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Dr. Paul White, father of teenage twin sons, says that parenting isn’t just about training your child in biblical principles, but it also involves getting them ready for the real world. One day his sons came home from school and told him and his wife that they no longer wanted to do chores. Their schedules…

GOD’S PRESENCE A seven year old boy in Utah stole his father’s car keys and fled from the house to get away. Police received reports of a child driving recklessly and tried to apprehend him but they never caught him because he ditched the car and ran into a house. When his father confronted him he said…

In church last Sunday I noticed a small child who was turning around smiling at everyone. He wasn't gurgling, spitting, humming, tearing the hymn books, or rummaging through his mother's hand-bag. He was just smiling. Suddenly his mother jerked him around and in a stage whisper that everyone could hear,…

Parents don’t know it all One Mother’s Day a "For Better or Worse" comic strip portrayed Michael’s mother tossing & turning on her bed, thinking about her role as a mother, asking herself: "Am I too tough or am I too lenient? Do I give in too much or too seldom? Do I listen to what he has to say? Do…

Here's what the school's program said about "Peace Child" the musical: In Papua, New Guinea, when warring tribes make peace, they each exchange a child. The children grow up in the other's tribe, and if, in the future, conflict threatened between the two tribes, that child is sent to negotiate the peace.…

My son once hurt himself while playing his favorite toy -- a Star Wars light sabre. He had taken the plastic blade and shoved it back in the handle, and when he did that, his hand got caught in the moving plastic. He cried so loudly that it could be heard throughout the entire house. But when his mother…

God’s hands that form us are skilled hands: He knows exactly how to sculpt us into Christ’s image… In biblical times, most potters learned their craft from their fathers. In cities like Jerusalem, there was even a section of shops known as the Potters’ District. Families kept studios there, and the craft…

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones In our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it. Then…

Kids have a lot more money than they used to. They are also exposed to a great deal more advertising, not only in front of the television and computer at home, but even at school, through Channel One. As a result, children as young as 18 months can identify a brand, and their desires influence how adults…

Why do I always have to be the one that starts to do laundry and there's no detergent? I guess it was time for me to do my "Dollar Store" run, which included Light bulbs, paper towels, trash bags, and Clorox. So off I go. I scurried around the store, gathered up my goodies, and headed for the checkout…

At a wedding rehearsal, the minister told the father of the bride, "As you give your daughter's hand to the bridegroom, you should say something nice to him." The father, a grocery-store manager, took the advice. During the wedding ceremony, he placed the bride's hand on his son-in-law's arm and said,…