It’s no fun breaking your ankle. I can tell you that from experience. It happened to me a few years back when I tumbled off my motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The result was surgery and weeks in a recliner with my ankle elevated. One thing I learned was that the connection between physical brokenness and pain is obvious.

Emotional brokenness, on the other hand, is often a different story. It’s much harder to connect symptoms to their cause, making the pain easy to mistake for other issues.

Topics: Family and Home September 23, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Children aren’t equipped with the emotional resources they need to keep their world steady. In fact, according to research:

Nearly one in three adolescents meets the criteria for an anxiety disorder by age 18.

One in six children (ages six to 17) are diagnosed with a mental illness.

The number of teenagers who experience depression has increased by 59% over the past 10 years.

My guest on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, author Eliza Huie, says recent studies are revealing that bullying, social media, exposure to traumatizing news and images and the effects of living through the global pandemic of 2020 are having a severe emotional impact on children’s mental health.

Topics: Family and Home September 19, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

The 106th NFL season kicks off on Thursday night with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Dallas Cowboys.

In the pecking order of life’s pressing personal and professional priorities, football likely ranks low, though television ratings can sometimes suggest otherwise. Last season, tens of millions of people watched professional football each week. Millions more watched college games.

I think I know why.

With all kinds of concerns swirling about, from wars and rumors of wars to political upheaval and social evils running everywhere, football is a welcome reprieve from the madness and mayhem of everyday life.

Topics: Family and Home September 3, 2025 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura