Ever since the internet became a regular part of the human experience, it has been implicated as an accomplice in online affairs, real life adultery, and the break-up of marriages. With every new online fad have come the stories of spouses wandering away from their marriage to a new cyber love interest.  The media has highlighted tales and trends...

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An Ode to Dads

Courageous. Adventurous. Provider. Hero. Sage. Friend. All of these words could be used to describe the role of a father, and their central place in the life of their children. They won't always be perfect. They have faults and failures just as much as anyone. But as often as possible, especially this time of year, we want to celebrate dads everywhere...

Not every girl gets to be Daddy's little girl. Many are missing the father-daughter relationship that is so essential for any child to have. The following excerpt is from H. Norman Wright's A Dad-Shaped Hole in My Heart. Dads, see for yourself and learn how to help heal that 'dad-shaped hole' in your daughter's heart. Daughters or even sons, consider...

We took a holiday by a lake in the mountains.  The sky was blue, the water cool and the mountains surrounding the lake was surreal in beauty and magnitude. Bobbing on air mattresses that I had purchased the week before from the local hardware store for a whopping $12.97, I asked my husband the million dollar question.  It was a simple one, but...

It's hard for me to forget about dinner. My thirteen year-old daughter, Alyssa, poses the same question daily. "What are we having for dinner?" she asks, usually in the early afternoon. Her inquiry makes me think, because I can tell that the answer is important to her. After I tell her what's on the evening menu, she goes about her day with calm...

I slipped into his room late one evening as I arrived home from work so that I could give him a goodnight snuggle and a kiss, only to find him wide awake. "Hey Dad, it's Wednesday!" my 12-year-old said. "Tonight was our date night, Dad! You forgot!" Somewhere between the deadlines and the meetings and the to-do list, I'd forgotten the most important...

As I look into the faces of the real teens that come into my office, I frequently see the troubled eyes of those whose lives have been compromised because of the adverse consequences of risky sexual activity. There are many challenges involved in addressing teen sexuality – sex is a very sensitive topic and it is a topic which stirs up strong opinions....