Condoms for First Graders
A school board in Provincetown, Massachusetts has adopted a controversial new policy as part of their sexual education program:
Sex education starts early, especially if you go to elementary school in Provincetown, Mass. That’s because the school committee has unanimously adopted a condom distribution policy beginning as early as first grade ......... >Read More
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Do We Still Push Kids Too Hard?
Do too many parents and grandparents try to live through their kids and put too much pressure on them?
At a young age, kids are often pushed into playing sports or music or other activities. While there are some great benefits that can come from these activities like learning teamwork and gaining self-confidence, there are also... >Read More
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Featured Comment: First-time Moms
Occasionally we want to highlight one of the more thoughtful, interesting, and applicable comments that we receive. This week we are featuring a comment that will likely hit home for first-time moms, posted by Hailey on the recent devotional "What do you have to offer?":
This devotional really hit home for me today. I am a first time mother,... >Read More
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30 Second Challenge: Listening to Your Kids
At twenty-six years of age I was eight months pregnant with our fourth child. It seemed like I spent most of my time wiping counters, faces, hands, or bottoms. I often had at least one child clinging to my pant legs, either wanting my attention or just randomly tattling on the others.
In the middle of this stage of my... >Read More
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Should Christians participate in Halloween?
Halloween is nearly here, and for some Christians, it's a truly frightful time of year. For others, however, it's seen as a mostly benign secular holiday.
Growing up in a non-Christian household, I always looked forward to Halloween. It wasn't because of the costumes or macabre imagery often associated with it though. I looked forward mostly to...... >Read More
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Judge Gives Probation to Parents in Prayer-death Case
What role should prayer play in the medical care parents provide to their children? Recently two parents were found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide, a charge that carries up to 25 years in prison, after they prayed for their sick daughter instead of taking her to a doctor:
The Central Wisconsin parents convicted in their daughter's death...... >Read More
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“Mars Hill Conversations” on Adoption
Right now in North America, there are tens of thousands of children available and waiting to be adopted. In today's video, several professors at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Russel Moore, Randy Stinson, and David Prince, sit down and talk about their experiences adopting children, and how it's affected both their lives and the lives of...... >Read More
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Hold on To Your Heart
Recently my daughter turned sixteen. Sweet sixteen, wow I cannot believe... >more
Accounts of Autism
One of my favorite books is “The Curious Incident of the Dog... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)