Get the Most Out of a Roast Chicken – The Family Dinner Project
A whole roast chicken is a family dinner staple. Roasting a chicken is often one of the first kitchen skills we learned from our parents or grandparents, since it’s …
How To Talk With Children About Traumatic Events
Key takeaways for caregivers Many children witness upsetting events. Contrary to what some adults believe, they often want to talk about these events. Acknowledging children’s talk about these events is …
Winners Of The 2025 Big Tex Choice Awards Announced
By Veronica Delgado| Contributor The tastiest time of the year is here! The culmination of hard work, sweat, and oil in creating the most appetizing Fair foods. The 21st Annual Big Tex® …
We Don’t Talk Like We Used To: 6 Conversations To Reconnect – FamilyLife®
I remember when we used to talk about everything … the big dreams, the weird fears, and oddly specific childhood memories we never told anyone else. Now? Much of our …
Transform Your Parenting with These Eight Powerful Tips
What strategies are most effective for raising kids with good character? We get that question a lot here at Focus on the Family. Our answer is that there is no …
The State of Family Dinner – The Family Dinner Project
September, with its back-to-school energy, always feels like a good time to take stock of things. And we’re using that inspiration to step back and look at our work from …
Bluey’s media illustration of modern parenting in the digital age
Key takeaways for caregivers In the context of digital media, challenges for caregivers include finding developmentally beneficial media for children and using media strategically to give caregivers a break. Some …
The best new science fiction books of September 2025 by authors including Cixin Liu and John Scalzi
In Mason Coile’s Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff There are some sci-fi heavy hitters with new novels out this month, from Cixin Liu and Stephen Baxter to …
Has a substantial ball of dark matter been discovered in our stellar area?
If confirmed, large cloud could test predictions about the Galaxy’s covert architecture
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, is the U.S. better prepared?
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm cut a deadly swath through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, deluging coastal towns as surges of ocean water …