Songwriter Learns Atheism from His Father

Lyrics from Randy Newman's song "Old Man" demonstrate the lessons he learned from his father, who was an atheist: "Don't need no ...

Proud Dad Applauds Child's Performance

Wayne Cordeiro told this story during an interview: "A Personal Relationship"

When my daughter Amy was three years old, we had her in a preschool. ...

"Life as a House": Making a Wrong Right

In the movie Life as a House, George, a forty-something employee at an architectural firm, loses his job and his health. When he learns he has only four ...

Charles Barkley's Plan to Protect his Daughter

When asked how he will handle his 12-year-old daughter's future boyfriends, NBA hall-of-famer Charles Barkley responded, "I figure if I kill ...

What Mothers Need Most

A USA Today poll asked a group of mothers what they needed most. The most popular responses and percentage of mothers who gave them were:

More time in ...

Frederick Douglass' Mother's Daily Sacrifice

Frederick Douglass grew up as a slave in Maryland in the early nineteenth century. He escaped and became one of the century's leading abolitionists, ...

Humorous Things My Mother Taught Me

My mother taught me about the food groups: "If you put one foot outside that door, you're not getting any homemade bread."

My mother taught ...

Actor Bruce Willis on Fatherhood

Actor Bruce Willis, star of the films Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, and Armageddon lived life as a brash, ambitious party-goer and womanizer. He says: ...

Social Scientists on Benefits of Marriage

Marriage does a lot of social good, concluded a report titled "Why Marriage Matters: 21 Conclusions from the Social Scientists."

The study found ...

Movies Influence Behavior

According to a study published in Effective Clinical Practice, teens whose parents restrict them from watching R-rated movies are one-third as likely ...