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My mother was a very strong woman when she was young. It was only through her wisdom and devotion that I survived the emotional pressures of growing up with an alcoholic father during my early childhood. Despite the difficulties, Mom was tremendously successful in the two areas of parenting that matter most.
Family life was designed by God to be a source of delight, yet for many people it often feels more like a weight to carry than a gift to enjoy. You love your spouse and your children. You want your home to be warm and full of laughter. But somewhere between work deadlines, school schedules, church commitments, financial pressure, and the constant lure of digital screens and other distractions, joy can gradually slip away.
What you have observed by looking around your social circles is born out by the numbers: According to nearly every relevant statistic, the institution of marriage is in serious trouble. The Council on Families in America reports that half of first marriages are likely to end in divorce.
Adjusting to the changes in a family when a child gets married is often just as difficult for parents as it is for adult children. There is no textbook on how to balance between 'leaving' to establish. Here are some things to think about as you enter this new season, or maybe you are in the midst of navigating changes as you read this, or perhaps realize that you need to start a healing journey of repair.
Intimacy is best grown in an atmosphere of honor. Strong marriages aren’t built on a running list of expectations. They’re built on a decision to treat each other with deep respect. When you stop keeping score and start showing honor, the tone of your relationship changes. That shift may be one of the most important lessons you will ever learn in your marriage.
If you are single, you are not unusual, forgotten, or behind schedule. You’re living in a chapter that millions of other adults are experiencing right now.
Question: Dr. Dobson, would you be more specific about the relationship between the sexes? Am I to assume you do not favor a fifty-fifty arrangement in the husband-wife interaction? Answer: That is correct. However, let me offer two opinions about the ideal relationship between husbands and wives that may clarify my viewpoint.
On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th birthday. But did you know that, for many Americans, our nation has two birthdays? While that day is widely recognized as Independence Day, it was nearly 89 years later—on June 19, 1865—that every American began to celebrate what freedom really means. When it comes to the foundation of our nation, many of us cherish those powerful words from the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident . . . that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Those biblical principles have been the bedrock of the American Experiment. But eleven years later, when the United States Constitution was signed and later ratified, those promises were not fully extended to a certain group of people living in the new nation—those who had been brought to the New World in the shackles of slavery. Incredibly, the country that prided itself on declaring that our rights came from God and not from government battled within its own ranks over whether it was legal ...
Question: Dr. Dobson, my wife and I are approaching our retirement years, and we have been very blessed financially. We own several large businesses and will have a sizable estate to pass on to our three children. How do you feel about leaving large amounts of money to the next generation, and is there a right and wrong way to do it?
Question: Dr. Dobson, my wife will not respond to me sexually unless the circumstances are just right. It isn't enough for us to enjoy each other physically. I have to talk to and spend time with her before we even go to bed, or else she is disinterested. Are other women like this?
