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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Fatherhood

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Dads Parent Differently Than Moms

Father’s unique contributions to parenting will benefit his children.

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What Defines A Father?

Help your child embrace God as his or her heavenly Father.

"Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Prenancy and the Church" cover image with purple sky and mountains in the background, and a church steeple in the foreground.

Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Pregnancy and the Church

The pregnancy test was positive. I cried. Pregnancy wasn’t in my plans, because I recently quit my job for full-time entrepreneurship. After telling the father of my twins I was pregnant, he immediately suggested an abortion and offered to pay. I didn’t want to abort. For weeks, he pressured me. Despite uncertainties about motherhood’s impact …

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Preparing Reluctantly To Be A Father Once More

How one family went from being terrified of having children to embracing their continually growing family.

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Can Dads Save Lives? Abortion and Fatherhood’s Surprising Connection

When a woman first holds up that positive test, research shows that her mind most often goes to a potential resource and solution that many people on every side of the debate seem to have forgotten – the father.

Time with dad is the key to relationship-building here is a dad and daughter smiling and touching foreheads

Make the Most of Time With Dad

Spending one-on-one time with kids allows for a deeper connection between Dads and children.

A man's fingers is grasped by the tiny hand of a baby.

Is Our Marriage Ready for a Baby?

Before, you were a couple. Now you’re “Mom” and “Dad.” How can you and your spouse prepare your relationship for some of parenthood’s unique challenges?

The impact of radical feminism on boys and men. Little boy looking back and smiling as he is holding his daddy's hand

Protecting Our Sons: Navigating a Radical Feminist Culture

Radical feminism and the crisis of male identity has impacted our families in a barrage of subtle attacks.

Father and son fishing off a pier.

The Power and Importance of a Father’s Role in Child Development

God’s Word clearly indicates that fathers bring power to the parenting relationship.

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Family’s not in the way. They are the way.

If the writers of the beloved Wonder Years television series were right – that growing up happens in a heartbeat, that one day you’re in diapers and the next day you’re gone – then the parenting season is equally brief, poignant, and profound.

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How to Talk with Your Adult Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction

Note: This article is intended to support and encourage parents of adult children only.

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Be the Dad

Do you confront your kids when they’re not thinking clearly? Sometimes they will need you to intervene and help them deal with issues.

How to be the dad your family needs is being with them. Dad standing with wife, son and daughter celebrating.

Fatherhood: How to be the Dad Your Family Needs

Fathers have the awesome responsibility of laying a spiritual foundation in the home. But what does that mean, exactly? How can you be the dad your family needs?

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Be a DIY Dad, and Build More Than a Pair of Stilts

It’s not just about building stilts. It’s about your relationship with your kids.

The Real Job of Dads

A dad’s primary, underlying job isn’t control.

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How To Be a Good Dad: 7 Ways To Be the Father Your Kids Need

Dads matter. 
So how can you make a lasting difference in your children’s lives?

Fathers Impact Child Development

When dads are involved with their kids at all ages and stages of childhood, they will help them grow and thrive

Consistent Fatherhood

How active are you in the lives of your children?

raising boys into godly men takes a father like this one loving his son into manhood

Raising Godly Men Out of a Toxic Culture

In spite of the conflicting messages our boys are getting about masculinity, you can raise your son to be a godly man.

How Fathers Help Kids Grow

When fathers are attentive to their children, they build relationships that encourage healthy child development.