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Unwelcoming Step-Children
Question I'm a step-father to three kids (two sons, ages 8 and 13, and a daughter, age 11). (My wife and I had been married a year and a...
Gary Oliver
Oct 11, 20113 min read
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7 Keys to Building Strong Families: Key #4 Cultivating an Encouraging Environment
When I was a little boy I spent many a Saturday morning watching cowboy shows where I would frequently hear Roy Rogers or Gene Autry sing...
Gary Oliver
Oct 5, 20114 min read
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7 Keys to Building Strong Families: Key #3 Power of Nourishing Love
Welcome to another installment of 7 Keys to Building Strong Families. If you’ve been following this column you know that so far we’ve...
Gary Oliver
Sep 15, 20114 min read
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7 Keys to Building Strong Families: Key #2 Giving the Gift of Time
This second key to building strong families is the simplest but also one of the most difficult. It doesn’t take any special training —...
Gary Oliver
Sep 7, 20115 min read
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7 Keys to Building Strong Families: Key #1 The Power of Modeling
Everybody believes family is important. Everyone wants to have a healthy family. From my review of research at The Center for Healthy...
Gary Oliver
Sep 1, 20114 min read
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7 Keys to Building Strong Families: Introduction
If you survived a nuclear disaster, when the danger was over and you came out of hiding, what would be the first thing you would look...
Gary Oliver
Aug 25, 20114 min read
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Close Mother-in-law
Question My wife and I have been married three years, and we live a couple hundred miles from our parents. She talks to her mom every day...
Gary Oliver
Nov 11, 20102 min read
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Christian Values after Divorce
Question My wife left me for another man and is living with him. She and I share custody of our 15-year-old daughter. That means my...
Gary Oliver
Oct 23, 20103 min read
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Re-Marriage and Children
Question I have remarried, and now feel like I am in the middle of a war. I love my husband and my kids, but I am constantly in the...
Gary Oliver
Sep 12, 20102 min read
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