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  • Traditional Family Rebound The Census Bureau's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,384 views

    Traditional Family Rebound The Census Bureau’s report of ’04 surveys says nearly 62% of America’s 73 million children live with both biological parents, within a larger figure of 70% overall living with 2 parents and 66 million living with 2 married parents. The New York Times reports this ...read more

  • Reality Therapy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,706 views

    REALITY THERAPY Aaron was an eleven-year-old boy whose behavior was described by Dr. William Glasser, his psychiatrist, as horrible. In his book, Reality Therapy, Glasser says Aaron was the most obnoxious child he had ever met. The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

  • What Happens At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 2,447 views

    WHAT HAPPENS AT HOME Howard Hendricks used to say to us men in seminary preparing to lead churches, "If your Christianity isn't working at home, don't export it." It was his way of saying, "If you can't make your faith work in your own family, then please don't try to make it work in the family of ...read more

  • The Clip You Are About To See Is From The Movie, ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 1,156 views

    The clip you are about to see is from the movie, “Parenthood”.[5] In this movie Gil Buckman (played by Steve Martin) and his wife are struggling to be perfect parents. Gil is having a real hard time dealing with the uncertainties of life. And because of all his fears of what might go wrong he is ...read more

  • Yours, Mine And Ours: Crock-Pot Stepfamilies

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 2,072 views

    YOURS, MINE AND OURS: CROCK-POT STEPFAMILIES Video Clip - Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 version) = 3:23 Clip shows husband and wife announcing they were married without telling the children beforehand and shows the children fighting and Dad reacting badly. But the hammer is no answer and no better a ...read more

  • A Workaholic Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Dec 29, 2005
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     | 2,521 views

    This poem was written by a workaholic dad: I have a son who’s five years old, a boy so very fine. When I look at him it seems to me that all the world is mine. But seldom do I ever see my son awake and bright. I only see him when he sleeps. I’m only home at night. When I come home so weary ...read more

  • A University Of Minnesota Study On Motherhood ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,591 views

    A University of Minnesota study on Motherhood released this week said moms should get $131,000 a year for what they do! When you add together all the different jobs they do it becomes obvious how valuable mothers are in our lives. Some reports say mothers do 17 different jobs while raising their ...read more

  • Motherhood Carries A Steep Price Tag, Mostly In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,844 views

    Motherhood carries a steep price tag, mostly in lost wages and benefits, says Ann Crittenden in The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued. She estimates that the "mommy tax" exceeds $1 million for many college-educated women, not including other ...read more

  • A Mother's Place Is At Home: 66% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    A Mother’s Place Is At Home: 66% of American women with preschool children—and 56% of those with infants less than a year old—are in the labor force, but attitudes toward working mothers have changed little. Various research reports from the Lucile Packard foundation find that 75%-80% of Americans ...read more

  • More Than Anyone Else Christian Parents Can Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,439 views

    More than anyone else Christian parents can have the most influence on their children, because when Christ died upon the Cross the veil was ripped open so they could enter into the presence of God who sits on the Throne of Grace. The call to pray is from God’s Word and we are given a sure promise, ...read more

  • Do We Value Our Family ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
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    Do we value our Family Time? Family time is something we all say we value, but few of us actually experience. Surveys suggest that most families rate time together as their number one priority. Those same surveys show that fathers spend only a few minutes a day with their children. In his book If ...read more

  • Praying For Them For Years

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 1,671 views

    PRAYING FOR THEM FOR YEARS David Stone is a preacher I know, and his mother changed my prayers for my children. She says that from day one she prayed that God would just surround them with an envelope of protection from Satan. But... she also prayed from day one for the girl that one day Dave ...read more

  • Two Feet To Follow ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
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    Two feet to follow us, Where ever our feet may trod; Will they lead to folly’s door, Or will they lead to God? Two eyes to observe what we do, To copy our ways and our tastes; Will they help build a growing world, Or will they add to the waste? Two ear to hear what we say, In pleasure, in ...read more

  • Santa-Claus-Is-Watching Theology Is Bad ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 10, 2010
     | 1,538 views

    Santa-Claus-is-watching theology is bad theology, and I make no apologies if I ruffle some feathers. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard a parent (often a mother but not always) say something like this: Look Jimmy, stop it now (Jimmy keeps being naughty, pulling tins off the shelf in ...read more

  • Listen To Some Of These Statistics From The Us ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
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    Listen to some of these statistics from the US bureau on Statistics about the 1990’s. Every 30 seconds there was a divorce in America. Every 4th child in America was born to an unwed mother. STD’s have reached medically defined epidemic proportions. 47% of all children in America now live in homes ...read more

  • Really Listen To Your Child. This Is So ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 1,737 views

    Really listen to your child. This is so important. I remember one time when Zach was about five, and he came up to me while I was reading and said, "Daddy?" I said, "What?" He said, "Daddy?" I said, "What?" He said again, "Daddy?" Finally I put down my book in exasperation and said, "What, Zach? I ...read more

  • Here Is A Modern Example Of The Tragedy Of Not ...

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Dec 27, 2008
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    Here is a modern example of the tragedy of not listening, a modern example of the measure you measured with being measured back to you. In this particular case it’s a college girl pleading with parents to listen. But I think I have already said enough to indicate that it has to work both ways. This ...read more

  • A Teen's Plea On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    A TEEN’S PLEA ON LISTENING I want to close now by reading a letter. Here is a modern example of the tragedy of not listening, a modern example of the measure you measured with being measured back to you. In this particular case, it’s a college girl pleading with parents to listen. But I think I ...read more

  • The One Word That Epitomizes Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,131 views

    The one word that epitomizes Christian motherhood is “love.” Her every action is prompted by love for her children. Someone once wrote: “Mothers write on the hearts of their children what the cruel hand of the world cannot erase.” It has been estimated that by the time a child reaches age eighteen, ...read more

  • I Remember A Young Couple, They Joyfully ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 10, 2008
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    I remember a young couple, they joyfully discovered, after years of trying, they were going to have a baby. However, they were both perfectionists They did what a lot of expectant parents do, they purchased books on how to raise a child. But they went over board. They read every book they could ...read more

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