Mimi Doe is the founder of SpiritualParenting.com, a Web site dedicated to helping parents raise children who are happy, kind and “connected to their spirits and to their families.” Doe, the mother of two, is the author of Nurturing Your Teenager’s Soul: A Practical Guide to Raising a Kind, Honorable, Compassionate Teen and co-author of 10 Principles for Spiritual […]

Naomi Drew, a consultant and author, stresses the need in a troubled and sometimes violent world for children to learn conflict resolution and peacemaking. A former teacher, she conducts workshops for parents and schools. Drew is the author of Hope and Healing: Peaceful Parenting in an Uncertain World.

The U.S. Adoption and Safe Families Act was passed by Congress and signed into law in 1997.

Read a May 9, 2006, Washington Post story about parents who shy away from organized religion but want their children to have some introduction to it.

Read a story from Christian Reflection, posted by Beliefnet.com, on the value of teaching children about faith directly from the Bible.

A May 9, 2008, United Methodist Reporter story about the demonstration that followed the General Conference’s decision to uphold the position that homosexual activity and Christian teaching are incompatible.

Winston E. Gooden is the dean of the School of Psychology at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., as well as a professor in the school.

Vice Admiral Regina M. Benjamin is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States.

James R. Tallon Jr. is the chairman of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and president of the United Hospital Fund of New York, the nation’s oldest federated charity. The Fund addresses critical issues affecting hospitals and health care in New York City through health services research and policy analysis, education and information […]