As we conclude this series on marriage, let us end with perhaps the most crucial advice we could give—the advice of better co...
All marriages go through their ups and downs, and we have become convinced that staying married and strengthening a marriage ov...
There are strong connections between how well people do in their marriage relationship and how well they do as parents....
Those who believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman need to stand up for their convictions....
Why use words as negative and shocking as “Cancerous” and “Curse”? Why? Because cohabitation (unmarried couples living ...
We hold these truths to be self-evident, it takes a mom and a dad to create a child, so it takes a mom and a dad to raise one....
Of the four threats to traditional marriage divorce and gay marriage are perhaps the least threatening....
We need a movement of our own. A MARRIAGE MOVEMENT that stands for and rallies in favor of the most fulfilling and most joyful...
There are two basic alternative ways in which to view marriage- Conjugal and the Revisionist- and the two are essentially at wa...
Richard and Linda Eyre explore various aspects of the most important institution in the history of society—Marriage. In this ...
Why do those who never marry or those who divorce and don’t remarry, do significantly less well financially (have a 75% wealt...
To know whether something is worth doing well, we ask the three questions, “Will it matter in five years? Do I need it? Can I...
Strong traditions exist in every lasting institution - in schools, in fraternities, even in countries. Parents can use good to ...
Scientific studies have found that having children does not increase happiness. In fact, experts say it has the opposite effect...
The word “parenting” hardly existed a generation or two ago. And if a meeting was held on it, not many dads would have sho...
Synergy and growth are often obtained not in spite of but because of disagreements and strong individual opinions that may occa...
It is proper and fissionable and even politically correct to want and to advocate equality in a marriage relationship. But wha...
Recently, we were talking to a mom who told us of a very difficult problem she was having with her daughter. Knowing she was a ...
Almost every time we open our parenting lectures to question and answer, many of the queries are about obedience. “How can I...
Prediction: Mitt Romney will come to be viewed as the most competent and practical candidate. He will also be revealed to be ...
In our busy Mormon homes, we struggle to find time to teach the Gospel to our children, and when we do have time, the question ...
It’s not easy moving out of a home after 30 years! And it is more nostalgic than we would have ever believed. A home not on...
Kids born to single women or kids born to couples who have not made the commitment of marriage lack both the emotional and the ...
One of the best things we can teach our children is to be genuine and open-minded—the opposite of cynical and partisan! We s...
People occasionally ask us, “If you could just recommend one thing to parents or to marriage partners, what would it be?”...
Of all the things that we can teach our children, perhaps none is more important than the resurrected reality of Christ and His...
The pure, candid answers of children are almost better than the politically correct answers of adults....
How has Romney endured and overcome the media scrutiny that has burned up the others? ...
John Tanner said, “The passage of time without the possibility of change would be hellish....
What is the most important thing your young child should learn before going out into the cold, cruel world?...
Marriage is the natural state of affairs, but some people resist against this natural order. ...
Have these myths frightened you or your loved ones from having children, or from having more of them? ...
Four scary misconceptions are discouraging young people from having children. Once these myths are exposed, married couples ca...
Aren’t you just sick to death of all the financial nonsense? How can you help your kids overcome the same entitlement trap t...
Here is a system for teaching your child responsibility and ownership and ending the entitlement trap. ...
Here is an idea for a literal rescue of your kids from the entitlement trap....
The place to start with kids is ownership. Giving them the real (and early) opportunity to own things, from money to choices, ...
Entitlement is one of the biggest problems our children face and the one that will affect their future the most....
What if many of our basic notions of parenting and much of what we read from “experts” in parenting books is now working ag...
Entitlement is a double edged sword (or a double-jawed trap) for kids. On one edge it gives kids all that they don’t need and...
In your estimation, what is the biggest problem that parents are facing today?...
We don’t think we have ever met anyone who uses the priesthood too much....
Can you imagine trying to raise a child in today’s world without the ward or branch? Without the bishop and the young men’...
Since we understand that we are not the “owners” of our kids, but merely the stewards over them, and that God is their true...
Try doing as many parenting things as you can in the way God does them....
How would you like to find a parenting solution that could help, really help, with the following parenting challenges—the fir...
This generation of teens seems to believe that someone will always bail you out, get you off the hook, buy you a new one, make ...
Travels around the world reveal that there are good parents everywhere — striving parents, concerned parents, parents worried...
The Eyres will speak on 5 Advantages of LDS Parents & Families: Using our eternal perspectives to get ready for a spiritually s...
The transition of children moving out and moving on can be a challenging one. Richard and Linda Eyre, Meridian writers and Best...
Most of society's ills are not due to poverty, but to the breakdown of the family....
When your children leave home, is it just a loss or a rich maturing of the family? How do you maintain a spiritual center for t...
You can never give too much love or support for your grown children, so long as you couple it with confidence in them and respe...
How do we give our children financial self-reliance and at the same time give them assistance when they need it?...
Seems like we all have a lot of telling to do when it comes to guiding our kids. How about the more subtle and perhaps useful t...
That glorious stage of grandparenting. What is the biggest difference between parenting and grandparenting and what exactly is ...
Your child is newly married with a home of his/her own now. How does your role as parent change?...
How much should you be involved in your child's career decisions, financial issues and even church activity once they leave the...
Parents experience a whole gamut of new emotions when children leave home for the first time. This is not necessarily a bad thi...
All families that last and produce security and happiness for their members do have some fundamental things in common....
There's a time to nurture and to hold close and safe and secure, and there's a time to take off the lid and encourage independe...
The right perspective can make the emptying nest phase of life more manageable and more approachable....
Almost everyone knows the story of Aesop's fable about the Tortoise and the Hare, but few know the real details....
The children are finally gone and you're on your own. Who ya' gonna call? Empty nest busters!...
Redwoods grow straight and tall by interlocking roots. Families can grow and stay together by using a like method....
Families may be forever, but what is our role as parents once the children move out?...
The beauty of whale songs is a poignant lesson in family communication....
This week the Eyre's delight us with the 'Law of the Elephant's Trunk'. It is an allegory reminding us that love without discip...
Richard and Linda continue their series of articles about the importance of following our best natural instincts as parents....
Richard and Linda continue their series of articles about the importance of following our best natural instincts as parents....
Richard and Linda, in many of their recent parenting lectures have been emphasizing the importance of following our best natura...
Christ is the most intelligent of all, and he uses his wisdom and knowledge on our behalf....
The thing that sets Christ apart form all other teachers of all other times was the profound ring of truth in all that he said....
He took the common things that all of His listener's hands and eyes had touched and wove them into brilliant shafts of light th...
Christ's tolerance and understanding enabled him to see offensive characteristics as sure signs that someone needed help....
Christ underwent thirty years of preparation before his ministry began - and that preparation was mental, emotional, social, an...
He was content to leave the full weight of his message in the hearts of a few simple men, knowing that its light and effervesce...
Jesus Christ lived a perfect life - a fact that is remarkable because he never committed sin, but much more remarkable because ...
