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Home: Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Parenting: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Television Statistics and Sources - TV - FREE AMERICAAccording to the A.C. Nielsen Co. (1998), the average American watches 3 hours and 46 minutes of TV each day (more than 52 days of nonstop TV-watching per year). Read more... The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry - Brad MinerAt Rugby and then at Cambridge and Oxford, at American preparatory schools and then at Yale and Harvard, education meant gentlemanly formation. Read more... The crack cocaine of the electronic world - Rev. Raymond J. De SouzaA couple of years ago, a few days before Christmas, a man showed up at the parish with a brand new Xbox video game system. Read more... The Essential Father - James DobsonThirty years ago it was believed that poverty and discrimination were primarily responsible for juvenile crime and other behavioral problems. Now we know that family disruption is the real culprit. Read more... The Eucharist and Peace - Rev. Emmerich Vogt, O.P.All true Christian “calvaries" are life-giving and lead to inner peace. Read more... The Family is a “Little Church” - Father Robert BarronThere are, to be sure, family values on display in the Bible, but they’re probably not the ones we would naturally expect. Read more... The Gim-me Syndrome - Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray: My daughter is eight years old. She's always asking me to purchase or obtain something for her. I simply don't have the money and even if I did, I don't think I could satisfy her. - Running on empty Read more... The Hipster Curse: The Parents Who Don't Want to Be Adults - Christine RosenThe self-esteem generation is raising its children by looking in the mirror. Read more... The Iron Hand - Dr. Ray GuarendiIs it appropriate to change your mind about your discipline, or would that be inconsistent? Read more... The Joys of Boys - Danielle Bean"Your son," a woman once told me after Mass, "is a bully." Read more... The Key to Self-Esteem - J. Fraser FieldI’d like to pass on a few additional reflections about self-esteem and the self-esteem movement. Read more... The Mass and the Four Most Important Lessons of Childhood - Michael P. FoleyThe four principal ends of the Mass are also the four most important things to teach our children—and ourselves. Read more... The Need for Unconditional Love - MARY BETH BONACCIMary Beth Bonacci encourages teenagers to turn to their parents in time of crisis. Read more... The Neglected Heart: The Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement - Thomas LickonaIn discussions of teen sex, much is said about the dangers of pregnancy and disease — but far less about the emotional hazards. Read more... The Peter Pan Syndrome - Professor TheophilusWhy are so many young men — including me — afraid of commitment these days, wonders Zack. Why won't we grow up? Professor Theophilus explains. Read more... The Power Of a Father's Strong Faith - Thomas Williams, LCIn his new book Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism, Paul Vitz makes an impressive case that atheism, and not religion, is the truly pathological phenomenon. Read more... The Power of Perseverance - Ray GuarendiDear Dr. Ray: I have two children as different as night and day. My son is so easy-going that sometimes he almost seems to be raising himself. My daughter has to do everything her way. Discipline just bounces off her. - Half-defeated Read more... The Privilege of Being a Man - Mitchell KalpakgianThis title is inspired by Alice von Hildebrand's The Privilege of Being a Woman (Sapientia Press, 2002), a masterpiece that defends the greatness of womanhood and captures the essence of the feminine genius while it exposes the fallacies of feminist ideology. Read more... The Problem Of Spanking - RICHARD W. CROSSRichard Cross traces the history and cultural background of corporal punishment. Read more... The Problem with Self-Esteem - Paul C. VitzSelf-esteem is a deeply secular concept, and not one with which Christians should be particularly involved. Read more... The problem with today's kids is their parents - JANE CHRISTMASBaby boomers are credited with some remarkable achievements and advances over the years, but in the social history of North America they will have the dubious distinction of having initiated the hey-pal style of parenting. Read more... The Seven Deadly Sins of Parental Irresponsibility - B.K. EakmanAs a former educator who saw the scribbling on the wall in the 1970’s, when schools started soliciting rock stars for anti-drug-abuse videos (which my eighth-graders, predictably, laughed at), I see today seven factors turning out this nation’s first generation of killer kids. Read more... The Seven Habits of Highly Defective Dating - JOSHUA HARRISThe seven habits of highly defective dating reveals that we can't fix many of dating's problems by merely "dating right." Read more... The Vision of Parent Leaders - James StensonThe real mission for parents is to raise their children toward responsible adulthood. No challenge is more important than this, and so great parents emerge in family life as real leaders. How do fathers and mothers lead their children effectively? To form a picture of parental leadership, let's look at the characteristics of leaders and see how parents fit the profile of leadership in family life. Read more... They Won’t Listen Unless I Get Mad - Ray GuarendiDr. Ray, My kids won't do anything I ask unless I yell. And they won't stop doing anything unless I yell some more. I'm getting louder by the day. - Old Yeller Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Thu May 16 2013 - 12:06:26
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