Sundays, in our family, are our home maintenance days. It’s the day we do piles of laundry that have accumulated over the week, pick up the stray Legos, put away a clean dishwasher, or load a dirty one, do the grocery shopping and assemble backpacks for the coming week. And by Sunday evening, when my…

I’m a marriage counselor, and it’s rare to meet couples that agree on one of the most common questions I get asked by married people: How often should we be having sex? I don’t know if it’s God’s cosmic joke, but I’ve often wondered why the less-is-more people don’t pair up with other less-is-morites, and…

  Initiative is a myth, and I can prove it. Think back to your childhood. Did you do basic household chores without being asked? I’m sure you did because everyone knows today’s moms are perfect in every way, right?   Now think about your husband. Do you think he demonstrated initiative with his mom? Of course…

  *The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral.   A new study of more than 13,000 adolescents in France finds a significant link between video game exposure and sexism.   The research is published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.   “Many different aspects of life can influence sexist attitudes,” said co-author…

  You may have already weighed in on the age-old parenting debate: should you let your kids see you fight? Clearly, the question springs out of the pain too many kids grew up witnessing. For sure, there are some things kids should never witness. And while God can use anything for good (and he does),…

  Trending Today on Twitter – 3/31/17 1. #Destiny2 2. #FlashbackFriday 3. #NewCrayonColors 4. #85Collapse 5. #TDOV 6. #LadiesNightRequires 7. Patrik Elias 8. With or Without Trump 9. Kodak 10. Comics Alliance Source: Twitter Trending Today on Google – 3/31/17 1. 13 Reasons Why 2. I 85 Bridge Collapse 3. Ghost in the Shell 4….

Ted Lowe, author of Your Best Us, shares some ideas on how to get on the same page as parents. Whether you’re married, remarried, or a single parent, you’re better when you learn to parent as a team. Discover some conversations to have ahead of time, how to respond in the moment of conflict, and how to…

  “Could we sign up for a cake decorating class on Saturdays?” This came from my fourteen-year-old daughter as I stood at the sink up to my elbows in dirty dishes. I paused.   The last thing I wanted to do was give up my Saturdays. I was already losing the war with dog hair…

What would your kid do if, while at a friend’s house, someone offered them a beer? What would your kid do if a friend started playing an inappropriate YouTube video and expected them to watch, too? We all want our kids to make good decisions in the face of peer pressure. But for a 13-year-old…

    Splink 1: Eggs-Citing Keep the celebration going! No one knows for sure why we associate eggs with Easter (since we don’t know exactly when people starting hiding eggs, we don’t know why they did it), but some say that the egg is a symbol of a new life. Just as new life emerges…

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