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September 2015

September 05, 2015

Boys with sticks

Several years ago, a nice family came over our house. It was partly for a...

September 02, 2015

No, It’s Not Okay to Flip Off Your Sleeping Baby

In Slate, Education Columnist Rebecca Schuman shares a gallery of photos of herself flipping off...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Carve Out Time for These Few Essentials

You'll also find regular exercise gives you more energy to do something that is absolutely...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

What can Catholic parents learn from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

Our kids need us. Most of our teenagers are not in danger of becoming violent...

March 23, 2015

I refuse to worry about what my kids eat for dinner.

Today, I'm making Zuppa Toscana. When I share recipes I'm trying, people often ask, "Will...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

Raising safe, independent kids

It's good and natural for parents to want to keep their kids safe, but it's...

January 20, 2015

About the Pope’s “don’t be like rabbits” remark UPDATED

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons First, kudos for Erin of Bearing Blog for...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Loving the adult Jesus

Christmas is the infancy of the Faith, and most people find it pretty easy to...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Dr. Greg Popcak on marriage after baby

I'm putting together an article for Our Sunday Visitor about how marriages change after a...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Parents who fail (and parents who don’t)

Not a failure: "My daughter is pregnant." Failure: "My daughter had an abortion because...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Speaking of parents as primary educators of children. . .

I'll be speaking about parents as primary educators of their children on the Son Rise...

January 28, 2014

At the Register: Are You Raising Your Kids?

Take a squint at how you're raising your kids. The general impression should be "up,...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

At the Register: Why I Love Having Teenagers

Aw, I just scratched the surface. Maybe I will write a follow-up. I really do...

November 2010

November 09, 2010

Highway to Hell

Just because I have a lot of kids, people assume I have a lot of...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Thursday Throwback: Is Nothing Profane?

This post originally ran about three years ago. This year, our house will be launching...

October 12, 2010

Guest Post: Kristen Herrett on “Raising Daddies”

Kristen Herrett of St. Monica's Bridge graciously allowed me to repost her sensible and valuable...

October 05, 2010

You must remember this

I spend a lot of time thinking what it must be like to be one...

September 2010

September 30, 2010

The five stages of exhaustion

THE FIVE STAGES OF EXHAUSTION Stage 1: You wake up feeling tired. You stumble...