Help us to never cast aside the whole relationship just because it has developed a nonworking part.

never stop being a parent who deeply cares

A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.

God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.

Cut out some of your "important social engagements," and make your home the center of your social life. God will honor you, and your children will grow up to call you "blessed" [Proverbs 31:28].

Gardens don't grow by themselves; they need to be tended and cultivated and weeded. The same is true of a marriage.

I'm married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.

Love can make the difference-love generously given in childhood and reaching through the awkward years of youth . . . and encouragement that is quick to compliment and slow to criticize.

Spread love whenever you go.

People, like charity, begins at home.

We all are children and parents, students and teachers, healers and in need of care.

Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child's life to put feet firmly on the path home. Parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles are made more powerful guides and rescuers by the bonds of love that are the very nature of a family.