We can even see it on our website traffic - Christmastime is New Phone Time! A lot of families, especially with teenagers, received new cell phones, tablets, phablets, and laptops recently. Have you talked with your young people about the traps that co...

How do you celebrate New Year's Eve and -Day? Is it a major revel, or a time of sombre reflection? Or is it a joyful middle, with time for thought and time for fun, too? We talk about our annual two-day observance of the changing calendar in this episo...

Recently, Harvard University's Office for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion published a "Holiday Placemat for Social Justice" to help freshmen have "productive conversations" with family members over holiday dinners (story reported by The College Fix)...

We love Christmas for so many reasons, but one thing we look forward to the most is the baking -- and since we're a large family, we do a lot of it. If you've got the recipes, the trick becomes how to manage it all - what to cook when,

Photo: Neil McGuire / Gratisography  Whether you allow it or not, whether you encourage it or don't, it seems that boys will naturally gravitate toward games and toys relating to fights, force, and war. If you don't provide them,

So what's on your Christmas list? No, not "What do you want?" but "What are you going to give?" There truly is a joy of giving, and this week, we talk about things we've given our kids - and sometimes, our whole family - that have given lasting enjoyme...

This Thanksgiving-week episode looks at the mandate to be grateful - it's an expectation and a command in the Bible to be thankful people, people who aren't marked by discontentment, grumbling, and strife. We've probably read and memorized lots of vers...

Even in a highly secularized world, the holidays are times when non-religious people often lower their guard against God's truth. One way we reach out to our neighbors is with the old custom of caroling from house to house.

  - As the holiday season comes into view, we're reminded that Thanksgiving doesn't make any sense if we don't focus on the One we're thanking -- even more so, for the annual celebration of His birthday! But all the business and busyness leading up to...

  - We think homeschooling is a great choice for nearly everybody, but what about a family with special needs? Should an "uncertified" parent even think about teaching a special child? Or can they not only succeed but excel at home educating a student...