Recently, ABC launched a new show called, "The Parent Test," that explores the home life of several families with different parenting styles to determine the best approach by today's standards.

With all the fear, divisiveness and isolation experienced by so many this past year, the most important thing we can do for our children and our community is to teach and show love.

Following the inspiration of his beloved stepfather, Harland Arthur Mayer, Biesterfeld has donated to Father Flanagan's home for children for as long as he can remember.

When I started working with kids at Boys Town as a recreation aide while in college in 1987, I never thought I?d spend the next 30-plus years of my working life at Boys Town.

It's a simple but profound statement. It was made more than 100 years ago by Boys Town's founder, Father Edward Flanagan, when he opened his first Home for troubled children.

Good communication with children helps them develop the building blocks for language development. It also improves your bond and encourages them to talk with and listen to you.

Infidelity, manipulation and verbal abuse had created a toxic home life for Claudia Chavez and her children, so she mustered the courage to seek a new start for herself and her young sons.