Dear Friends, Focus on the Family’s Raising Highly Capable Kids Training for Parents is invaluable in this season! Have you registered for our upcoming training? Click here to book now. Communicating with our children is vital! This curriculum will equip you with the tools to help your children grow into healthy, caring and responsible adults. This 4-session online training…
Dear Friends, Here are four things you can do to help your child when they are dealing with anxious feelings. Anxious feelings are normal. They can be helpful and provide valuable signals for dangerous situations. When people feel unsafe, anxious thoughts respond to what they see and interpret, which is a healthy response for survival.…
Dear Friends, Living with boundaries is not easy, but it is necessary because it helps us love the other person without idolizing them, and it allows us to prepare for marriage but not become too emotionally and physically intimate before it. To read more, Please Click Here
Dear Friends, I often think of that dreary landscape when I consider my journey through and the burden of depression. Look at all these browns! Isn’t it beautiful? My depression has helped me see the beauty in the browns of life. Anyone who’s ever dealt with depression knows how hard it is to be thankful about anything.…
Dear Friends, We’d be wise to listen to those who have been married for a long time. They have important information for us. These five lessons can help us build a strong foundation for a life-long marriage. Communication Commitment Humour Friendship Conflict Resolution To read the article, Please Click Here
Dear Friends, “There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.” —John Gregory Brown Dads—you’ve been…
Dear Friends, “Will my kids be okay?” “Our kids have seen too much already.” “I don’t want them to think this is what love looks like.” If you’re going through hard times in your marriage, maybe you’ve asked questions like these. When my husband Carey and I went through our dark season of marriage…
Dear Friends, Male and female are not what we feel we are, but what we actually are. Help your kids sort the truth from fiction regarding transgenderism because transgenderism doesn’t physically exist. Your child comes home from school one day, and you ask how the day went. However, you weren’t expecting a discussion about gender myths.…
Dear Friends, Motherhood is a divinely ordained role that is needed now more than ever. God gave you unique talents and gifts as a mom who loves and cares for her children. Focus on the Family would like to help you explore those gifts and find ways to use them to create meaningful connections with…
Dear Friends, Chances are, you know several people among family and friends who face mental health struggles. Maybe right now, it’s you. If so, you’re in good company, because around 20% of the population is struggling with a mental health issue of some sort, whether it be anxiety, depression, ADHD or other. That’s why Dr.…