Since graduating from Iowa State University, Carol has spent more than 40 years in the field of family education. As a licensed parent educator she developed and provided oversight for the Edina Family Resource Center. Over the past 18 years Carol taught and lectured both children and adults on America's Christian heritage, and the Christian worldview. In 2013 she wrote a young people's book, America's Forgotten Heritage. She and her husband have three married children and eight grandchildren who provided the inspiration for Faithful Grandparenting.