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June 2013

June 20, 2013

Great FREE Parenting Resource

The Summer edition of Tender Tidings is available. A great issue on dads. Check it...

June 20, 2013

4 Tips To Make Parenting Easier

Parenting is tough work. Wouldn't it be nice if there were some ways to make...

June 20, 2013

COMING THURS ON MORE2LIFE RADIO: Parenting Tool Kit (PLUS, Win a FREE book! Details Below)

Coming Wednesday on More2Life: Parenting Toolkit--Parenting is tough work. Today on More2Life, we'll look at...

June 19, 2013

Coming Wed on More2Life Radio: Raising Faithful Kids (Plus, Win a Free Book! Details Below)

Coming Wednesday on More2Life: Raising Faithful Kids--Every Catholic parent wants to raise faithful kids. Today,...

June 13, 2013

“To Forgive My Father” Children of Divorce and the Parable of the Prodigal Son

Frank Weathers has a tremendously powerful post on his blog about how he came to...

June 13, 2013

“Am I Crazy?” The 9 Components of Mental Health and How You Get Them.

Two decades of brain research show us that, in fact, it is our relationships that...

June 11, 2013

Exclusive Breastfeeding Leads to Better Language, Cognitive and Emotional Development in Brain Earlier & More Than Thought

The research found that by age 2, babies who had been breastfed exclusively for at...

June 10, 2013

Breastfeeding is Good Healthcare for Women (Not Just Babies)

From Time Magazine... If new moms adhered to the recommended guidelines that urge them to ...

June 10, 2013

Coming Monday on More2Life Radio: Life Lessons–Teaching Kids to Handle Life’s Challenges (Plus, Win a Free Book! Details below)

Coming Monday on More2Life: Life Lessons. Helping Kids Handle Challenges--Life is filled with little lessons...

June 06, 2013

COMING THURS to More2Life Radio: Kid Freak Outs! (Plus Win a Free Book! Details Below)

Coming Thursday on More2Life: Kid Freak-Outs--Whether it's tantrums, crying fits, panic, stubbornness or other displays,...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

“I Don’t Believe in God”–When Your Kids Reject the Faith

If your teen is fussing about going to church, being faithful to your values, or...

May 29, 2013

Dirty Sex, Accidental Heretics, and the Cult of Purity

"But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the...

May 24, 2013

But Aren’t All Kids Different?

One of the challenges of being a "parenting expert" is that you often find yourself...

May 08, 2013

One More Reason to Bring Your Babies to Church…

Remember our discussion on the importance of bringing your babies to Church? Remember all the...

May 02, 2013

Mom says, “I can’t WAIT to talk to my kids about sex!” (and no, she isn’t crazy)

Charisse Tierney has got it exactly right in this terrific post about teaching kids about...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Congrats to “Corpus Christi” and “Crown of Creation”: New Mens’ & Womens’ TOB Households at Franciscan University

This weekend I was proud to attend the induction ceremony for Corpus Christi and Crown...

April 25, 2013

COMING THURS on MORE2LIFE RADIO: THE JUGGLING ACT

COMING THURS: THE JUGGLING ACT--Marriage and kids. They're supposed to go great together. So why...

April 24, 2013

COMING WED on More2Life Radio: Parent Power

COMING WED: Parent Power-- We'll help moms and dads claim their power as we all...

April 24, 2013

Why Catholic Parents Can’t Just Do, “What works for us.”

You hear it a lot from Catholic families, "You have to do what works for...

April 23, 2013

What are we OBLIGED to do? (Or, “What?!? Are you saying that people who don’t exercise are going to HELL?!?”)

In yesterday's post on Taking Your Little Ones to Church, many people attempted to argue...

April 22, 2013

He’s not Heavy, He’s My Baby. (New Research Explains Why Carrying = Comfort)

Apr. 18, 2013 — There is a very good reason mothers often carry their crying...

April 22, 2013

The Contraceptive Sanctuary: Why you SHOULD Bring Baby to Church

Deacon Greg and Calah Alexander are having an animated discussion with several readers who are...

April 11, 2013

What Does It Take to Create a CATHOLIC Home?

What does it mean to create a Catholic home? To some, it primarily has to...

April 10, 2013

The Eff-ingCC– Federal Communication Commission to Allow F-Word/Nudity on Network TV

Please take a moment of your time to let the FCC know that you expect them...

April 10, 2013

Feel Insecure in Relationships? Healing the Roots of the Problem.

Last week we had a vigorous discussion (here and here, in particular) about the pseudo-scientific claims...

April 08, 2013

I Totally Did Not Plan This…

But here you go. Do you remember this and this? Now there's this... Provocative new...

April 05, 2013

The Mission of the Catholic Parent: Just Do Your Best?

When it comes to parenting, I see a lot of Catholic moms and dads falling back on,...

April 04, 2013

The Mother of All Battles: How to End the Mommy Wars

As I mentioned below, my post on sleep training netted some deeply anguished and angry...

April 04, 2013

Theology of the Body & Sleep Training–Part Deux (Or, every time you sleep-train, does a puppy really die?)

My post on sleep training, learned helplessness and the TOB predictably netted a lot of...

April 03, 2013

Parenting and the Theology of the Body– Can Babies “Self-Soothe”?—(UPDATED 4/4)

The Theology of the Body teaches us that the body has an innate self-donative meaning. ...