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April 2020

April 15, 2020

Nailed It! Do I Have to Be “Crafty” to be a Catholic Parent?

In the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life, The Rite of Family Rituals asks families to...

March 2020

March 04, 2020

Set Your Child Up For Success: The Relationship Between Attachment Style and Financial Well-Being

We all want the best for our children: for them to succeed, be happy, and...

November 2019

November 18, 2019

When Your Child Stops Believing

For most Catholic parents, nothing’s more important than raising our kids to be faithful, godly...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

Bringing Small Children To Mass

We want our children to appreciate mass, but bringing kids 3 and under to church...

October 14, 2019

Feeding Your Teenager’s Faith

Faith evolves in stages. Knowing how to foster your teenager’s faith begins with understanding the...

September 2019

September 11, 2019

Transmitting The Faith To Our School-Age Children

Teaching our kids how to pray and helping them develop a relationship with God can...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

The Symposium on Catholic Family Life and Spirituality

The Symposium on Catholic Family Life and Spirituality which concluded this past Sunday at Notre...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

Teaching Kids How To Talk To God

We all want to teach our children to develop their own faith identity and relationship...

April 2019

April 08, 2019

How To Pray Together as A Family

When you’re praying as a family, is it better to use the formal prayers of...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

Does Our Parenting Style Influence Our Child’s Empathy?

Parenting styles can come in many different shapes and sizes, but does how much warmth...

January 21, 2019

Our Kids Might Know More Than We Think They Do

As parents, we often want to protect our children from negative encounters or situations that...

January 14, 2019

The Spirit of Giving…Can Make Me Happy Too?

The Christmas Season is over, but that doesn’t mean our spirit of giving should be. ...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Stay-At-Home Moms and Depression: 4 Things You Need To Know

Being a stay-at-home parent is hard, but does it cause depression? A recent discussion at...

March 2018

March 01, 2018

New Study Finds Pervasive Criticism Leads to Depression and Discontinuation for Co-sleeping Moms.

A new study in the journal Infant and Child Development found that co-sleeping moms...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Teen Suicide: Parents CAN Make a Difference.

There is nothing more painful than losing a child to suicide, and many parents feel...

January 22, 2018

Frustrated With Your Kids? – 3 Tips for More Joyful, Effective Parenting

Parenting is a tough job. Kids really know how to push our buttons. Often, we...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Parenting in the Age of Weinstein

Almost every day, new allegations of sexual harassment are in the headlines. The #metoo campaign...

October 02, 2017

Is Technoference Affecting Your Family?

A new study discovered that 48% of parents report technology disrupting time with their children...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

Becoming a Better Family

Want to enjoy a closer, more joyful family life? As Pope Francis puts it, “Waste...

May 2017

May 18, 2017

St. Joseph: Our Father? – Part 1

Guest post by Dave McClow. Fatherlessness has become an epidemic in our society: 43% of...

March 2017

March 14, 2017

7 Keys to Raising Caring Kids

At times, being a parent can feel extremely overwhelming. It can feel like so...

March 09, 2017

The BeDADitudes: 8 Ways to Be An Awesome Dad

Pope Francis has called Jesus' Beatitudes our "guide on the path of Christian life." ...

March 09, 2017

Do Your Kids Have Problem Friends? 3 Things YOU Can Do

Check out my interview with Chloe Mooradian of Aleteia's For Her. Your son comes home...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Kids on My Mind: Parenting Changes Dad’s Brain!

We've known for quite a while that parenthood facilitates changes in mom's brain that help...

February 06, 2017

3 Ways To Be A More Peaceful, Joyful Parent

Parenting is tough work, But there are lots of joys too--even if we can sometimes...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

New Study Finds Parental Conflict/Lack of Affection Impairs Brain Development in Teens

Once again, research shows that parenting styles directly impact brain development and predict the likelihood...

October 2016

October 12, 2016

66% of Kids On ADHD Meds Don’t Have ADHD, Says Scientific American

According to the American Psychiatric Association, about 5 percent of American children suffer from Attention...

October 11, 2016

When Every Child is Left Behind: Teaching “Stupid Faith”

My latest for OSV (online now and in the 10/16 print edition) Catholic children as...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Are Gay Parents Magic? New Doubts About “No Difference” Hypothesis Between Gay and Straight Households

In academic psychology it is simply accepted that gay parents are "just as good" as...

September 22, 2016

“Time to Stop Celebrating ‘Bad Moms'” Says Self-Proclaimed, “Bad Mom Pioneer.”

Kira Davis in The Federalist writes... I am O.G.bad mom, and have been for nearly 15 years...