Family

Raising Kids to Keep the Faith 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink, Religion
- July 2, 2026
Some of us may still practice the faith with which we were raised. Others may have fallen away from childhood religion into agnosticism, atheism, or indifference. Still others may have converted to another creed. While all these shifts in religiosity are far from uncommon, one overarching fact remains: Religious practice in the United States over
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The ‘Tradwives’ Who Don’t Talk the Talk, but Walk the Walk 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink
- June 29, 2026
Whenever the internet makes a trend of a certain lifestyle, that lifestyle, however good it may be, is unlikely to emerge unscathed. The cartooning of traditional wives and mothers on social media is one such example. Many mothers build massive followings online by romanticizing homeschooling, baking, homesteading, and other markers of traditional motherhood. It’s all
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I Grew up Without a TV. Here’s What I Appreciated.0
- Culture, Family, Featured
- June 23, 2026
Twice, in all my childhood, a TV entered our house. The first time was during the 2012 Summer Olympics. We’d borrowed an old screen from a friend – one of those boxy 13-inch TVs (the kind that, minus the off-screen dials, you might see Calvin watching in “Calvin and Hobbes”). My family propped the clunky device
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Fatherhood Is What You Make It 0
- Culture, Family, Featured
- June 22, 2026
Only a dad with a tired face, Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the game; But glad in his heart that his own rejoice To see him come and to hear his voice. Only a dad but he gives his all To
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Faith of Our Father-Wounds 0
- Culture, Family, Featured
- June 22, 2026
Two of today’s top shows – “Invincible” and “The Boys” – happen to be superhero-themed, derived from graphic novels, and produced by Amazon studios. They also are both uncomfortably centered around various daddy issues, as the following look at each demonstrates. Invincible In this coming-of-age tale, Mark Grayson, son of Superman-type hero Omni-Man, is making
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Books Are Inconvenient – and That’s a Good Thing 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Literature
- June 19, 2026
When I was a child, my parents built a library with 15-foot bookshelves, which, as it turned out, weren’t large enough to hold all my father’s books. His desk and armchair were surrounded by a forest of stacked volumes so that you had to navigate carefully to make it through the room. I caught his
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