Our nation’s foster-care system is in crisis. Thousands of children “age out” of foster care each year without ever having known the love and support of a forever family. Birthdays are forgotten. School performance drops. Social workers are overwhelmed and lose hope of the possibility that the children in their…  [more]

In the Robinson home, we don’t do Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny or Halloween, for that matter. I know, some must think I’m a boring, rigid parent. On the contrary, I like fun, celebrating, gifts and candy. At the same time, I try to take advantage of opportunities to…  [more]

So your child just got a learner’s permit. Do you just hand her the car keys and say, “Good luck?" Not likely. You will make sure she gets proper instruction and you’ll spend hours in the passenger’s seat, helping her navigate the streets and highways of your town. There will…  [more]

“Do you think that the unfolding horrors at Penn State make parents more or less willing to send their kids away to camp for a week?” The question came from a leader in the field of Christian youth camping. In case you were not aware of it, youth camping is…  [more]

I didn’t expect holding Shel Silverstein’s "Everything On It," which was (way) posthumously released in September, to be such an emotional experience. But when I smoothed out the book and began reading the first poem to my daughter, my throat caught. Perhaps as it was supposed to, since “Years From…  [more]