A new book has debunked many evangelical Christian parenting methods, including corporal punishment, arguing that they are not as biblically grounded or effective as their proponents claim. In The ...
Strong-willed children become strong-willed adults become … podcasters? If every generation of parents has their anxieties, the post-evangelical Millennial parent is perhaps most angsty about how to ...
I can still hear my mom's sewing machine. The gentle hum as she worked, drinking black coffee, listening to Christian radio. I was a child in the 1980s, growing up Southern Baptist in a small Texas ...
(RNS) — Christians who believe God requires them to spank wave away ethical concerns and research that robustly demonstrates the harm. As we write in our upcoming book “The Myth of Good Christian ...
Q&A with author Kara K. Root about anxiety, trust, and raising kids well. A few weeks ago, the morning after some squabble I now can’t recall, my eldest daughter and I were alone in the car. A tense ...
A letter from the Russian writer reminds me of the purpose of Christian parenting. This spring, our oldest son will graduate from high school. We have spent the last several months guiding him through ...
Jerriette DuBay opens with an apology. It’s the first media interview she’s ever done, and she wanted to get it right: she set up a ring light on her kitchen table, had everything prepared. Then the ...