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Home: Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Cutting Back on Backtalk Talk - Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray: My five children are ages fifteen, fourteen, eleven, nine and six. Their personalities are all very different. One thing they all do, though, is talk back. It’s the source of most of our arguments. Read more... Danger Signs: Families Headed for Trouble - James StensonWhat is striking today is the huge percentage of seriously troubled youths from normal families. It seems that in our society the distinction between normal and dysfunctional has blurred. Or, to put it another way, some sort of subtle dysfunction is corroding large numbers of typical, middle-class homes. Read more... Dating - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace: My daughter is at an age where she wants to start dating. I want to give her advice on how she should behave as a good Christian, but I'd like some help, because I do not want to "turn her off" by sounding too strict or demanding. What kinds of things should I tell her? Read more... Day Care Dangers (and the Double-Income Myth) - Eve TushnetA recent 10-year study by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development found that children who spend long hours in non-maternal child care are more likely to be aggressive and disobedient, and less likely to have strong relationships with their mothers. Read more... Discipline - Dr. Ray GuarendiDiscipline – it's a word that once had a pretty good reputation. Parents instinctively knew that discipline was something kids needed. Read more... Discipline: What Works and Why? - James StensonHere are some basic ideas about the parents' role of moral leadership in the family, often referred to as "discipline." Read more... Disciplining for Success - Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray: I know discipline needs to be consistent to work best, but it seems I'm on my kids all the time, and I'm not seeing much improvement. Read more... Divine Obedience - Elizabeth FossSo much of child-rearing is character training and little children need to learn to obey. They need to be trained to answer affirmatively to authority. So how do we go about helping a child learn to obey? Read more... Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights? - Robert P. George & Melissa MoschellaImagine you have a 10- or 11-year-old child, just entering a public middle school. How would you feel if, as part of a class ostensibly about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, he and his classmates were given "risk cards" that graphically named a variety of solitary and mutual sex acts? Read more... Don't Suffer the Little Children - Tony WoodliefA father of four explains the realist approach to parenting. Read more... Educating in Virtue - JAMES STENSONChildren growing up today are headed toward some formidable challenges. Read more... Faith for the Next Generation - Donald DeMarco"If there is one thing you could tell your parents, what would that be?" This question was directed by a TV hostess to a teenage girl. The girl’s face gleamed at the chance of being a parent to her parents and being given permission to tell them exactly what they needed to be told. Read more... Fatherhood (1) - James StensonThe greatest challenge a man can face, by far, is that of raising his children well. Without exaggeration, it can be said that his success or failure at this constitutes his success or failure in life. Read more... Fatherhood (2) - James StensonOver the years, we've observed several traits in common among the most successful fathers we've known. With some variation in emphasis, the same approaches and attitudes seem to show up again and again in such families. Read more... Fatherless and Hopeful in America - NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTERFor the last 20 or 30 years Americans have been in "deep denial" about the importance of fathers in the lives of boys. Read more... Finding the Lie - Kristine FranklinMy mother was a quiet, pious, fundamentalist lady who loved to read her Bible and go to prayer meetings. She was kind and generous, and had a hug for everyone. Mom only had one annoying habit. She scolded the television. Read more... Finding Time for Fathering - Steve WoodYou will never hear a man towards the end of his life voicing regrets about spending too little time at the office. You will often hear regrets about too little time spent with family. How can we learn wisdom about prioritizing our time before we have spent it? The secret to time management is remembering to observe the Third Commandment. Read more... Generation to Generation: Nuturing the Faith in Our Homes - Kimberly HahnFrom the moment we hold our child for the first time, we care for his physical needs. We feed him, clothe him, and clean him. Yet he has deeper needs than physical care — he has a soul that needs to be fed, clothed, and cleansed. Read more... Getting Kids to Confession - Art BennettMy children don't like to go to confession. I want them to go regularly, but sometimes I wonder if it's really necessary because it's so difficult to make it work out. What should I do? Read more... Getting Teenagers out of Their Shells and into Their Souls - Mark LoweryMy adolescent is completely immersed in himself, very focused on expressing himself. I’m worried that he’s losing sight of the objective truths we’ve raised him with. Read more... Gianna’s Message - Fr. Raymond de SouzaDr. Gianna Molla lived in the heart of the 20th century as a woman who had it all. The future of the 21st century will depend in large part on whether the understanding of marriage and family life she exemplified will be seen as a model to be imitated or a constraint to be overcome. Read more... Give Your Children a Head Start - Dwight LongeneckerThe children's classic "The Hobbit" was written by a Catholic father for his children. From that first book J.R.R. Tolkien went on to write the most popular book of the twentieth century, "The Lord of the Rings". Read more... Grandparenting: Needed, Now More Than Ever - Mary ZuroloGrandparents and grandchildren enrich one another's lives in many ways, according to Arthur Kornhaber, who has spent 30 years researching the emotional bond between the two generations. Read more... Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities (Executive Summary) - Institute for American ValuesAuthoritative communities are groups that live out the types of connectedness that our children increasingly lack. They are groups of people who are committed to one another over time and who model and pass on at least part of what it means to be a good person and live a good life. Renewing and building them is the key to improving the lives of children and adolescents. Read more... Honoring Thy Fathers - Bradford WilcoxFor millions of children across the U.S., this Sunday will not be a cause for celebration. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Mon Jan 16 2012 - 22:10:06
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