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Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, best known for her 90s hit movie “Father of the Bride,” has written a book about her mother’s dementia.

Kimberly first noticed something was awry with her mom, Linda Williams, on her wedding day in 2003. (She married country singer Brad Paisley.) Her mom was acting irrationally that day, and uncharacteristically struggled through a reading during the ceremony.

Two years later, at age 61, Williams was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of early-onset dementia called primary progressive aphasia.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, pro-life April 15, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Talk with Your Kids about the Threat of Terrorism

We woke up this morning to horrible news out of Brussels.

Another terrorist attack.

Reports say there were shouts in Arabic before a suicide bomber killed at least 14 people at the Brussels airport. A second blast took 20 more lives during rush hour at a metro train in the capital.

And so once again, a scant four months after the terrorist attacks in Paris, we’re seeing how hatred wreaks destruction and death – and it’s all playing out on our TV and computer screens.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, family, kids, news, parenting March 22, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Top Movies, Books and Audio Recommendations for Spring Break

Is your family looking forward to spring break?

The Daly family is eager for a change of pace to rest and play. While we had a pretty mild winter here in Colorado, the promise of spring and its warmer weather and extended hours of sunshine is always welcomed this time of year.

If you’re a parent, though, you might be asking yourself how to help your children fill those longer days. In the Daly home, we enjoy spending time outdoors and taking in the beautiful Colorado scenery.

Topics: Current Events Tags: entertainment, family, promos March 16, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

If You Could Have Dinner With Anyone, Who Would It Be?

Quick, name someone, dead or alive, you’d like to have dinner with.

Do you have the name of that person in your mind?

Who is it?

Harriet Tubman? Bill Gates? The Apostle Paul?

Some kids were also asked who they would most like to have dinner with … Watch the video to learn what they answered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wfbY3i4FY0

Parents are the most important and influential people to their children. I hope this video both encouraged you in your job of raising your kids and inspired you to make time for shared meals.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, parenting, promos March 11, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Parenting Your Kids with God’s Grace

Here’s an important parenting question:

What if your hands were empty, but I asked you to give me one of the apples you were holding?

That’s not a trick question, a riddle, or some odd math problem from your junior high days. It’s a simple question that makes an equally simple point.

We can’t give away something we don’t have.

How does that concept relate to parenting? In this way: We can’t parent our children with God’s grace if we haven’t embraced it ourselves.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, faith, family, kids, parenting March 7, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Chick-fil-A Encourages Families to Give Cell Phones a Time Out

Do your children have smartphones?

My boys, ages 15 and 13, don’t. Jean and I have considered getting the boys simple flip phones for emergencies, but yet … we hesitate opening that door.

Beyond the dangers that come with smartphones, we recognize how easy it can be to become addicted to them. Americans now spend an average of 4.7 hours a day on their phones. We sleep with them on our nightstand and carry them in our pockets.

Topics: Current Events Tags: family, pop culture, technology March 4, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

How to Graduate from College Without Going Into Debt

To go into debt, or not to go into debt?

That is the question – one many college students ask themselves as they think of how to afford a college education.

You hear horror stories about twenty-something college graduates leaving school with a four-year degree in one hand and a load of debt in the other they may spend the next couple of decades trying to repay.

Is it worth it?

And if it is, what’s the best way to keep the debt at a reasonable level relative to future earning potential?

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, family February 26, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The Family Expert Who Didn’t Know a Thing About Families

“I’ll never forget the day when I said to God, ‘I’ve done everything I know to do, and it’s not working.’”

You might expect to hear a comment like that from the average husband or wife trying to learn how to build a successful family. But would it surprise you to know that the person who said those words is now one of the most respected family experts in the world and has been married nearly 40 years?

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, family, marriage, parenting February 22, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Justice Antonin Scalia’s Other Legacy

Funeral plans for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia were announced earlier this morning. The body of the first Italian-American to serve on the bench will lie in repose in the Great Hall of the high court this coming Friday.

His funeral, which will be open to the public, will take place on Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

It’s impossible to overstate the effect Justice Scalia had on the Supreme Court during his nearly 30-year tenure.

Topics: Current Events Tags: faith, family, news February 17, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Trying to Teach Your Child To Be Responsible? Try This

I heard a story not long ago about a young man who didn’t receive the grade he felt he deserved in one of his college courses. Right there in the middle of class, surrounded by nearly 200 fellow students, he dialed his mom and complained to her.

If this was your son, what would you have done?

This mom said, “Put your professor on the phone.”

The young man marched to the front of the room and handed the call over to his professor.

Topics: Family and Home Tags: broadcast, family, kids, parenting February 15, 2016 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura