Parenting

Children of the Eucharist

United, let us work to Ignite the flame of faith in the hearts of the children of the world as ...

Bishop: Catholics Should Abstain from Yoga

Yoga's background is much more complicated than simple exercise ...

Harry Potter and the Paganization of Childrens Culture

Even the most cursory glance at what is available in children's literature and entertainment offers ample evidence that the paganization ...

Parents have no idea what doctors are telling their kids behind closed doors

Highly-educated professionals in a healing occupation who should know better sometimes discourage children from staying close to the people who ...

How to Pray With and For Your Teens

Fortunately, there are some built in places to begin to tuck in extra prayer when words may not be the ...

Want Catholic Children? Teach Them the Natural Law!

We are hardwired to “get it,” since the soul was created to recognize truth ...

The Organization Every Parent Needs to Know About

There are health care professionals out there who support your efforts to raise children who are faithful to your beliefs ...

9 Tips for Praying the Rosary with Kids

If you have ever been whacked in the face by a rosary mid-Hail Mary, you know it kind of ruins ...

He’s Not Afraid of Evil, but Young People are Scaring This Exorcist

“Kids go to the Internet for answers and end up in places that derail their morality and their discernment between ...

The Catholic Origins of Halloween

The origins of Halloween are, in fact, very Christian and rather American. Halloween falls on October 31 because of a ...

C.S. Lewis’ 5 Writing Tips to a Child

In 1956, C.S. Lewis responded to a letter from a little girl named Joan, who had apparently sent him a ...

Why Pregnancy is a Mega-Gift

We should be in awe and be filled with a divine joy at the mere thought of a new child ...

Catholics Are Leaving the Faith by Age 10 — So What Can Parents Do About It?

Researcher Mark Gray at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate stated the ‘whole concept of faith’ is losing ...

Make Bedtime Sacred Story Time with Your Kids

Do you read religious bedtime stories to your kids? You can make those stories do double duty by weaving in ...

The Essential Presence of a Father

A loving and fatherly presence is the greatest testament to the unchanging love of the Father whose image we all ...

The Forgotten Virtue: Modesty In Dress

Dress for both men and women has changed dramatically during the last fifty years. Much of what is worn today ...

Educating Children in the Faith by Bill and Marian Bacik

by Bill and Marian Bacik Parents have an obligation to rear and educate their children but it is vital for ...

Questioning the Texts

By Thomas A. Szyszkiewicz The US bishops' review of catechetical materials has yielded some improvements, but fundamental problems remain unsolved ...

Looking for a Catholic Grade School?

Sometimes this can be very overwhelming. Here are some guidelines to have in mind when you are looking for a ...

A Parent’s Guide: Teaching the Truth & Meaning of Human Sexuality. FEATURED ON EWTN!

A Parent's Guide is a dynamic, one hour video produced by Catholic Parents OnLine featuring parents, grandparents, educators, and members ...

Ideas for Sanctifying Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day

Suggestions and ideas to create a Catholic atmosphere in the home (Domestic Church) for Halloween, All Saints Day and All ...

Prom Info – A Good Set of Rules!

STUDENTS You do not have to spend an excessive amount of money to have fun at Prom. You do not ...

‘The Challenge of Raising Upright Children in a World of Political Correctness’

By Katherine Kersten Katherine Kersten is a Senior Fellow for Cultural Studies at the Center of the American Experiment, columnist ...

The Role of Godparents

The role of the godparent for baptism is rooted in the role of the sponsor in the catechumenate, which originated ...

Choosing a Catholic High School: Questions Parents Should Ask of Schools

Leadership
  1. Does the school’s mission statement clearly refer to the formation of students in the Catholic faith, making students ...

TEACH THE CHILDREN – A Christmas Story

TEACH THE CHILDREN Late one Christmas Eve, I sank back, tired, but content, into my easy chair. The kids were ...

Danger Signs: Families Headed for Trouble

JAMES STENSON What is striking today is the huge percentage of seriously troubled youths from normal families. It seems that ...

Preparing Children for the ‘Real World’

By DR. RAY GUARENDI Dear Dr. Ray, I try hard to keep my kids innocent and to raise them more ...

Mother Theresa’s Advice to Young People

Mother Theresa's Advice to Young People You are the future of family life. You are the future of the joy ...

Fashioning a Response to Immodest Clothing

Let me assure the parents reading this: You aren’t alone! Thousands of families are going through the same thing. So ...

You Must Know the Reasons Behind A Behavior to Change It

Because of the you must know why myth, you may think that really good parents should be psychologically slick enough ...

Resenting Chastity

If we are to truly love a person of the opposite sex, we must be able to see much more ...

Speaking to Children about Abortion

by Father Frank Pavone At the start of the homily, I asked for a volunteer from among the youngest, smallest ...

Family Watchdog – Protect your Family!

Family Watchdog is a free service to help locate registered sex offenders in your area ...

Children Thrive When Parents Follow Religious Beliefs, Study Shows

Children with religious parents are better behaved and appear happier than children raised by parents without the influence of religious ...

‘Top 10 Catholic parenting tips found in the 10 Commandments’ – Top Home and Family story of 2006

Parents play a crucial role as lead characters in their children's real-life video, teaching by the words they choose, the ...

Screwtape’s Strategies and Pornography

Alias Screwtape My Dear Wormwood: For your careful review, I have outlined below our strategies for destroying faith and family ...

Executive Summary: The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community

Social scientists, clinical psychologists, and biologists have begun to clarify some of the social and psychological effects, and neurologists are ...

The Pokemon Phenomenon

Today’s adults recall playing board games and trading baseball cards when they were young. So, it would not seem unusual ...

The Weight of Smut

Mary Eberstadt warns that America is growing fat on pornography ...

Marriage: A Way to Heaven

The emotional health of future generations really depends on the state of marriage in a culture ...

Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas

How can families better live the spirit of Advent and Christmas in their homes? ...

How should I select godparents for my child?

The Catholic Spirit Father Michael Van Sloun When it comes time to baptize a child, it is also time to ...

Do Mothers Matter?

How surrogacy and egg donation, which first gained national attention in the 1980s, are bringing into the world a class ...

Reflections on being a grandfather

The grandfather has lived long enough to know how shallow and ephemeral fads can be ...

 

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