Category: Family
Global Population Has Passed ‘Peak Child’ – an Ominous Milestone
It is no secret that global human population is declining sharply. The total world fertility rate has more than halved since 1950. Few countries, including...
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Son Discovers Birth Mom After Years of Friendship
Vamarr Hunter visited his local bakery every week for more than ten years before discovering a lifechanging secret — the owner he had come to...
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A Mother’s Sensibility at the Supreme Court Regarding Pornography
When President Donald Trump nominated now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court back in 2020, much was made of her being a mother to...
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Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow are Correct: Parenting is a Privilege
Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow announced on Tuesday they were expecting a baby, calling it a “privilege” to be a mother and father. They’re right. Society...
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Full House: Arizona Fire Department Welcomes 19 Babies in 2024
An Arizona fire department’s ranks grew by nearly 10% last year after firefighters welcomed 19 babies into the world. “There’s just something in the water...
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Hire Kids Today, Enjoy Responsible Adults Tomorrow
From paper routes to lawn mowing to snow shoveling, America’s neighborhoods have been historically teeming with children hustling to make a buck. Yet with smaller...
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Kentucky Family Gives the Gift of Adoption for Christmas: ‘I Felt Actual Love’
For teenager Ian Amundson, Christmas will always mean something extra special: Adoption Day. The thirteen-year-old was officially adopted on Christmas morning 2024, becoming a part...
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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman: ‘I Want Players to See Coaches as Fathers’
When Marcus Freeman was introduced in 2021 as the 30th head coach of the University of Notre Dame football team, one of the first people...
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States Exclude Christian Parents From Foster Care
California law requires foster parents to affirm a child’s “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” The mandate is being used to exclude Christians with biblical views...
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New Report Highlights the ‘Higher Purpose’ of Children in Society
Liberals and Libertarians frequently argue that the government should live-and-let-live when it comes to marriage in the United States. They declare, “The government should get...
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Largest Pro-Natalist Conference Comes to Austin in 2025
Most well-educated people get a very important point about the future of the world quite wrong. They strongly believe the most pressing problem facing humanity...
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Good Christian Parenting Led to Man’s First Flight
It’ll be 121 years ago this coming Tuesday (December 17) that Orville and Wilbur Wright took their Kitty Hawk flyer to the skies for man’s...
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The Two-Parent Privilege: Understanding Contemporary Family Formation
Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly recently interviewed noted economist Melissa Kearney on her important book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and...
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Melania Trump’s Parenting Advice: ‘Be Present — Time Goes so Fast’
Former and future First Lady Melania Trump sat down on the circular “Fox and Friends” couch on Friday morning, her first extended interview since President-elect...
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The APA Offers Tech Help in Its ‘Recommendations for Healthy Teen Video Viewing’ — Here’s What Parents Need To Know
The American Psychological Association (APA) published its first “Recommendations for Healthy Teen Video Viewing” this month, a resource to help parents protect their kids from...
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Sean and Rachel Duffy: ‘Our Family is Only as Strong as Our Marriage’
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former congressman Sean Duffy to serve as Secretary of Transportation, the federal agency responsible for ensuring the “movement of people...
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Froot Loops, RFK, Jr. and Making America Healthy Again
America’s health, and especially its children’s well being, became a major issue this past campaign cycle. Championed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the “Make America...
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Child’s Online Medical Records Hidden from Virginia Mom
All Patches Johnson Inge wanted was to look up the date of her 12-year-old’s check-up. When Carilion Clinic’s online patient portal no longer showed her...
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Big Families Have More Fun
It was like a scene straight out of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life. On a cold Christmas Eve afternoon, as snowflakes began to swirl...
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Four Virtues Every Dad Should Teach their Sons and Daughters about Culture
The story is told of a factory worker in the mid-1930s hustling to wrap up his work as the day neared its end. “What’s your...
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How Biological Fathers Slow Pubertal Development in Daughters
Fathers have a profound impact on the health, well being and development of their children. This is documented in telomere length, the tiny protective endcaps...
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How ‘Intensive’ Parenting Makes Us Lonely
Last month, Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs hosted a celebration for the 1,000th episode of the beloved audio drama, Adventures in Odyssey. The event sold out...
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Beware the Coming Sci-Fi Nightmare
Last week’s New York Times contained a guest essay from Ari Schulman, editor of The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society. Titled “The...
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Family Scholars Explain the Current Marriage Paradox in America
A new academic report carefully explains an important paradox with marriage in America today and the bottom line is interesting. As marriage rates continue to...
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