The marriage covenant was designed to bring incomplete components of the God image together in one flesh, from which other relationships developed.

When we were single, we had all the answers to the art of parenting, but actual practice humbles us as to how ill-equipped we are for this task.

While God expects parents to cultivate sound-mindedness, balance, and self-control in our children, Satan has been shaping young minds his own way.

American society is cursed because the family, its most important component, is dysfunctional. It is impossible to raise families without God.

Recently, the University of Virginia's Institute on Advanced Culture identified four current parenting styles, with mixed results.

Many misguided parents place their children on pedestals, virtually worshipping them, catering to every whim, fearing to offend them, failing to rein them in.

The fifth commandment begins the section of six commands regarding our relationships with other people. Children should learn proper respect in the family.

Most families in God's church have a functional father, but even so, extremes of leniency and overbearing strictness do not make an ideal father.

The facts indicate that children - and society as a whole - function better when mothers fulfill the role of nurturers in the home.

Of the various approaches to discipline, spanking is really the only method endorsed by the Bible. Properly administered, spanking smarts but leaves no bruises.

Neither permissiveness nor harshness are endorsed by God; sound-mindedness in child-rearing requires control and measured justice while avoiding extremes.

The fifth commandment stands at the head of the second tablet of the Decalogue, which governs our human relationships. It is critical for family and society.

We cannot instill sound-mindedness in our offspring unless we are personally filled with the fruits of God's Holy Spirit, modeling these for our children.

Dishonoring one's parents is a serious abomination, considered a capital offense by God. Fathers must be worthy of honor, teaching their children to honor God.

The Bible has a great deal to say about honor and whom we should honor. Here are some difficult but necessary lesson in honor.

The fifth commandment provides a bridge, connecting our relationships with God and the relationships with our fellow human beings.

The fifth commandment teaches our responsibility to give high regard, respect, and esteem to parents and other authority figures, leading to a prosperous life.

Jonadab, who demonstrated his zeal toward God by assisting Jehu in ridding Israel of idolators, is one of the finest examples of fatherhood in the Bible.

Honor of parents is the basis for good government. The family provides the venue for someone to learn to make sacrifices and be part of a community.

Self-will must be extirpated from our children; God's will must take its place. Childrearing must begin at the start of a child's formative life.

We must not leave child rearing to chance, but ought to bend the tender twigs entrusted to us toward God's purpose, training our children in righteousness.

Parents are obligated to teach God's laws to their children. According to Emily Post, good manners are to the family what good morals are to society.

A growing number of conservatives, frustrated with both the iron grip of liberals on the country's educational system, have opted to teach their children at home.

Those trained in the home to dishonor parents will resist authority on every front, whether civic authorities, supervisors on the job, or teachers in school.

The fifth commandment bridges the two sections of love toward God and love toward man. We begin learning righteous conduct at home, with our parents.

Masculine leadership is demonstrated by men who embrace God's commandments, love and protect their wives, and instill a love of God's truth in their children.

God ordained marriage and the family for the physical and spiritual growth and nurturing of children. God's goal is a Family composed of mature spirit beings.

Negative role models and failure to take responsibility characterize more and more fathers today. Here's why this is happening and what to do about it.

Parents have incrementally abandoned the responsibility of disciplining their children. Satan has taken over the responsibility through his matrix.

Emotional and spiritual well-being of children improves when fathers fulfill their role. People from dysfunctional families have a skewed image of God.

Children do not initiate love but reflect it. If a child does not receive a convincing demonstration of this love, he will not become a conductor of love.

If we would keep God's Feasts properly, we would be in sync with God's noble purpose for us, defending us from falling into apostasy and idolatry.

The opposite of selfishness is not self-hatred, but mature self-love, loving ourselves as a responsible, caring parent would (or should) love a growing child.

Paradoxically, becoming a slave of righteousness — maintaining the narrow way — leads to freedom, peace of mind, and ultimately, God's Kingdom.

God does not like to inflict punishment on people, but because of sin, He is obligated to correct. But as quickly as God punishes, God restores and heals.