Category: Family
Think Money is the Answer to Improving Public Education? Think Again.
Much of the current debate over public education deals with the issue of money. It seems like the bureaucracy is always pleading for more funds...
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Engaging Children in the Political Process
Andrew Beckwith, the president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, recognizes that many Christians would rather not engage in politics. They simply want to go about...
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New Academic Report Shows the Family Strengthening Power of Christian Schools
Can the kind of schools we send our kids to help them beyond the realms of education and career success? Can our school choices today...
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The Polys Are Coming, and That’s a Problem
The idea of the time-honored definition of family – a married mother and father with biological or adopted children – has increasingly become not just...
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Oklahoma Foster Child Receives Over 5,000 Inquiries, After He Shared Wish ‘To Have a Family, and Family, Family’
A nine-year-old boy in foster care in Oklahoma may be getting his wish granted after his plea for a family went viral. Jordan has spent...
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How the Sperm Donation Industry is Breaking Families
Last month, a WIRED Magazine story described a storm brewing in the world of sperm donation. As at-home DNA test kits become more popular, people all over...
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What Can You do About Bias in Your Child’s Classroom?
Written with Jeff Johnston The beginning of the school year is an exciting time! Gathering up new school supplies, meeting your children’s teachers, touring...
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New Congressional Report Provides the Good and Bad News on the State of the American Family
A major congressional report on the state of the two-parent family has just been released and the numbers show a continued and troubling decline in...
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Promise Keepers is Back! Men’s Ministry Holding Stadium Events Again
Promise Keepers (PK), the men’s ministry that blossomed in the 1990s as a vehicle to call men to be better husbands, fathers and servants in...
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When Everyday People Want to Make a Difference
When Debbie Chaves showed up to her first precinct caucus with her husband, there were five people in attendance. Total. Held in a grade school...
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Exclusive Interview: Franklin Graham Reflects on His Late Father, Dr. Billy Graham
Over the last 20 years, Rev. Franklin Graham traveled each weekend to visit his father, famed evangelist Billy Graham, and his mother Ruth Bell Graham...
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Focus on the Family Education Resources
Many parents – and other concerned citizens – are deeply troubled by some of what’s being taught in public schools. Biased history, political indoctrination and...
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Remembering President Trump’s Mom and the Family’s Long Faith Journey from Scotland to American Success
Under sunny, seventy-degree skies, 18-year-old Mary Anne Smith MacLeod, the future mother of President Donald J. Trump, stepped off the steamship Transylvania onto Ellis Island...
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“Who Owns Your Children?” – Summit Pushes Back Against Homeschool and Parental Rights Opponents
Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet made headlines – and raised a lot of dissent – when an article in Harvard Magazine publicized her opposition...
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Idaho Passes ‘Simon’s Law’ Protecting Parental Rights in Children’s Health Care
New Idaho legislation, known as “Simon’s Law,” protects parents’ rights as they oversee the medical care of their children. Governor Brad Little signed the law...
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Four-Week Free Adventures in Odyssey Club Membership – And More Resources – For Parents and Families at Home Due to Coronavirus
Millions of children are home from school right now, because at least 41 states have closed schools in efforts to mitigate the spread of the...
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Practical Resources for Teaching Your Kids at Home
Almost overnight, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, millions of parents and children have been catapulted into an at-home learning environment. What’s the...
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Ideas for Homeschooling Your Children from Massachusetts Family Institute and Focus on the Family
At least 33 states have announced that public schools will be closed due to the coronavirus. The length of the closures varies from state to...
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The Birth-Day Project: Ice Cream Celebration Making a Difference in Children’s Lives
Robert Just remembers the day a group of police officers came to the boarding school where he was living – a home for troubled youth....
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Nearly 1 in 4 Children in the U.S. Live with a Single Parent, Highest Rate in the World
A new study has found that the United States has the highest rate of children living with a single parent in the world. Sometimes it’s...
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What I Witnessed at the National Adoption Month Celebration in Washington, D.C.
Today was an unusual day. I started the day standing in line waiting to get into the Hubert H. Humphrey Building to take part in...
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