Medicating the Masses
by Adrian GatyConform or be drugged. We used to make dystopian movies about it; now we make our children live it. Continue Reading »
Father Love Is a Hard Love
by Francis X. MaierThe role of the father is to give; and through that giving to overcome, little by little, the selfishness and ingratitude that come so easily to every child. Continue Reading »
Adventures in Reading
by Elizabeth C. CoreyI begin with my conclusion: If you are reading this review, then you should probably own this book. This is especially true if you know or care about any children or teenagers. Every parent is aware of the innumerable guides that explain how to raise children, to feed and clothe them, to . . . . Continue Reading »
The Child Tax Credit Should Promote Work and Marriage
by Patrick T. Brown and W. Bradford WilcoxAn improved child tax credit could play a crucial role in strengthening the financial foundations of family life for working- and middle-class families across the country. Continue Reading »
Kevin DeYoung on The Case for Kids
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Kevin DeYoung to talk about his article, “The Case for Kids,” from the November 2022 issue. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousIn his recent op-ed (“The Hypocrisy of Masks,” August/September) exploring the theme of hypocrisy in C. S. Lewis’s works, Gilbert Meilaender presents a careless reading of Lewis’s last novel, Till We Have Faces. This inattention to the details of Orual’s story compromises his argument, . . . . Continue Reading »
The Case For Kids
by Kevin DeYoungThe most significant thing happening in the world may very well be a thing that is not happening: Men and women are not having children. The biblical logic has been reversed, and the barren womb has said “Enough!” (Prov. 30:16). The paradigmatic affliction of the Old Testament is now . . . . Continue Reading »
Victors Over Victimhood
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Ian V. Rowe joins the podcast to discuss the his new book, Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. Continue Reading »
Cutting the Cord
by Samira KawashThe familial, connective virtues of landlines live on in their wireless descendants. Continue Reading »
Vocation in the Second Half of Your Life
by Daniel P. MoloneyI push back whenever a young woman tells me her vocation is to get married and have kids. Her vocation is not so limited. She may be called to marriage, but she’s also called to prepare for the life to come by prayer and sacrifice, by renouncing the things of this world, by thinking of what is above. Continue Reading »
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