I think every parent likes the idea of developing creativity in their children. Who doesn’t want creative kids? The problem is many parents don’t always how. Creativity and innovation are admirable qualities in kids and adults alike, but if you were raised in a home where creativity wasn’t valued, developing creativity in your children or grandchildren can be a challenge. Two weeks ago in the first Question of the Week, several of you shared stories of being raised in homes where creativity wasn’t encouraged. I’d like to see that change, wouldn’t you?

Adult children of alcoholics often have problems even if they don't drink. Childhood baggage leads to dysfunctional roles. Suggestions for help are offered.

For some, just the thought of homeschooling makes them faint. But what about those that homeschool in a third world country? How do they do it?

Homeschooling - What I Learned from Math-U-See and Life of Fred. Not just facts, but, a spiritual lesson as well!

A power struggle between teenager and parent is often a vicious circle of arguing. Steps to change communication and get out of a power struggle are given.

The Bible, and especially the NT, does not encourage us to put the physical family first. It does not encourage us to lift up visions of Biblical Womanhood that suggest that the ‘highest calling of a Biblical woman is to be a wife and a mother’. Frankly, this is entirely false and a bad theology, especially a bad theology of calling. Let’s consider first some basic building blocks of NT thinking.

For all of you out there who feel pangs of guilt when other parents look at you with some mixture of incomprehension and disappointment when you say your child is very trying, know this. You are not alone. Some children are more difficult than others. And take comfort in knowing that sometimes the most difficult and trying children make for the most dynamic and talented adults. Train her up in the way she should go, and wait to see what God hath wrought.

Gloria Furman talks with Monica deGarmeaux about every parent's worst nightmare.

Why do I feel so convicted, sometimes, about worshiping at the altar of family? Isn't family still a gift, not a god? Isn't it still something that can be elevated into first place, which should be reserved for God alone?

Friday Tidings offers a whole new grading system in the annual Back-To-School edition.