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Family Issues

Cultural Landmines Parents Should Avoid (BLI) Parents today have a very difficult task guiding their children through America's dangerous cultural shoals. 4/14/2008 >>more
Don Baird: “The Voice of the South” (BLI) It was not until his memorial service that I learned that he was called, "The Voice of the South." 4/8/2008 >>more
Marriage is the Norm  (BLI) A new study from The Barna Group debunks the often-stated "fact" that half of all marriages end in divorce. 4/3/2008 >>more
Godly Wives vs. Jaded Looks  (BLI) Dr. Crouse shares with us a message of hope that love and romance can be rekindled and kept alive despite the difficulties a couple may face. 3/31/2008 >>more
The Incontrovertible Facts about Fathers (BLI) A massive body of evidence shows that active fathers are absolutely essential in preventing behavioral problems with boys and psychological problems in girls. 2/26/2008 >>more
Children Are Eating the Fat of Our Land (BLI) The obesity rate for preschoolers and teens has tripled and, for elementary school kids, the obesity rate quadrupled. 2/19/2008 >>more
A Valentine for Daddy and Mother (BLI) Love is more than just a card or red roses once a year. 2/12/2008 >>more
Cleaning Up The Media Clutter In Your Kid’s Room (BLI) With such exploding choices available to children, parents have difficulty in monitoring what their kids are watching and hearing. 2/6/2008 >>more
Men's Hearts Can be Broken, Too (BLI) Not even sexy hunks are exempt from broken hearts. 1/24/2008 >>more
The McCaughey Septuplets Turn 10  (BLI) The McCaugheys recently celebrated the tenth birthday of their miracle septuplets. The December issue of Ladies' Home Journal, now on newsstands, chronicles the last decade and the miracles that continue to unfold for this family. 11/27/2007 >>more
Friends with Benefits...and Problems Too  (BLI) Research is showing that "friends with benefits" has serious emotional consequences for participants. 10/8/2007 >>more
Married Today, Gone Tomorrow (BLI) While the divorce rate remains fairly constant at about one in five, those married since 1980 are more likely to divorce. 9/26/2007 >>more
American Youth Say Parents are Their Heroes  (BLI) 8/27/2007 >>more
Chilling New Late-Term Abortion Technique  (BLI) 8/23/2007 >>more
How to Make Your Honeymoon a Success (BLI) The book is packed full of meaningful, useful information for planning a honeymoon that will be the foundation of a life-long marriage. 8/2/2007 >>more
Young Adults Embracing Life  (BLI) 7/13/2007 >>more
“With All the Lamps Still Blazing” (BLI) Sadly, young love doesn’t often see examples today of what old love can be. 6/19/2007 >>more
World Congress of Families Wrap-up  (BLI) 5/18/2007 >>more
Teen Pregnancy Day Used to Attack Abstinence Education (3:20) (BLI) 5/10/2007 >>more
Join Family Activists in Poland (7:52)  (BLI) 3/16/2007 >>more
CWA at the International Family Life Conference (4:48)  (BLI) 2/22/2007 >>more
Hangin' On To Hubby (BLI) Women can dramatically transform a hostile environment into a peaceful, happy home. 2/6/2007 >>more
Out-of-Wedlock Babies: Intended . . . Or Not? (BLI) The idea that most of the babies being born out of wedlock are unintended and unwanted is little more than a myth. 1/24/2007 >>more
The Year of the Baby (BLI) A Newborn was 2006’s Celebrity Accessory 1/3/2007 >>more
New Volleys in the Mommy Wars (3:09)  (BLI) 1/2/2007 >>more
Temptation in Toyland (5:54)  (BLI) 12/15/2006 >>more
America Faces a Popeye Moment (BLI) Our culture has had all it can stand! It can't stands no more! 12/14/2006 >>more
The Girls Who Loved the Greatest Generation Guys (BLI) They were just small-town boys going a long way from home and leaving behind everything they loved and valued. 11/1/2006 >>more
British Retailer Pulls Pole Dancing ‘Toy’  (BLI) 10/24/2006 >>more
Marriage Is Not Dead; With TLC It Would Be Fine! (BLI) Current trends toward changing the family structure are profoundly reshaping American society. 10/19/2006 >>more
Schools Adapting to Gender Confusion (7:21)  (BLI) 10/18/2006 >>more
Boys Will Be Boys (BLI) In the process of taming those troublemakers, while cherishing their masculinity, my grandfather taught them how to become men. 10/10/2006 >>more
Belonging to the Beloved (BLI) Nothing is more painful to lovers, even among those who were formerly promiscuous, than infidelity. 8/30/2006 >>more
New Data on Unmarried Motherhood  (BLI) 7/26/2006 >>more
The Inherent Vulnerability of Motherhood (BLI) Hollywood and feminist rhetoric do little for women in a vulnerable time. 7/24/2006 >>more
America’s New Loneliness Epidemic (BLI) 6/29/2006 >>more
Great Kids? Thank Dad! (BLI) A Father’s Day tribute to my husband. 6/16/2006 >>more
Living a Triple-A Life (BLI) Sometimes you can only adjust, adapt and appreciate. 6/13/2006 >>more
Debating Marriage: Sacred or Sham? (BLI) Homosexuals really want divine sanction, not merely legalization, for their behavior. 6/5/2006 >>more
Pray for Poland’s March for Life and Family  (BLI) 6/1/2006 >>more
Whatever Happened To Fidelity? (BLI) Without it, love is meaningless. 5/23/2006 >>more
Post-Mother’s Day Musings (BLI) Love, sex, marriage and motherhood ... 5/17/2006 >>more
Big Love – Desperate Housewives with Only One Leading Man  (BLI) 3/20/2006 >>more
The Holiday Turkey (BLI) 12/22/2005 >>more
Crouse Addresses International Conference on Family (BLI) 10/17/2005 >>more
Nothing Can Replace Mom’s Care (BLI) 10/4/2005 >>more
Myths of Motherhood (BLI) Restoring Honor to Being a Mom 8/29/2005 >>more
The Depravity of "Desperate Housewives" (BLI) 8/11/2005 >>more
Mad at My Mop (BLI) 6/24/2005 >>more
Father's Day Reprint!! Evangelical Men Make Great Dads (BLI) Good Parenting Related to Church Going 6/18/2005 >>more
Accept Self or Learn from Criticism? (BLI) 4/6/2005 >>more
The Natural Family: A Manifesto  (BLI) 3/15/2005 >>more
BLI’s Crouse Speaks Today on Repercussions of Marriage Alternaives  (BLI) 3/15/2005 >>more
BLI’s Crouse Speaks Today on Repercussions of Marriage Alternatives  (BLI) 3/15/2005 >>more
Marriage: Best for Women, Children, and Nations (BLI) Dr. Crouse argues that changes in family structure are profoundly reshaping American society. 3/3/2005 >>more
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (BLI) 2/25/2005 >>more
BIG NEWS: PARENTS AND TEENS GET ALONG (BLI) An overwhelming majority of teens think highly of their mom and dad. 12/20/2004 >>more
The Symptoms of Parent-Withdrawal (BLI) Day care results in adverse effects for children. 12/17/2004 >>more
Omnibus Spending Gets ‘A’ Grades (BLI) 11/24/2004 >>more
Cosby's Campaign Sets Off His Critics (BLI) Too many of our young people, of all races, are drowning in the cultural cesspool that is their life. 11/18/2004 >>more
Media Influences, Materialism and Divorce Threatening Families (BLI) 11/15/2004 >>more
Career or Family? (BLI) 10/28/2004 >>more
‘Train Up A Child’ – How? (BLI) 10/18/2004 >>more
Corporate Support for Marriage (BLI) CWA and BLI Praise Promising Cultural Development 6/9/2004 >>more
The Foster Care Revolving Door (BLI) 5/19/2004 >>more
RX for Marriage (BLI) Over the last century, the autonomous individual has come dangerously close to replacing the family ... 2/11/2004 >>more
Leaving on a Jet Plane: Illegitimacy Trends and the Nation’s Children (BLI) 1/16/2004 >>more
Bratz Against Beauty (BLI) 10/27/2003 >>more
Marriage Protection Week (BLI) 10/14/2003 >>more
Marriage and its Alternatives: Opportunity versus Risk (BLI) Common sense should tell us that the safest environment for a child is with its biological parents. 9/25/2003 >>more
Risqué Business –– Selling Sex to Children and Teens (BLI) 9/9/2003 >>more
Family Dinners Provide "Parent Power" (BLI) 9/3/2003 >>more
Media Corporations Take Advantage of Teen Struggles (BLI) 8/7/2003 >>more
Bridal Brouhaha (BLI) 7/29/2003 >>more
Congress Spends Billions on Bad Parental Substitute (BLI) 7/29/2003 >>more
Raising a "Tolerant" Child (BLI) 7/17/2003 >>more
Honing the Head Start Program (BLI) 7/8/2003 >>more
"Hands-On" Love (BLI) 7/8/2003 >>more
Sex Ed 101 (BLI) 6/20/2003 >>more
The Violent Reality of Lovin' and Leavin' (BLI) 6/12/2003 >>more
Vineyard Appeals to School Board Over Sex Ed Curriculum (BLI) 6/6/2003 >>more
A Blueprint for Bonding (BLI) Which leads to a couple becoming one? Casual Sex or Commitment? 5/28/2003 >>more
Want to Reduce Poverty? Get Married (BLI) 5/23/2003 >>more
Home Alone — Without the Hilarity (BLI) 5/20/2003 >>more
Child Experts Meet at White House (BLI) 5/16/2003 >>more
Court Deems Handicapped Girl, (BLI) 5/15/2003 >>more
Head Start's Future: Perspectives from the Bush Administration, Congress, States, Advocates and Researchers (BLI) 5/13/2003 >>more
Shock and Horror (BLI) 5/12/2003 >>more
Billy's Funeral (BLI) 3/26/2003 >>more
Yet Another Liberal Myth Exposed (BLI) 2/13/2003 >>more
The Happy Mother and Poverty Data (BLI) 11/21/2002 >>more
Census Bureau Ignores Crucial Data: Family Structure and the Latest Poverty Statistics (BLI) Our analysis of the Census Bureau's "Poverty in the United States, 2001," reveals that the number of single-parent families with and without children living in poverty increased by 469,000. 11/15/2002 >>more
Beverly LaHaye Institute Reports Census Bureau’s “Glaring Omissions” (BLI) 11/14/2002 >>more
MORT AND MILLIE (BLI) After the Clinton scandals, there's little about celebrity marriages that surprises Washington anymore. But the tell-all book that has the nation's capital abuzz these days is another shocker. 9/19/2002 >>more
Mothering Takes More Than a Moment (BLI) 8/29/2002 >>more
Girls' Future—Going Up in Smoke? (BLI) 8/27/2002 >>more
What's Really at Stake (BLI) 8/26/2002 >>more
Breastfeeding: Preventive Health Care for Mothers and Babies (BLI) 7/30/2002 >>more
Daycare Dilemma (BLI) 7/25/2002 >>more
If You Would Fall In Love, Would You Fall For Anything? (BLI) 7/16/2002 >>more
Welfare Reform Inadequate without Marriage Component (BLI) 6/6/2002 >>more
Data Confirms Apparent Child Care Trends (BLI) 5/24/2002 >>more
Parents, Don't Let Your Children Stay Tuned.... (BLI) 4/4/2002 >>more
Competition and Activities v. Family Time (BLI) 3/28/2002 >>more
Choose Your Neighbors Well (BLI) 3/14/2002 >>more
Marriage, Not Work Only, Fuels Real Welfare Reform (BLI) 3/7/2002 >>more
Two Parent Families, Lies and Statistics (BLI) 2/28/2002 >>more
Reported Findings of Study are Distorted (BLI) 2/28/2002 >>more
Apathy & Childlessness (BLI) 12/4/2001 >>more
Poor Parents Say They Wish to Marry, Too (BLI) 11/2/2001 >>more
Teen Fathers More Likely to be Absent Fathers; Public Opinion Still Favors Moms at Home (BLI) 9/21/2001 >>more
Stable Families Reduce Likelihood of Teen Sex; Federal Labor Law is Behind Times - Especially for Women (BLI) 9/6/2001 >>more
Lasting Love in a “Hook-up” World (BLI) 8/28/2001 >>more
Teen Births Down - Out of Wedlock Births at Record High; Salvation Army's Faith-Based Service (BLI) 7/26/2001 >>more
Census Bureau Data on Number of Gay Households Unreliable (BLI) 7/18/2001 >>more
Foster Care and Adoption: An Uneasy Non-Alliance (BLI) 7/1/2001 >>more
Welfare Reform Shows Signs of Restoring Nuclear Family Norm (BLI) 6/22/2001 >>more
Family Expert Concerned Over Census Figures, Images of Family Life (BLI) 6/8/2001 >>more
The M-Word; Day Care Wars Continued... (BLI) 5/22/2001 >>more
More Time with Mom & Dad?; Foster Care & Adoption Information Revolution (BLI) 5/16/2001 >>more
Bad News on Day Care; Advertisers Admonished on Marketing to Children (BLI) 5/7/2001 >>more
Child Care Linked to Aggressiveness in Pre-Schoolers (BLI) 4/23/2001 >>more
Covenant Marriages; Doctor Induced Death (BLI) 4/23/2001 >>more
"A Christian Declaration on Marriage"; Gay and Lesbian Scholarships (BLI) 11/20/2000 >>more
Education Nondiscrimination Law; U.S. Missionaries Arrested; (BLI) 8/31/2000 >>more
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