For Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, adopting children from overseas has done more than change the size of their family—it's changed the hearts of their biological children as well.

I just learned my daughter fudged on a homework assignment. What should I do?

Bible Occupations

How to rein in sibling rivalry.

Is it important to encourage my child's creativity?

November/The Life of Nehemiah

Help! I'm raising my 14-year-old granddaughter. Her father's not in her life, and she's so boy crazy, I don't know what to do.

I overheard my daughter tell a derogatory ethnic joke to her friends. Doesn't she realize what she's doing is wrong?

I'm learning to keep a sense of humor in the face of my foibles.

I'm a single mom of a 12-year-old girl. I feel uncomfortable letting my preteen go with her friends to the park where I cannot see them, or walk some distance away to get ice cream—but this is what kids do in my area! I don't want to be telling my daughter "no" all the time, so I let her carry my cell phone for safety reasons. What are the right boundaries to set for her age?

Our 6th-grade son seems to have no real friendships. Is this normal?

I'm concerned about my three-year-old nephew, who was raised for 18 months by his divorced mother. My sister then left him with his remarried father and new wife while she received intense mental-health care. His father now feels he can no longer handle his son because he's causing problems with his marriage. I don't feel my sister's strong enough to raise my nephew, but I'm not sure what to do.

Ways to help your kids cultivate an "attitude of gratitude"

December/Why Jesus Came to Earth

Why even Christian teens aren't immune from the epidemic of self-mutilation—and what you can do.