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Home: Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Marital Anger - Richard P. FitzgibbonsExcessive anger is one of the major sources of marital and family stress. The recognition, understanding and resolution of this powerful emotion are important for the health and happiness of marriage, children, and family. Read more... Meal Ordeals - Dr. Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray, My four-year-old daughter is a picky eater. Often she refuses to eat anything at all. Mealtime is not pleasant in our home. ― Fed Up Read more... Men Don’t Mother - Jenet EricksonThere's been a strange turn of opinions about fatherhood — at least in recent public debates. Read more... Messing with the Wiring - Charles ColsonNow, a new study shows that we not only need "authoritative communities," we are made to be a part of them. Read more... Mom’s Rules for Getting the Girl - Theresa ThomasA quality woman will bring out the best in a man. She will hold him to high standards. She will value herself, and she will value you. Look for this type of woman and don't settle. Read more... Moral Imagination Filling Our Children with Good Things - James DuffyImagination will work on what we give it. If Pokemon and Terminator are the only things feeding the imagination, then they will form our dreams, too. Read more... My Catholic Kid is Gay! Now What?? - Dawn WildeI'd like to share what I think is an authentically loving response to what strikes fear into the hearts of most faithful Catholic parents: your son or daughter coming out as a gay man or lesbian. Read more... Nagging or 'This is the last ten times I'm going to tell you' - Ray GuarendiContinually mouthing the same appeal or threat, whether changing your words a little or a lot, does little to gain a child's attention or cooperation. Read more... Nathaniel Hawthorne's A Wonder Book - Mitchell KalpakgianWhether it is the glory of the fall or the purity of the snow, the perfume of flowers or the deliciousness of food, the greatness of noble men or the sweetness of children, A Wonder Book depicts the inexhaustible riches of creation teeming with goodness and beauty in a myriad of forms. Read more... New Book Looks at How Media Violence Affects Society - NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTERA new book on kids and violence says it is merely following the work of 4,000 previous studies, all of which say that violence in entertainment media is causing greater violence in society. Read more... Nip brats in the bud - Carol MilstoneThe experts call them ‘pampered children.’ To those who have to put up with them, they’re ‘spoiled rotten.’ But thanks to some sage advice, they don’t have to be that way. Read more... On Protectors, Predators – and Prey - Mary EberstadtMaybe it was watching Miley Cyrus’s recent metamorphosis from American sweetheart into one more mostly naked walking docudrama. Or maybe it was the fact that blazing summer is now upon us, and with it the usual question of how much uncovering might be too much. Read more... On the Demise of Fatherhood - A Review - Kevin AldrichIf fatherhood is rejected -- something easy as pie today -- the result for the liberated male is not happiness, but as Wendell Berry observes, an "escape only into loneliness and meaninglessness." And for the children, the outcome is misery. Read more... Our Culture’s Pressure on our “Tween”-age and Teenage Girls - Donna-Marie Cooper O'BoyleOur "tween"-age and teenage girls are being bombarded with an onslaught of demands. Read more... Our Father - Scott HahnI was a teenage college student and still savoring my recent experience of conversion. I had been "born again," saved by Christ from sins that would have destroyed me, and I was eager to share my faith with other kids who seemed headed for delinquency. Read more... Parental Rights and Responsibilities in Education - Catholic DossierThe right and responsibility of parents in the education of their children is expressed in a number of magisterial documents, some of the more recent of which are excerpted here. Read more... Parents v. Television — Seven Steps to Sure Victory - Randall MurphreePre-season hype last fall boasted that the major networks were going to push the envelope this television season with more profanity and more graphic sexual content. By and large, they have delivered on those promises. Here are a few strategies a conscientious family can use to gain control over television. Read more... Pornography - Jason EvertQ. What's wrong with looking at pornography? It's not like you are getting a girl pregnant or spreading STDs. A. The problem with using porn is that it emasculates men, degrades women, destroys marriages, and offends the Lord. Read more... Preparing Children for the 'Real World' - Dr. Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray, I try hard to keep my kids innocent and to raise them more slowly than their peers. Regularly, I hear, “You can’t protect them forever. That’s a real world out there. They have to learn to deal with life.” - Cautious Mom Read more... Preparing for Peer Pressure: A Guide for Parents of Young Children - JAMES STENSONChildren entering adolescence acquire virtually boundless new opportunities for pleasure, power, and escape into illusion. Read more... Prevent Peer Cruelty and Promote Kindness - Thomas LickonaSchools have no higher moral obligation to students and their parents than to do everything in their power to prevent peer cruelty and create a culture of kindness and respect. Read more... Protect Yourself from the Internet's Moral Dangers - JEFFERY A. MIRUSIf you have both an Internet connection and children at home, and you haven't considered this problem seriously, I urge you to do so now. Read more... Qualities of Successful Parents - JAMES STENSONJames Stenson outlines the proven methods and techniques of effective Christian parenting today. Read more... Quelling Sibling Quibbling - Dr. Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray, My twin sons are age ten. They bicker and battle about one third of the time they're together. Is this normal, and what can I do about it? - The Referee Read more... Raising Children of Character: 10 Principles - Thomas LickonaParenting is arguably the hardest job there is and the one for which we get no training. Here are ten principles of parenting that can guide us in the demanding work of raising children of character. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu May 23 2013 - 23:56:34
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