Building a healthy marriage can give your kids a great head start in life. Kendra and John Smiley learned this through the ups and downs of raising three sons, all now grown. With her trademark humor, honesty, and the wisdom that she has shared on Focus on the Family and Family Life Today, Kendra of... (more)

With wisdom gleaned both as parent and teacher, the author of "High Wire Mom" suggests seven proactive choices parents can make to help reduce family stress and avoid parenting emergencies. Includes survey responses from real parents.

"One of us may not live through your childhood". Not only did Kendra Smiley live through Aaron's childhood and teen years, she's telling about it! And a unique twist is the fact that Aaron himself, now a young man, is testifying to his journey as a strong-willed child under the able parenting of his... (more)