Maybe the “can’t-get-it-together,” doofus dad tropes found in sitcoms and movies over the last thirty years didn’t help cue you in, but present and engaged fathers are super important. In honor of Father’s Day, here are a few positive things to keep in mind about the significance of being a

[This is a two-part series. Check out the first part HERE.] How do you teach children compassion while protecting them from harm? Suffering often enhances our ability to have sympathy and compassion for others. I want those qualities for my children. I want them to be sympathetic people, but I

“You can be anything you want to be!” You actually can’t be anything you want to be. At 5’1″ 117 pound Laffit Pincay, Jr. would never make it in pro basketball. Shaquille O’Neal could never make it as a professional jockey. Bill Gates will likely never be a dynamic pubic

If being judgmental is a human condition then, according to Christianity, Jesus is the antidote. When we are judgmental we are evaluating others against our own values, ideals, words, and actions and finding them wanting by comparison. Whether our analysis is accurate or not it makes us feel better about

I used to think that being judgmental was the sole territory of narrow-minded, self-righteous, religious people. You know the ones I’m talking about. The people that you feel like you can’t be yourself around or be honest with for fear of getting that condescending look or that biting comment. When