Marriage & Family Articles

Below is a compilation of Good News articles focusing on marriage and the family.

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Successful Parenting: What Makes It Work?
Many parents can find themselves overwhelmed when it comes to parenting. What biblical keys can lay the right foundation?

How Can You Help Your Child Succeed?
As a parent, you should realize that your children's future will be shaped by someone. But will that someone be you or others? Too many parents allow the harmful influences of society to be the primary shaper of their children's future. Your children need good parental attention. What can you do to help your child succeed?

You Can Win the War Against the Family
Modern pop culture is robbing children of their innocence while undermining their character growth by addicting them to random violence, filthy language and explicit sex. In spite of this subtle brainwashing, you can still win the war being waged against your family.

What's So Special About Families?
Some suggest a family should be redefined as any group of people living together in the same household, irrespective of blood connection or sexual orientation. But is such definition warranted? Before we throw away our traditional view, maybe we should consider what we would lose in the process.

Is Your Family Manipulated by Mass Media?
Does your family properly use electronic mass media? Or do you let the media abuse you? Here are 10 principles to help you regain control and stamp out media abuse.

What Is Your Children's Future?
Is the future of our children left to chance and circumstance? Their future is in your hands more than you think.

... And Children Are From Pluto
If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, sometimes it seems children are from someplace even farther out. What can parents do to improve interplanetary communications and relations?

How to Raise Good Children in a Bad World
Standards all around you may be slipping, but here are some principles to help you stay in charge of your child's moral upbringing.

Bringing Up a Moral Child
Is proper child rearing a lost cause? What pressures do parents face, and where can they find help in bringing up children with proper moral values?

What Are Our Children Worth?
The Bible tells us that children are a gift from God (Psalm 127:3-5). Being a good parent is one of the most important responsibilities that we incur in life, with the distinct possibility of truly satisfying rewards.

Your Child's First Year: What Can You Expect?
So now you're a new parent. What adventures and surprises does the next year hold for you, your mate and your child? How can you build a foundation for future family success?

Parenting: The Terrible Twos or the Terrific Twos?
With all the stereotypes about 2-year-old children, what strategies can parents follow to help make this ear terrific? Understanding a child's development and capabilites will help you make a good start.

Teaching Your Preschooler About God
Our children are a wonderful blessing and gift from God, and it's our responsibility to teach them about Him. What are some of the methods we can utilize to teach our children about our loving Creator?

What Does It Take to Be a Successful Single Parent?
Today's epidemic of divorce and single parenthood affects many people, Christians included. How can you be successful as a Christian single parent?

Where Have All the Fathers Gone?
A devastating epidemic is leaving a trail of broken hearts and broken dreams in its wake. What is this tragic outbreak? It’s the epidemic of disappearing fathers, who are sorely needed.

Playing the 'Dad Card'
Fathers, you may not realize it, but you matter more to your daughter than any other man. Why is that? Why is it so important to her future? And how seriously do you take this crucial responsibility?

Why Are Fathers Important?
A Good News interview with Dr. Ross Parke

Passing on Our Faith to Our Children
Teaching our children about God and leading them into a relationship with God can be intimidating. Nonetheless, all parents have a responsibility to teach their children about God and His Word.

How Can We Pass Our Faith on to Our Children?
In a previous article we covered the basic reasons why we should teach our children about God. Now we’ll look at the actual mechanics as well as a good general approach to instructing our children.

Teach Your Children How to Pray
Teaching children to pray is a vital part of passing on our faith.

Teach Your Children With Family Bible Study
The most important responsibility of parents is to pass along their spiritual faith and understanding to their children. Here are tips for how to teach God’s words and ways to your children.

Help Your Child Refute Evolution
Your children are likely being indoctrinated with evolutionary teachings and ideas not only at school, but just about everywhere. Here are some tips for helping them deal with these false concepts.

10 Practical Ways to Teach Your Children Right Values
Most parents recognize the need for their children to have right values. But how do you teach them? Here are practical pointers parents can use to instill those standards, starting today!

Teaching Youth Religious Values
"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart; you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up"

The Rewards of Reading Together
When family members read aloud together, lots of good things happen—including learning, laughter and love.

Teach Your Children About Finances
When we learn to handle our money according to God's instructions, God expects us to share our knowledge with our children so they, too, can be blessed. With God's perspective in mind, let us consider some ways parents can teach their children to properly manage their finances.

Helping Your Children Cope in Family Crises
The many setbacks in life can teach family members how to deal with them more effectively, how to minimize crises and how to work through them together.

How to Comfort Your Children in Time of Need
A large part of growing up is facing difficulties, setbacks and disappointments. What can you do to help your children through those traumatic times?

Today's Toys: Child's Play or Something Else?
It may be time to take another look at your children's toys.

Parenting in the 90's
The chances for successful parenting are aided by a deep commitment to the biblical principle that children are a true blessing, well worth the time and energy that will be required.

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What Are the Keys to a Happy Marriage?
Many would have you believe that the marital union is archaic and unnecessary. Yet mankind's Creator designed marriage as the ideal relationship for men and women. What fundamental principles can you practice to build a happy marriage.

Marital Happiness: The Choice Is Up to You!
With so many people wanting instant gratification, it's no wonder so many marriages end in divorce. Are we expecting more from our husband or wife than we're willing to give? Can happy marriages simply be a matter of choice?

Lessons from the First Marriage
God is the designer of marriage, instituting it with our first human parents, Adam and Eve. What can we learn from their marriage?

Today's Family: Defining Marriage
What is marriage? When and how did it originate? Does it really matter?

Revitalize Your Marriage: Here's How!
After the husband and wife say, "I do," they go off into the sunset assuming their marriage will remain as it feels at that moment. But when the honeymoon wears off, they may begin thinking, "Maybe I don't." Why does this happen, and how can we make love last?

How to Practice Love and Respect
How can you practice love and respect in your marriage? How can you start living these two important principles? The Bible gives many practical, workable ways to love and respect your spouse.

Putting Romance Back Into Marriage
Basic misunderstandings can lead to a lack of romance later in marriage. Here are practical ways you can renew and revitalize your marriage!

Have You Performed Your Vow Today?
How does "I do" become "I don't anymore"? Several common misunderstandings contribute to neglect of the marriage vows.

Will Your Marriage Survive the Tough Times?
We all face difficult times. When the storms of life hit, how will they affect your marriage? What can you do to make sure your marriage will survive?

Money in Marriage
Money is one of the most frequently cited reasons for conflict within marriage. It is not uncommon for both husbands and wives to have jobs outside the home—a major change from the norm just a few decades ago when husbands were expected to be the major financial providers.

God's Purpose for Sex and Marriage
We live in a world saturated with sex. But are we missing an unrealized dimension when it comes to sex and marriage? When and how did sex originate—and why?

God's Guide to Sex
Everyone knows about the similarities between animal and human sexuality, but what about the differences? And what are the implications of those differences?

Sex Outside of Marriage: What's the Big Deal?
The sexual revolution of the '60s encouraged us to liberate ourselves from old sexual taboos. Millions did. What have we learned?

Adultery: No Longer Shameful?
What does habitual and rampant adultery tell us about a person and a nation?

Saving Marriage: Beyond Constitutional Amendments
In response to same-sex marriages in some states, many are pushing constitutional amendments to preserve the traditional marriage relationship. But it will take much more if marriage is to be saved.

Same-Sex Marriage: Does It Meet With God's Approval?
The gay agenda is steadily gaining ground in Western nations, with same-sex marriage finding acceptance. But what does the Bible say—and why? And what's at the root of same-sex attraction?