Family Matters

-DELETED- Dealing With a Prodigal

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

24 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Helping A Teen Boy Become A Man

What can my husband and I do to help our teenage son become the man God wants him to be? In some ways he seems to be afraid of adulthood, manhood, and everything that goes along with it, and we'd like to get him over that hump. At the same…

24 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Basic Rules for Living

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

21 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Pain, Injustice, and God's Love

If God is fair, just, and loving, why is there so much suffering in the world? I want to believe in His goodness, but the injustices of life have convinced me that, if He does exist, He must not care very much about what goes on in this world. Just…

21 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Making Moments Special

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

20 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Christian and Social drinking

What does the Bible have to say about moderate alcohol consumption? Gradually I'm becoming aware of an increasing openness to social drinking in our circle of Christian friends. As a matter of fact, this seems to be the new norm. I'm not sure that I feel comfortable with this, and…

20 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Good Nutritional Habits

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

19 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Tithing and Giving While in Debt

Should we keep tithing to our church while trying to pay off debts? My husband and I are on a tight budget and trying our best to pay off a large backlog of debt that has been building over the past several years. Would it be better to put our…

19 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Dealing With a Passive-Aggressive Friend

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

18 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Sexual Intimacy and Sexual Trauma in Marriage

If sex is an indispensable part of a healthy marital relationship – what does this imply for a marriage in which the act of sex has become traumatic for the wife? That's my situation. There are a couple of reasons for this, and neither of them has anything to do…

18 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Dad and Daughter Date

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

17 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Having Babies After Forty

What should we expect with a pregnancy in later life? My wife is in her early forties and we just learned that she is expecting a child. We're happy but stunned (to say the least). We already have three children (all in their teens now), so we're familiar with the…

17 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Earning Trust

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

14 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Working Mom Struggling to Make Time for Kids

With everything it takes to work at the office and run a household, how can I find quality time to spend with my children? It seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to be done. Do you have any suggestions?

14 May 2020 6PM 4 min

Wife Concerned About Husband's Private Meeting with Female Boss

How should my husband relate to his female boss? Occasionally, she needs to discuss a business matter with him that requires privacy and so she will schedule a lunch appointment with him alone. I'm uncomfortable with this, but he sees no alternative since this kind of practice is common and…

13 May 2020 6PM 4 min

-DELETED- Intentional Reading

This is a 60-second daily feature looking at most critical issues facing the family today. In these features, focus on the Family offers practical advice on variety of subjects of interest for the whole family. Subjects include: marital, medical, emotional, parental and many more.

13 May 2020 6PM 1 min

Teenage Depression and Suicide

Does a pattern of persistent depression indicate that my adolescent son may be in danger of taking his own life? I've been hearing a great deal about the rising problem of teenage suicide, and I'm wondering whether my son might be at risk. What exactly is the connection between depression…

12 May 2020 6PM 4 min

Motivating Kids to Stay Active

What can we do to encourage our school-age son to get away from the television and computer screen and spend more time playing outdoors? We're getting worried about his health and fitness, and we'd like to know how we can motivate him to become more active. So far all of…

11 May 2020 6PM 4 min

Keeping Sexual Passion Alive in Marriage

How does a man stay sexually interested in his wife after years and years of marriage? Jesus said that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Matthew 5:28), but this strikes me as being terribly unrealistic. In my experience, sexual…

10 May 2020 6PM 4 min

Family Planning for Young Married Couples

Should we put off having kids and starting a family until we’re more mature and established? My wife and I are in our late twenties. She’s finishing her studies and I’m working to get my new business off the ground. We’re extremely busy, and to be honest, I’m not sure…

7 May 2020 6PM 3 min