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Home: Current Issues: Parenting Current Issues: ParentingArticles:Take Back Your Kids: How to Teach and Get Respect - William J. DohertyWe are facing an epidemic of insecure parenting. We may now have the most child-sensitive generation of parents the world has ever known and — the most confused and insecure. New Read more... Teaching my younger sister about sex and love - Jessica BurberryCountering "going to do it anyway." New Read more... 8 Reasons to Go to Mass - Thomas Lickona"Mass is boring." "I don't get anything out of Mass — why should I go?" "Why can't I just pray alone?" These are common feelings, especially among young people but among many adults as well. How should we respond. Popular Read more... What Should Children Read? - Russell KirkIn recommending books to be read by young people from the age of seven to the age of twelve, this critic's problem is not paucity, but plenitude. Read more... 'Manners Makyth Man' - Father George W. RutlerEvery day in the Great Hall of one of my schools I ate, or tried to dine, before a large fireplace carved with William of Wykeham's motto, "Manners Makyth Man." Read more... A Cure for Tattling: Hear No Evil - Dr. Ray GuarendiMy son and daughter, ages eight and five, seem to be having a contest over who can tattle on the other more. I'm at the point where I don't want to hear another accusation of any kind. How can I end this constant tattling? — Tattle Weary Read more... A Father's Heart - John TrentWe've all had times when we're physically in one place but mentally in another. Most of the time, it’s not a real problem – except when it comes to being a husband and father. Read more... A Father's Unity of Life - James StensonA successful father exercises leadership at home as much as on the job — and in roughly the same ways. Read more... A good spanking - Barbara KayA recent study by a Michigan psychology professor concluded that “young children spanked by their parents may perform better at school later and grow up to be happier.” Common sense and life experience resist all such reductionism. Read more... A last assignment - Cathy CollinsI called him August 1st of last summer to say good-bye. It was a call I'd put off for weeks, voicing what three unsent letters wanted to convey. How can one say a final earthly goodbye to a good friend, a former teacher, a magnificent priest, now dying of cancer? Read more... Advice for Fathers - James StensonSometimes negative guidelines are at least as helpful as positive ones, often more so. It's often useful for a father to know what not to do — that is, what to avoid — in a complicated family situation. Read more... All’s Fair in Love, War, and Curfews - Dr. Ray GuarendiMy teenagers are fourteen and sixteen. We disagree constantly over curfew times. Any suggestions for establishing reasonable limits? And how can I ensure they'll be followed? - The Timekeeper Read more... Ancient History - JOHN O'CONNELLIt is remarkable how many good books have been written for youth in the twentieth century. Read more... Ask Theophilus: Lightning Round - Professor TheophilusSo many letters have arrived lately that in order to answer more of them, I'm having a lightning round -- lots of questions, rapid-fire replies. I warn you, though: When I'm concise, I get mean.1 Read more... Be a Man who Stays Focused on the Final Goal - Father Larry RichardsMen are rediscovering the importance of the spiritual life. And Father Larry Richards is helping them do it. Read more... before i go - Peter KreeftMy unutterably dear children (and grandchildren), I give you this book about the most valuable life lessons I have learned because I want to give you everything I can, and writing books is something I can do. Read more... Benign Neglect or Calculated Malignity? - Anthony EsolenWhy, I wonder, do boys these days get no love? Read more... Beyond Dating - Kate ErnstingMost parents have happy memories of dating. But today youth ministers, and even some teens, are sounding an alarm, that dating may be more intense and destructive than it was for their parents. Here is how one parish leads their young adults on the narrow path to real love. Read more... Bill Cosby Is Right, Again - Anthony B. BradleyBill Cosby’s status as sage is confirmed by the release of his new book, co-authored with Dr. Alvin Poussaint of Harvard Medical School, Come On People: On The Path From Victims to Victors. Read more... Boredom busters and brain boosters - Mary CooneyTen tips on how to keep your kids happily busy during the summer holiday. Read more... Born to Serve, Not to Shop — Effective Parenting in a Nutshell - James StensonThe real evil of materialism is not the pursuit of things. It is, rather, seeing and treating other people as things — and therefore putting things ahead of people. Read more... Boys to Men - Tony WoodliefRaising three sons has helped me appreciate the masculine virtues. Read more... Boys Will Be Boys - Gerry GaribaldiA new guidebook reaffirms boyhood in all of its politically incorrect glory. Read more... Building Catholic Character: 5 Things Parents Can Do - Thomas LickonaWhat is "Catholic character," why does it matter, and what can we do as parents to develop it in our children? Read more... Bullying handout - The ABCs of Bullying: Addressing, Blocking, and Curbing School Aggression - Center for Substance Abuse PreventionA handout: What parents can do, For the Child Being Bullied, and For the Child Who Bullies. Read more... Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu May 16 2013 - 12:06:25
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