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Marriage

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Life Challenges
Q&A: When visits with a step-parent disrupt kids' behaviour
Written by Jennifer Antonsen

Question: When my...

Marriage
Maintaining your marriage when you become parents  
Written by Gary Chapman

For more than two decades, I've been speaking and...

Life Challenges
How Focus on the Family Canada helped one single mom through a dark and difficult season
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

After Colleen’s marriage...

Marriage
Loving Your Spouse in the Midst of Parenthood
Apr 12, 2021 Patrick and Ruth Schwenk
Marriage
How newlyweds can stop acting single
Written by Candice Z. Watters

Before Greg and Ann got married, they vowed not to become like married friends they knew who had...

Marriage
Loving Your Spouse in the Midst of Parenting
Oct 27, 2017 Patrick and Ruth Schwenk
Marriage
Building a Dream Marriage During the Parenting Years
Nov 5, 2019 Arlene Pellicane
Marriage
How couples can agree on parenting issues
Written by Dr. Bob Paul

Ever heard comments like these at your house? "Mom,...

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Marriage
Care for your marriage while being a caregiver for parents
Written by Bill and Pam Farrel

After nearly a decade as caregivers for his parents, the challenges have grown rigorous, but our love has become closer.

Parenting

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Parenting
Inconvenient Parenting
Melissa Hannigan
Parenting
Parenting Ahead
Kristen Hatton
Life Challenges
How Focus on the Family Canada helped one single mom through a dark and difficult season
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

After Colleen’s marriage...

Parenting
ADHD in children and parents: When your child’s diagnosis feels familiar
Written by Amy Van Veen

Sort through your emotions, reactions, and even grief as you grapple with this new reality. 

Parenting
100+ parenting tips
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

We’ve come up with some fun and innovative ways to make parenting your kids easier. Check back often to see our new ideas!

Parenting
Grandparents are the best parent support group
Written by PeggySue Wells

As parents, supporting our adult children doesn’t always look...

Parenting
Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood (Part 2 of 2)
Aug 29, 2025 Dr. Kenneth Wilgus
Parenting
Parenting Adult Children When They Walk Away from God (Part 2 of 2)
Nov 19, 2025 Mary DeMuth
Parenting
Four ways to survive being a single mom
Written by Linda Weber

For most single moms, that means working outside the home while...

Parenting
A stronger marriage when you parent grandchildren
Written by Jeanie Jacobson

The drunken intruder lay sprawled unconscious on our daughter’s...

Parenting
Parenting Adult Children When They Walk Away from God (Part 1 of 2)
Nov 18, 2025 Mary DeMuth
Parenting
Sex Trafficking: What Parents Need to Know
Episode #22

Life Challenges

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Life Challenges
How Focus on the Family Canada helped one single mom through a dark and difficult season
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

After Colleen’s marriage...

Life Challenges
What does it take to be a foster/adoptive parent? 5 characteristics in becoming a trauma-competent healing parent
Written by Jayne Schooler

Some years ago, at a retreat...

Life Challenges
How to heal the damage caused by parent-teen conflict
Written by Mark Gregston

I’ve been confronting kids for 35 years and it wasn’t any...

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Marriage
Care for your marriage while being a caregiver for parents
Written by Bill and Pam Farrel

After nearly a decade as caregivers for his parents, the challenges have grown rigorous, but our love has become closer.

Life Challenges
Healing as a Parent from Childhood Trauma (Part 1 of 2) (Best of 2025)
Mar 10, 2026 Melanie Shankle
Parenting
Healing as a Parent from Childhood Trauma (Part 1 of 2)
Apr 24, 2025 Melanie Shankle
Life Challenges
A Parent's Guide to 13 Reasons Why podcast series 
Written by Focus on the Family

Netflix’s TV show 13 Reasons Why is a mega-hit with...

Life Challenges
Healing as a Parent from Childhood Trauma (Part 2 of 2) (Best of 2025)
Mar 11, 2026 Melanie Shankle
Testimony
Focus resources continue to encourage and inspire this single woman
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When the COVID-19 pandemic...

Parenting
Healing as a Parent from Childhood Trauma (Part 2 of 2)
Apr 25, 2025 Melanie Shankle

Faith And Culture

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Parenting
A Practical Guide for Praying Parents
Erwin W. Lutzer
Faith and Culture
Cultivating a Healthy Life as a Single (Part II of II)
Aug 2, 2019 Tony Evans, Lisa Anderson
Faith and Culture
Cultivating a Healthy Life as a Single (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 28, 2023 Lisa Anderson, Tony Evans
Faith and Culture
Cultivating a Healthy Life as a Single (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 27, 2023 Lisa Anderson, Tony Evans
Faith and Culture
Dating Tips for Today's Singles
Feb 17, 2025 Lisa Anderson, Jonathan “JP” Pokluda
Parenting
Parent Differently
Kathy Koch

Clergy Care

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Clergy Care
Pastors parenting preacher’s kids
Written by Stephen Johnson

Like many of you, I have parented differently than my parents...

Clergy Care
What pastors’ kids need from their parents
Written by Luke Campbell

Most of my memories from childhood involve waiting around an...

Clergy Care
Parenting in the waiting
Written by Pauline Doerksen

It’s a normal day in your home. Juggling schedules, packing lunches, overseeing homework and...

Clergy Care
Solo servant leadership: Single and in ministry
Written by Karin Gregory

A few days ago, I enjoyed lunch out with a friend after a...

Clergy Care
What my parents taught me about faithfulness
Written by Pauline Doerksen

My mom and dad have taught me a profound lesson on what...

Clergy Care
Parenting with a biblical world view
Written by Stephen Johnson

As a pastor’s kid (PK), hitting my teenage years meant learning to live a dual life: my...

Impact Stories

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Testimony
Born into a dysfunctional home, discover one woman’s incredible story of being parented by Focus 
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

You provide help and hope to...

Testimony
A single mom found a lifeline through the Focus on the Family Broadcast
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

Sharron Beaton was a young...

Testimony
Focus resources continue to encourage and inspire this single woman
Written by Focus on the Family Canada

When the COVID-19 pandemic...