What the Media Tells Us About Love and Happiness
This is one of the Media's favorite paths to happiness. If you can only find love, true love, you'll find happiness. Of course, Media is also filled with the abject misery that falling in love [...]
How is Your Career Impacting Your Happiness?
Even with so many people engaged in academic pursuit, there is still a sizable segment of the population who foregoes postsecondary education and instead jumps headfirst into the world of work. After that giddy, heady [...]
Being an Alert and Vigilant Parent
Teens live amid such tumultuous waters, it can be hard to detect if something is just an adolescent squall or if there's a real storm brewing. As a parent, you're caught between a rock and [...]
When Teenagers Ask “Who Am I?”
One of the most important questions that teenagers grapple with during the time of adolescence is, “Who am I?” Then, as they are answering the question, they also have to decide, “Do I love who [...]
Guiding Your Son’s Choices of Books, Video Games and Movies
Lessons of struggle, perseverance, character, strength, and hope are found not only in Scripture, but also in culture. There are movies, books, and video games that capture the essence of heroism and can capture the [...]
What Does the Word “Support” Look Like in Your Family?
The secret to healthy kids can be found through a whole-person approach to the needs of your child. By addressing the emotional, relational, physical, and spiritual needs of children, parents are able to provide a [...]
How to Recognize if Your Son is Overwhelmed
I'll never forget a time one of my sons lost a football game. He was in middle school, and I was the resident taxi, driving back and forth to practices and games. Usually, these drive [...]
Keeping Relationships on Neutral Ground
It was all the computer's fault, actually. If the computer setup at the campaign headquarters had been better, Jim never would have suggested that he and Tracy go to his place to work on the [...]
Helping Children Make Healthy Choices with Technology
The American Association of Pediatrics put out a statement about how parents should interact with media, or what we call technology. Read the list of suggestions from the AAP, and determine when you are going [...]