Linda & Richard Eyre
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Richard and Linda Eyre are New York Times No. 1 best-selling authors who lecture throughout the world on family-related topics. Visit them anytime at www.EyresFreeBooks.com or at www.valuesparenting.com. Their latest Deseret Book e-book is “On the Homefront,” which contains 100 of their favorite columns with photos and videos.

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The two most important fathers in my life lived about as different lives as two men can live.
It always annoys me a little that the first question I’m asked when meeting someone is “What do you do?” as though my career or job is the most important and telling thing about me.
If we are able to create a peaceful, calm and orderly atmosphere in our homes, our children will become more manageable, more spiritual and more good.
If you think about it hard enough and rationalize long enough, you can convince yourself that there are actually no drawbacks at all to a little aging.
“Remember who you are” means a lot of good things, like uphold the family name, make me proud, don’t do anything stupid, be careful, think, etc. But have you thought what it means in the etern...
We had so much interest in last week’s column on the gift and joy of aging that we decided to carry on that theme this week and next.
Marriage means a committed union between a man and a woman, with the likelihood or at least the possibility of procreation. Marriage has always meant that, and it has always been the glue that holds families an...
The joys of aging don’t get much attention — in fact, you may not even believe that they exist. The reason is that you’ve been programmed not to believe it by a messed up culture that worships...
As we look back on any successes we may have had in raising our children, one humbling thought is always crystal clear: We could not have done it without our LDS Church ward.
We have a little premise that many will disagree with but we present it anyway as a thought-provoker. The premise is that it is actually a good thing to indulge yourself a bit once in a while.