Episodes

Gil and Brenda Stuart offer advice and hope to remarried couples as they address the difficult challenges stepfamilies face. Receive the book Restored and Remarried for your donation of any amount! Have You Lost Hope in Your Marriage? For couples in crisis – you can still put the pieces of your marriage back together with Hope Restored. How to Deal with the Past When You're Remarried The Smart Blended Marriage If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Rhonda Stoppe and her son Brandon provide practical advice and encouragement for moms raising sons. Topics they discuss include : discipline, equipping sons for independence, talking in ways that sons will listen, and giving boys a vision for manhood. Receive the book Moms Raising Sons to Be Men for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive. Listen to Brandon Stoppe's original song "It's...

Describing some of the challenges young girls face, Dannah Gresh exposes the lies they are being told about their friendships, themselves, and God. She shares how parents can help their daughters combat these lies with the truth. She also discusses the importance of falling in love with God as your true source of fulfillment. Then award-winning Christian vocalist Larnelle Harris reflects on his five-decade music career, sharing the valuable life lessons he’s learned about putting his family fir...

Psychologist Dr. Ron Welch and his wife, Jan, outline several simple but highly effective decisions a husband and wife can make to nurture their marriage in a discussion based on his book 10 Choices Successful Couples Make: The Secret to Love That Lasts a Lifetime. Then, parents, it’s time to step up and be…a parent! Arlene Pellicane shares her fun stories and power-packed research to encourage you with nuts-and-bolts reminders of strong parenting—teaching respect, instilling character, and spe...

Psychologist Dr. Kenneth Wilgus offers a strategy of “planned emancipation” whereby you can help prepare your teen for adulthood by carefully and progressively withdrawing control over key areas of your teen’s life. Receive the book Feeding the Mouth That Bites You for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive. Subscribe to Brio magazine for your daughter. Each issue is packed with inspi...

Milan and Kay Yerkovich help you understand how your attachment style impacts they way you relate to stress and how you can use stressful situations as opportunities to grow closer to your spouse. Receive the book How We Love and the special audio download "Questions to Ask When Stressed" for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive. Have You Lost Hope in Your Marriage? For couples in c...

In a featured Adventures in Odyssey® drama, Trent DeWhite journeys to ancient India, the South Pacific, and New York's Constitution Island to see stories of people who were used by God. Then Eryn Lynum shares the value of appreciating God’s creation as a spiritual practice, encouraging you to take your kids into the great outdoors. Adventures in Odyssey Club 14-Day Free Trial including unlimited, on-demand, streaming access to nearly 1,000 Adventures in Odyssey episodes—plus daily devotions, f...

Matt and Lisa Jacobson discuss ways to serve each other well with love in marriage. Through choosing the way you think about our spouse, being of one mind in Christ, and cherishing them through every season of life, Matt and Lisa discuss how making your marriage last through the years is possible! Receive the books Loving Your Husband Well and Loving Your Wife Well for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support...

What makes a great dad? How about honesty, integrity, and a robust prayer life! Brent Reaves shares a touching tribute to a godly dad. Then Jonathan McKee shares his perspective on how to trim down the screen usage that is distracting us all from better things, like spending time with our family and the Lord. Receive a CD of "The Legacy of a Godly Dad" for your donation of any amount! The Good Dad -- Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family uses his own expertise, humor, and inexhau...

Dr. Kathy Koch emphasizes the point of having trustworthy friends who can help you meet your needs in healthy ways, and even learning to trust yourself — that you can grow and learn from your mistakes. She also emphasizes the need for hope and optimism, instead of negativity, in order to be healthy and whole according to God’s design. Receive the book Five to Thrive for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly suppor...

Dr. David Gudgel shares his wisdom and insight as a dad of three successfully launched adults. He discusses how to navigate moral dilemmas, relational harmony, and the balance between independence from parents and dependence on God. Then Ginger Hubbard helps parents reach the heart of their child by using biblical principles. She talks about the dangers of scolding rather than using biblical reproof. She also talks about how to teach your children to resolve conflict biblically instead of argui...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Praying For Your Marriage is Essential." Jodie Berndt adds to the Praying the Scriptures series by encouraging couples to pray for their marriages! She explains how you are responsible for your own faith, how to pray with different personalities, praying through conflict over finances, and praying the scriptures through a season of difficulty. This is a discussion you won’t want to miss! Receive the Praying the Scriptures Bundle for your Mar...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Better Ways to Communicate with Your Children." Michael Anderson and Dr. Timothy Johanson encourage parents to stop trying so hard to raise "perfect" kids by lecturing, reminding and warning them – which are often ineffective anyway. Our guests advise that parents should instead adopt a more hands-off approach that lets natural consequences teach their children. Receive the book GIST and the audio download of the broadcast "Better Ways to Co...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcasts "Hope and Encouragement for Moms" and "Avoiding the Chore War." On Part 1 of this weekend's program, Kirsten Watson offers encouragement for moms in the trenches. As a mom of seven and wife of NFL veteran Benjamin Watson, Kirsten reminds you to embrace your identity in Christ and trust God through the everyday-ness of motherhood. On Part 2, Our guests offer parents practical advice on teaching children responsibility by giving them age-appro...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Finding Your Purpose in the Empty Nest Years ." Receive the book "Finding Joy in the Empty Nest" and the audio download of the broadcast "Finding Purpose In Your Empty Nest Years" for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive. Get Part 1 Episode Resources Get Part 2 Episode Resources If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please ...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Rethinking Your Parenting Strategy." Psychologist Michael Anderson and Dr. Timothy Johanson explain how many parents waste time and energy on parenting strategies that don't work, and offer practical suggestions for more effectively disciplining children and raising them to become well-adjusted adults. Receive the book GIST and the audio download of the broadcast "Rethinking Your Parenting Strategies" for your donation of any amoun...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcasts "God-Honoring Money Habits for Kids.” and “Building Blocks for a Stronger Marriage." On Part 1, Matt Bell explains how parents can teach their children to budget, tithe, save, invest and serve with the money they have at an age-appropriate level. On Part 2, Bob Lepine encourages you to strengthen your marriage by working toward oneness with your spouse. This requires honesty about past hurts, working through conflict, and asking forgiveness ...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Seeing God’s Grace in a Broken World." Dr. Tim Muehlhoff returns to Focus on the Family to share how God provides us with miracles in our everyday lives. He proves that through science, communication, and even war, God’s sovereign hand is on us at all times, and His grace abounds. Get Part 1 episode resources: http://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/seeing-gods-grace-in-a-broken-world-part-1-of-2 Get Part 2 episode resources: htt...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcasts "Love in the Midst of Alzheimer’s.” and “How to Be a Prayer Warrior for Your Child." On Part 1, Muriel began repeating her stories without realizing it. Alzheimer’s disease had begun its insidious attack and would ultimately take over her mind. Her husband left his prestigious career behind to care for her full-time. It was a decision that had been made in his heart, years earlier, when he vowed “in sickness or in health.” Hear the lesso...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Fun Ways to Instill Virtues in Your Children." Blogger and speaker Courtney DeFeo offers practical suggestions and fun ideas on how parents can make biblically-based values, love and laughter a part of everyday life in the home. Receive a copy of Courtney DeFeo's book, In This House, We Will Giggle, for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps famili...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Combating the Lies That Can Destroy Your Marriage." Drs. Greg Smalley and Bob Paul describe how cultural myths and fairy-tale expectations about marriage have a detrimental effect on couples, and how knowing and applying biblical truth can help those couples develop a thriving marriage. Get Part 1 episode resources: http://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/game-plan-for-raising-well-behaved-children-part-1-of-2 Get Par...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Game Plan for Raising Well-Behaved Children." Psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman explains how you can avoid common parenting mistakes and implement "reality discipline," in which real-life consequences teach children rather than you lecturing, reminding or rescuing them. Get Part 1 Episode Resources Get Part 2 Episode Resources If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "Making Parenting Fun." Pastor Doug Fields shares humorous stories about his own parenting journey, and offers nuts-and-bolts ideas on how to raise children who display confidence, good moral character and convictions, compassion, and competence. (Part 1 of 2) Receive Doug and Cathy Fields' book "Intentional Parenting" and a free audio download of this two-part presentation for your donation of any amount: https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/...

This weekend, we revisit our recent Daily Broadcast "How to Stay Crazy in Love With Your Spouse." Greg and Erin Smalley discuss the importance of couples prioritizing time together, connecting on a deeper emotional level. They stress the importance of physical intimacy in marriage; urging men to care for their wives and encouraging women to “prepare” themselves for intimacy. Recieve the book "Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage" for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive be...