Power of Positive Words

He was always in trouble at school, so when the parents of the junior high boy received one more call to come in and meet with his teacher and the principal, ...

Sacrificial Love

On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit airport, killing 155 people. One survived: a four-year-old ...

Depending on the Disabled

One day [childrens television's] Mister Rogers was making a trip to California and decided to pay a visit to a teenager with cerebral palsy. "At ...

Apologies to Your Kids

One day, I found my 4-year-old trying to give his 2-year-old sister a drink of water from his cup. Pam's clothes were soaked, and I scolded my son ...

Unselfish Tip

Many years ago, a ten-year-old boy walked up to the counter of a soda shop and climbed onto a stool. He caught the eye of the waitress and asked, "How ...

Running Behind Dad

In 1976 Finland’s Lasse Viren immortalized himself in Olympic history by becoming the first male to win both the 5,000-meter and the 10,000-meter ...

Releasing Children

James Dobson recalls an illustration by humorist Erma Bombeck on the pain of letting children grow up into adulthood:

The task of raising kids is rather ...

Kindness to Strangers

[My wife], Gail, and I were in an airplane flying to Boston. We were seated almost at the back of the airliner in the two aisle seats across from each ...

Training Trouble

While listening to the song "Train Up a Child," my daughter Emily asked me what "train up" means. I explained that it means to teach ...

John Lennon's Son, on Dad

I felt he was a hypocrite. Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the ...