What Wayne Grudem Overstates in Judith Wallerstein Thirty years ago, in 1996, Wayne Grudem did an analysis of Judith Wallerstein’s second book, Second Chances, one of three books...
Divorce and Children
What Many Christians Were Never Told: The ACE Study, Abuse, and Divorce
What Many Christians Were Never Told About the Large 1998 ACE Study Many Christians have never even heard of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study published in 1998, much less...
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: What Counselors, Students, and Divorcing Parents Need to Know
Judith Wallerstein on Divorce and Children: What Pastors, Counselors, and Divorcing Parents Need to Know A critical review of Judith Wallerstein’s five major books on divorce,...
12 Half-Truths in Focus on the Family’s “How Could Divorce Affect My Kids?”
12 Half-Truths in Focus on the Family’s “How Could Divorce Affect My Kids?” Focus on the Family should be ashamed of this article. Why? Because it tells frightened parents that...
New Stepparent? Build Relationship First, Discipline Second
New Stepparent? Build Relationship First, Discipline Second If you are a new stepparent, it is very easy to feel pressure to “step up” and act like a full parent right away. But...
Gray Rock Method Explained for Christian Divorce and Co-Parenting
What Is Gray Rock? A Strategy for Handling a Destructive Person Sometimes you cannot go No Contact. If you share minor children with a destructive ex, you may be legally required...
Why the #GreaterThan Campaign Isn’t Actually Pro-Child
🧒 The #GreaterThan Campaign Video Who’s Speaking, What’s Missing, and Why Abuse Can’t Be Ignored 🎧 Audio summary (multiple languages) The #GreaterThan campaign presents itself as...
Why Presumed 50/50 Custody Fails Children: The Truth Behind Kentucky’s Law
Why the NPO’s Claims About Kentucky’s 50/50 Custody Law Don’t Hold Up The National Parents Organization (NPO) claims that Kentucky’s presumed 50/50 custody law proves equal...
The Hidden Danger of Requiring Equal 50/50 Child Custody: What People Don’t See
The Hidden Danger of Presumed 50/50 Child Custody: What People Don’t See Why Presumed 50/50 Custody Can Endanger Children Presumed 50/50 custody—sometimes called default equal...
What Experts in the PBS Documentary Kids & Divorce Say About Custody After Abuse
What Experts in the PBS Documentary "Kids & Divorce" Say About Custody After Abuse The PBS documentary Kids & Divorce: For Better or Worse, hosted by journalist Dave...
I Wish I’d Left Sooner: What Parents Learned About Divorce and Kids
“I Wish I’d Left Sooner”: What Parents Say About Timing Their Divorce When Kids Are Involved One of the hardest questions parents in destructive marriages ask is: “Should I wait...
How to Prepare for a Mandatory Divorce Parenting Class
💔 Getting Through the Mandatory Divorce Parenting Class If you’re looking for Christian divorce support, you’re not alone. Many believers facing an abusive or high-conflict...
Are They Telling the Truth About Divorce? What the New Study Really Says
Are They Telling the Truth About Divorce? What the New Study Really Says You might have read headlines or seen posts from groups like the Institute for Family Studies and Focus...
Christians: Life After Divorce — Real Stories of Challenge, Healing, and Hope
I asked people in my private Facebook group for divorced Christians: "How has life changed?" Background: For nearly 30 years, I have been leading Christian divorce recovery...
New Study Shows Kids of Divorce Rarely Face Teen Pregnancy, Jail, or Early Death
New Study Shows Kids of Divorce are Unlikely to Have Teen Pregnancy, Incarceration or Early Mortality EDITED 8-14-2025 If you have the older yellow graph, please use this blue...
A Teenager asks, “What is the Effect of Divorce on Children?”
On Instagram, a teenager messaged me, "What is the effect of divorce on children?" She was working on a school project. Here is my reply: Hi Marcella (not her real name),...
The Colson Center is Unsafe for Abuse Victims: They Want to Divorce to Be Harder to Get
What’s Happening at the Colson Center—and Why It Matters to Abuse Survivors Charles Colson, Divorce, and the Organization That Uses His Name I was brought up in a wonderful...
Review of “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian
VIDEO REVIEW of THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE by Stormie Omartian For people wondering why so many Christian women say that "The Power of a Praying Wife" book is destructive...
Focus on the Family’s TikTok on Single Moms: A Harmful Soundbite
Critique: Focus on the Family’s TikTok on Single Mothers and “Brain Trauma” Several people reached out to me about a troubling 60-second TikTok clip from Focus on the Family...
The “40x Abuse” Myth: What Research Really Says About Single Moms and Stepfamilies
Debunking the Myth: Are Children of Single Mothers Who Date or Remarry “40 Times More Likely” to Be Abused? In the world of social media, it’s easy to stumble across shocking...
12 Serious Problems with Them Before Us: Katy Faust Misuses Divorce Research
12 Serious Problems with Them Before Us by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning Update (Feb 2026): The #GreaterThan campaign emphasizes that “divorce hurts kids,” but it avoids the...