized that following Jesus in this increasingly hostile world...

Lee Nienhuis, a mom of young kids, was overjoyed watching her 5-year-old sing ?I have decided to follow Jesus.? But when he sang the line ?No turning back,? Lee was gripped with fear. She realized that following Jesus in this increasingly hostile world...

Licensed counselors Stephen James and Chip Dodd share stories of their own mistakes and misadventures of fatherhood. They encourage parents to examine their hearts, accept their failings, and release the baggage they bring into parenting. Parents will...

Speaking directly to pregnant teen girls as well as their parents, Tricia Goyer offers the wisdom she's gained from looking back at her own experiences as a pregnant teen. She encourages young listeners to pursue God's plan for their circumstances.

Licensed counselors Stephen James and Chip Dodd share stories of their own mistakes and misadventures of fatherhood. They encourage parents to examine their hearts, accept their failings, and release the baggage they bring into parenting. Parents will...

Jonathan McKee educates parents on apps like Instagram and Snapchat, and encourages them to be more involved in the media choices (games, movies, music) of their tweens and teens. He recommends ‘co-viewing’ as a non-confrontive way of getting involved...

Sarah Parshall Perry wants to encourage women in their motherhood journey. She recounts with humor and vulnerability her own struggles of transitioning out of the corporate world into motherhood, and needing to rediscover her identity, purpose and value...

Jonathan McKee educates parents on apps like Instagram and Snapchat, and encourages them to be more involved in the media choices (games, movies, music) of their tweens and teens.  He recommends ‘co-viewing’ as a non-confrontive way of getting involved...

Sarah Parshall Perry wants to encourage women in their motherhood journey. She recounts with humor and vulnerability her own struggles of transitioning out of the corporate world into motherhood, and needing to rediscover her identity, purpose and value...