Conversations are built with questions. And great conversations are built with great questions. Dr. Doug has a delightful penchant for asking insightful and challenging questions in order to provoke new ideas and better ideals. He encourages his listeners to create lives that inspire vision and elevate the lives of others. “It’s...

Sometimes the most challenging part of talking about parenting is knowing where to start. It recalls the story about the older fish commenting on the water and the younger fish responding, “What is water?” As parents, everything we do is part of the work of parenting–or perhaps more simply,...

Thirty years hence your child will be off in the world doing big important things. They will be living their lives depending on the wisdom and strength that they drew from their childhood with you. If that reality doesn’t hit you just a little bit, you’re built of sterner...

From coast to coast and sometimes around the world, conversations about parenting are joy and a chance to make the world just a little bit better one kid at a time. This week finds us on a morning news show in Alabama....

I would like to begin by dispelling a myth about gratitude. We do not teach our children about gratitude for the development of their good manners. I believe as much in good manners as anyone–probably more than most. However, in sooth, we teach our children about gratitude because it...