Parenting Matters

Everyone remembers being a kid and running down the stairs on Christmas morning to find a brilliantly lit Christmas tree with toys under it. Sorry, I should have written “most ...

Alec was a state-level long-distance runner. He started running in seventh grade and continued through high school. He ...

My wife, Mary, and I were talking about the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, when she brushed tears from ...

Sometimes we forget that Mother Nature has as many "cures" as doctors have, maybe more. Case in point, ...

With Mother’s Day in view, I'm thinking about mothers and what distinguishes them from other women. While no ...

I had known 15-year-old Pat and his family for many years. His dad was a highly successful CEO, ...

Some time ago, my friend Brian sent me a short video of his 6-year-old granddaughter playing the piano. ...

Everything parents do is important. Recently, The Tennessean, a daily newspaper in Nashville, featured a chef I wish ...

The best thing parents can do for their kids is to love each other. Recently, my wife, Mary, ...

When our family lived in Wisconsin, we took advantage of February’s cold weather by having a cookout on ...

Today’s politicians are much like the blind men who “saw” the elephant in John Godfrey Saxe’s classic poem. ...

In his book, "The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic," Matthew Kelly describes four characteristics that separate dynamic ...

When I decided to extend my pediatric practice to include adolescents, I thought I would be able to ...

When we were kids, our parents taught us right from wrong. They had rather strict rules we had ...

Steven, the father of a 2-year-old boy, wrote me to ask: "What do I need to know to ...

Hello from Nashville, Tennessee, the home of country music, beautiful weather, and right living. What an honor and ...