25 Sep Summer Activities
There are many ways to have a fun summer with your family. Here, randomly are ideas that might work with your family ...
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25 Sep The Virtual Family
Digital technology “seems to amplify the relational patterns and problems already in place: families that have healthy and frequent conversations find technology aiding that process, while families without such healthy interactions find that technology exacerbates the isolation of its members.”...
24 Sep The Virtues Listed
Note that we are continually educating in virtue; many virtues are interconnected. This table shows the key virtues that parents tackle and should develop in the different age ranges in order to raise happy, mature adults. Up to Age 7 From 8...
24 Sep Partying
How fun to have a celebration! Everyone looks forward to getting together with close friends and having a party. Whether it's a birthday, anniversary, graduation, or surprise party, we conjure up great memories of wonderful occasions with people we hold dear. Yet when the subject...
24 Sep Sanity Savers for the Early Years
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Most of us go into motherhood with little or no experience. The arrival of children is met with great joy. However it also comes with a steep learning curve. Even if you were part of a large family yourself, learning the ropes of motherhood can...
23 Sep Kids and Sexuality
How would you like your children to learn about life, love, and sexuality? Who would you like them to hear it from? A child in the school yard, a teen magazine, the internet, the classroom teacher, some TV program or from you? They all have...
23 Sep Starting a Family Catechism Program
Parents are the primary educators of their children in the faith. Sometimes it is possible to gather like-minded families together to share in deepening the faith of those who attend. A family catechism program is one such initiative to support the parental responsibility....
23 Sep Starting a Girls or Boys Club
For whatever reason, you may consider starting a club for your son or daughter. There are many benefits. You will get to know their friends. You will help them build friendships with like minded children. You will both have fun, but also learn a lot....
21 Sep Kids Chores
Summer holidays afford more time and the opportunity for everyone to lend a helping hand. ...
21 Sep Home Economics
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Endless fretting about finances, however, can rob us of peace of mind and spirit. There are many things of value that do not cost much – or anything at all. We just need to remember where to find them....
21 Sep Materialism Matters
We need to keep our children short of money. ...
21 Sep Dealing with Your Children’s Demands
Do you often feel totally exhausted at the end of the day by all the demands your children make on you? I certainly do. It sometimes seems never-ending. It is hard work raising kids, believe me. No matter how old they are, children want, they...
21 Sep Obedience
Obedience. Definitely, a word that stirs up a lot of different reactions. Nowadays obedience is not necessarily seen in a positive light. People see it as a lack of freedom, inability to be in control, stifling etc. Yet it is a virtue (a good habit...
21 Sep Your Authority
Take a moment and think … In the eyes of your children, what are you an authority in? Really, think about it. Having difficulty coming up with something other than what you did your degree in? That’s quite normal. However, you are a big authority...
21 Sep Mission: Raising Children
The best thing that we could want for our children is for them to grow up to be loving individuals who have personal and moral integrity. More than a high paying job, good looks or personal success, we want our kids to be people of...
20 Sep Parenting for Character
Few mothers and fathers would disagree that parenting in today’s society is harder than it was in their parents’ day. Society has changed and outside influences upon children are stronger than when they were children. Families are smaller nowadays; both parents work and often cannot...