parenting
Mother’s Day gift guide: Something for everyone who mothers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 2, 2022
(RNS) — There are many thoughtful ways that individuals, churches and other houses of worship can celebrate those who do the work of mothering.
New podcast finds ‘work-life-faith balance’ for modern Muslim parents
By Joseph Hammond — August 24, 2021
(RNS) — Unlike in other parenting podcasts, ‘discipline’ is as likely to mean spiritual accountability as toddler timeouts.
Parent like your religion depends on it
By Jana Riess — April 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘Successful religious parents don’t just drop their kid off at church and then expect someone there will take care of everything,’ says researcher Amy Adamczyk. Instead, they lead by example.
God is Grey’s Brenda Davies receives cease and desist from Christian parenting experts
By Kathryn Post — July 31, 2020
(RNS) — Stelle Jacobson characterized her father Matt Jacobson's corporal punishment as “110% into an abuse category” and said the abuse has resulted in her feeling unsafe around men.
Teach your children well: Viral tweet sparks debate over passing on faith
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 14, 2020
(RNS) — A viral tweet sparked a conversation among Christians about the morality of parents passing on the faith to their children.
Parenting after faith shift, progressive Christians look for new resources
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2019
(RNS) — Faith shifts can raise even more questions for millennials and other young adults as they begin to have children.
When clergy ask themselves: does it really matter?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2019
How important is our work? Whatever work we do?
God knows.
A new book for progressive Christian families aims to fill a kid-lit gap
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 27, 2018
(RNS) — A lack of books and other resources for progressive Christian families is why Daneen Akers recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to write a children’s book of her own, 'Holy Troublemakers and Unconventional Saints.'
From dating to the workplace, the ancient Enneagram can transform relationships
By Jonathan Merritt — June 21, 2018
(RNS) — The Enneagram has recently developed a cult following and is now being used to help people form healthy relationships.
The worst lesson parents can teach
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 20, 2018
(RNS) — Children are not born hating (or, for that matter, loving or tolerating). Someone has to teach them, either hatred or compassion.
Southern Baptists talk sex, LGBT issues at parenting conference
By Holly Meyer — August 26, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (USA Today) — The Friday morning panel prompted a demonstration from Faith in America, a nonprofit that tries to stop 'harmful anti-LGBT religious teachings.'
iPhones and the risen Christ: What’s the connection?
By Jonathan Merritt — April 14, 2017
A few years ago, Esther Emery was not a believer but she was burnt out. In a “desperate attempt for a reset,” she decided to take a year hiatus from technology. Surprisingly, her digital fast leads her into a profound experience with the Risen Christ and the faith she had previously rejected. Her book, “What Falls From the […]
How to love each other (and ourselves) despite our differences
By Jonathan Merritt — January 3, 2017
The son of a popular Christian author talks about his struggle to embrace his uniqueness.
A Q&A with author Ron Fournier
By Charles C. Camosy — April 19, 2016
(RNS) Ron Fournier, a political journalist, talks about rearing a special-needs child, the role of Knights of Columbus in his life and ceding control of parenting expectations.
What to say when your Muslim child asks about Peshawar
By Lauren Markoe — December 18, 2014
(RNS) We asked Muslim parents about talking to children about Tuesday's massacre of students in Peshawar.
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