Category: Family
New Suicide Prevention Hotline ‘988’ Goes Live on July 16
Suicide is a heartbreaking and tragic occurrence in our society and is particularly pronounced among youths. When an otherwise healthy young person takes their own...
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Bikinis, Boys and One Father’s Challenge to Champion Modesty
Our two youngest boys are setting the table for dinner, and I’m overhearing bits and pieces of their conversation. Parents can sometimes learn a lot...
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All Mothers are Working Mothers
Thursday’s Wall Street Journal features a story with the following headline: Working Parents Are Having a Rough Summer. The piece goes on to detail rising tensions both...
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A Mama Bear Shares 5 Things She’s Doing to Protect Her Children
Ashley Shaw is an attorney and a former Focus on the Family public policy analyst. She left the ministry several years ago to devote her...
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Governor Ron DeSantis Talks ‘Being a Positive Force for the Family’ on the Focus Broadcast
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is just 43 years old, but he’s accomplished more in just a few decades than most do in entire lifetimes. DeSantis...
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Teen Starts Lawnmowing Business to Raise Money so Stepfather Can Adopt Him
When most teenagers start a summer business, it’s to earn money for their first car, a new iPhone, college, or fun trips with friends. But...
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We Need to Raise Children Who Know How to Discriminate
How discerning are today’s children? Probably not enough, and often due to no fault of their own. The attack on kids and their sensibilities begins...
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Inflation Unexpectedly Accelerates to 8.6% in May Leaving Families to Pay the Price
Inflation unexpectedly accelerated once again in May, a U.S. government agency reported on Friday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.0% in the month of...
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U.S. Birth Rate Increases for First Time Since 2014, Still Well Below ‘Replacement Rate’
The U.S. birth rate increased in 2021 for the first time since 2014, the federal government reported on Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and...
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Does Having More Kids Make You Lose Your Mind?
There have been a number of stories in the news of late purportedly concluding that research now says having more than two children can make...
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Twenty-Four Children Adopted Just in Time for Mother’s Day
Twenty-four children were adopted into forever homes on May 6 – just in time for Mother’s Day. According to News4Jax, an adoption event in Duval...
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Some Clues My Mother Left Behind
Mother’s Day is big business, with last year’s retail spending for the holiday topping $28.1 billion. That’s a lot of flowers, cards and Sunday brunch....
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Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in Ukraine as Number of Refugees Tops Five Million
The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022, has sparked a full-blown refugee crisis, causing terrific and intense human suffering. According to...
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Florida Governor Signs Bill Providing $44 Million to Promote Adoption and Foster Care
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law providing $44 million to promote foster care and adoption in the Sunshine State. The bill...
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My Mother’s Last Moment and the Hope of Easter
My mother has been gone for ten years now, but I think about her all the time – maybe even more so at Easter. ...
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Tony Dungy Fires Back After Left Criticizes Him for Supporting Fatherhood Bill
Just yesterday, The Daily Citizen reported on a newly-signed Florida bill which allocates $70 million to support fatherhood. The “Responsible Fatherhood” bill provides funds for...
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Inflation Rate Hits Four-Decade High of 8.5%, Harming Poor and Middle-Class Families the Most
Inflation has hit another four-decade high of 8.5 percent in March, according to newly released numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS)....
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Leading Think Tank Gives Good and Bad News on Parental Transfer of Faith to Kids
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a well-regarded Washington DC-based think tank, has released a carefully researched report on the transfer of Christian faith from parents...
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On the New York Times’ Terribly Simplistic View of the Family
If The New York Times, is anything, it’s predicable. They featured an op/ed recently on the status of the nuclear family and it was essentially...
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90-Year-Old California Woman Gives Birth to Triplets
It’s a scene (almost) straight from the book of Genesis, but with a few notable exceptions: The mother’s name is Penelope, not Sarah. Her husband...
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Over Half of Ukraine’s Children Displaced by One Month of War
Over the past month, humanity worldwide has witnessed the devastation and destruction brought about by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The invasion began the...
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The Kindest Person My Son Knows is the Mother He’s Never Met
As we drove about town recently, I posed a question to each of our three boys: “Who is the kindest person you know?” Without missing...
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‘Brinkman Adventures’ Audio Drama Teaches Children About Miraculous Stories of Evangelism
In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus exhorts his disciples to pray for the Lord to send more Christians to spread the message of Jesus Christ....
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Colorado Legislature Creating New Way for People to Become Parents While Denying Best Interests of Children
It is no secret how people become parents. It’s as simple and miraculous as the birds and the bees. Basic nature. But a new law...
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