Parenting - articles
Some common sense in the “mommy wars”
The divide between working and stay-at home mothers has always been overhyped. The term “mommy wars” doesn’t really describe the way mothers relate to one another. more »
By Penna Dexter - Aug 7, 2007 - (3)
Topic: Family, Living, Finances, Marriage, Wives, Parenting, Mothers, Pop Culture
Why the Second Circuit Ruling Against the FCC Is Wrong, Part 2
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals predicted in its 2-1 ruling earlier this month against the Federal Communications Commission that the agency’s restrictions against “fleeting,” isolated expletives would probably not hold up under First Amendment scrutiny on appeal. more »
By Steven Griffin - Jul 2, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture
Why the Second Circuit Ruling Against the FCC Is Wrong, Part 1
If the Federal Communications Commission appeals the recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 ruling that it cannot sanction networks for airing “fleeting expletives,” it will likely point to arguments made by the dissenting judge, Pierre N. more »
By Steven Griffin - Jun 21, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Citizenship
BSafe
In my travels across America, I have met hundreds, if not thousands of parents who have shared their concern about pornography and other objectionable material on the Internet. more »
By Richard Land - May 15, 2007
Topic: Family, Addictions, Parenting, Sexual Purity, Pornography, Issues
Caring for aging parents? Help is available
Vonceil Sanders’ mother-in-law may be only 55 years old, but in 10 years, this baby boomer and her husband will face the possibility of caring for an aging parent. more »
By Brian Blackwell - May 3, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Parenting, Fathers, Mothers
The Sandwich Generation
Churches have chance to minister to baby boomers with children, aging parents at home
Baby boomer Eileen Wright lives in Montgomery, and her mother lives 10 hours away in Texas. more »
By Lauren Brooks - May 3, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Elderly, Parenting, Fathers, Mothers
Book Review: The Naked Truth by Lakita Garth
In her book The Naked Truth, author Lakita Garth, an internationally known abstinence advocate, presents a very convincing defense of an abstinent lifestyle before marriage. more »
By Sulyn Wilkins - Apr 3, 2007 - (4)
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Living, Health, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Modesty
They need to be loved
Burdened for orphans, Wilsonville Baptists adopt children from Ukraine, start adoption ministry
While the knowledge of a child’s suffering resonates disconcertingly in the souls of average Americans, for Larry Gibson, founder of The Children’s Voice Foundation, such knowledge is a deafening roar. more »
By Jeremy Dale Henderson - Mar 22, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption
My kids are betting on their own sports!
ESPN estimates that 118 million Americans, some as young as 14, are caught up in a riptide of sports gambling that is rapidly jeopardizing the integrity of the sports we enjoy, as well as the futures of those who are drawn into its mesmerizing current. more »
By Laura Headley - Mar 21, 2007
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture
Fashionable and Modest? Absolutely!
Today’s teen girls look to many places to pattern their sense of self, but none more consistently than magazines such as Teen People, YM, Teen, Seventeen, Jump, and CosmoGirl. more »
By Dannah Gresh - Feb 27, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Modesty