by Candice Watters When I was learning how to drive, my dad reminded me regularly to “drive defensively.” He wanted me to be paying attention to what other drivers around me were doing, to be on the lookout for trouble and develop the reflexes to avoid it. Like my Dad teaching me defensive driving, I’m...

by Candice Watters The Wall Street Journal’s parenting advice is a mix of tips and canny insights. Though their bias typically runs toward hurrying moms back to the marketplace and away from home and hearth, I’m drawn to the articles for a glimpse of what business elites are thinking about childrearing. The recent “Talking to...

by Candice Watters Recently I came across an article I wrote when our 14-year-old son was four. In it, I recounted a trip to the post office where he introduced himself to a little girl near his own age. “Within five minutes of meeting,” I wrote, “he was kissing her and inviting her over to...

by Candice Watters Question: My husband and I are expecting our first baby in a few months and I’m planning to stop working full-time and go home and be a stay-at-home mom. I’m a little nervous about the change, though. I’ve enjoyed the pace and fulfillment of a demanding job and am worried I may...

by Candice Watters Question: My husband and I have been married a year and are expecting our first child. I’m curious if you have any advice about the decision to home school versus public education. I’ve worked in the public school system off and on for several years, as well as some volunteer teaching in...

by Candice Watters Have you ever felt like your efforts to do family devotions — to read the Bible with your kids, to pray, to sing songs — are doomed from the start? Spilled milk, waning attention, wiggles and more seem to conspire against meaningful discipleship. Is there something the authors of books about discipling...