3 Ways to Volunteer With Your Children

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of the best things you can do with your children to help their growth and development, as well as to spend quality time together, is to volunteer. Volunteering your time teaches valuable skills that your kids need to have to help them grow into compassionate people with empathy for others. It’s also a greatContinue reading “3 Ways to Volunteer With Your Children”

Do juvenile courts discourage delinquency?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Dr. James Dobson The New The New Dare to Discipline[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text]Question: What is your opinion of the juvenile courts? Do they reward good behavior and extinguish bad? Are they efficient in discouraging delinquency? Answer: Not generally, but the blame is difficult to locate. I served for three years on President Ronald Reagan’s NationalContinue reading “Do juvenile courts discourage delinquency?”

What’s most important, quality of time or quantity of time?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Dr. James Dobson Straight Talk To Men [/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text]Question: My wife and I are extremely busy during this period of our lives. My job takes me on the road several days a week, and my wife has become very successful as a real estate agent. Quite honestly, we are not able to spendContinue reading “What’s most important, quality of time or quantity of time?”

4 steps for transitioning boys into men ( cameron & molitor, 2012 )

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Dr. Tim Clinton “Fathers and Sons”[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text] Listen HERE to Dr. Clinton interview Kirk Cameron on his radio program Life, Love and Family With Dr. Tim Clinton. 4 Steps for Transitioning Boys into Men (Cameron & Molitor, 2012): Have a Plan—little ever gets accomplished without a well-devised plan. Think about the qualities you’dContinue reading “4 steps for transitioning boys into men ( cameron & molitor, 2012 )”

How to Be a Confident Mom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Joyce Meyer [/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text] Bringing Up Your Children with Peace, Patience and Confidence At one time or another, every mom has felt lacking in her ability as a parent. It begins with caring for your newborn. Am I doing this right? And then continues with toddler tantrums all the way through the teenageContinue reading “How to Be a Confident Mom”

Why are Single Fathers So Important to the Church?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why are Single Fathers So Important to the Church? According to the Pew Research Center, there were approximately 300,000 single father households in 1960; today there are around 2.6 million. Still, this only accounts for 17% of all custodial parents in single parent homes. If we really want to broaden the spectrum, we canContinue reading “Why are Single Fathers So Important to the Church?”

5 Signs of Emotionally Unavailable Men

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By STACEY LAURA LLOYD Originally published in liveabout.com[/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text]Since happy and healthy relationships are based on openness, honesty, mutual respect, and trust, it can be hard to understand and deal with emotionally unavailable men. If you’re worried that your man might fall into this particular category, these five key signs can help you learnContinue reading “5 Signs of Emotionally Unavailable Men”

What do children dislike about themselves?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Dr. James C. Dobson [/vc_column_text][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][vc_column_text]For a book by E. A. Douvan, Adolescent Girls, nearly two thousand girls from eleven to eighteen years of age were asked, “What would you most like to change about yourself if you could . . . your looks, your personality, or your life!” Fifty-nine percent mentioned someContinue reading “What do children dislike about themselves?”