Marybeth Hicks

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Marybeth Hicks
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Gay Friend Offers a Teachable Moment About Truth and Love
By Marybeth Hicks
Q: Recently, a boy at my daughter’s Christian high school revealed to his lunch table buddies that he is ...
July 11, 2013
Parental Responsibility Trumps Child’s Privacy
By Marybeth Hicks
To: Marybeth From: Message-reading Mom My daughter’s smartphone buzzed when she was out of the room. I picked it up to see ...
April 24, 2013
Parents Must Find Time Away From Children
By Marybeth Hicks
To: Marybeth From: Dad is Desperate for a Date My husband says we should have “date nights” without our three kids, but ...
April 17, 2013
Sullen Tween Daughter Need Not Be the Norm
By Marybeth Hicks
To: Marybeth From: Preteen Parent How do I survive a moody 12-year-old daughter without damaging our relationship (or killing her)? I find ...
April 10, 2013
Are Classes Too Sexy for Fourth Grade Students?
By Marybeth Hicks
In this week’s email, a question comes from parents who don’t want their fourth grader to take the school ...
March 27, 2013
Parents Let Teens do Stupid Things
By Marybeth Hicks
Mom-blogger Ursula Hennessey, writing last week at OnTheCulture.com, questioned the lax supervision provided by too many parents of teens. A ...
March 13, 2013
Divorcing Dad Wants Limits on Children's Media Exposure
By Marybeth Hicks
From this week’s email, a message from a dad whose ex-wife doesn’t share his concerns about the influence of the ...
March 07, 2013
Child Raised Well is Notable Achievement
By Marybeth Hicks
Last week at a speaking engagement in Illinois, I asked my audience of parents to tell me about their kids. Not ...
January 30, 2013
Abortion Remains a Big Deal 40 Years After Roe
By Marybeth Hicks
In this 40th year of legalized abortion in America, Hollywood and Planned Parenthood want you to know abortion is no ...
January 24, 2013
“Gay Sin” Survey Reveals We’re Playing God on Moral Questions
By Marybeth Hicks
I’m always on the hunt for positive news, there being such consistent media focus on the bad stuff. Most days, ...
January 16, 2013
Stand with Hobby Lobby for Religious Liberty
By Marybeth Hicks
I bought a picture frame on Saturday. It’s just a simple, black, 5-by-7-inch frame with a plain white ...
January 09, 2013
The Character of Our Culture Defines Our Children
By Marybeth Hicks
If you have access to the Internet, you likely have read a viral blog post by single mother of four ...
December 20, 2012
With Right to Work, Hell Freezes Over in Mich.
By Marybeth Hicks
LANSING, Mich. — This just in: Hell freezes over, pigs fly, Jimmy Hoffa rises from the dead, joins labor protests ...
December 12, 2012
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