When my daughter, Mary Kate, was in sixth grade at St. Joseph the Worker Elementary School, she presented some alarming and disturbing problems. From the outset of the school year, ...

by Mary Ellen Barrett | I pictured Ryan as a smart, athletic kid who would have lots of friends and find a nice girl. He was diagnosed with autism at 3...

by Angelli Anne de Leon-Espinoza | The thought to homeschool was dropped like a seed from a Filipino sky, while my husband and I were on the way home.

by Luiggi and Jennifer Pérez | Being a Homeschooling family is not pure coincidence. We believe that God and our Blessed Mother have given us the mission to educate our children and ourselves.

by John Clark | I was recently preparing some photos for printing and came across a software program that corrects imperfections. Commonly referred to as airbrushing, this is all the rage.

by Kevin Clark | We took the children to the Grand Canyon and other spectacular places, which they certainly enjoyed, but the highlight of the trip...

by Abby Sasscer | Today, we’ll be looking at our tiny spaces, namely, our laundry closet, linen closet and hallway bath. Tiny spaces in tiny homes need a WHOLE LOT of creativity.

by Christine Smitha | Here are some tips and ideas for anyone needing a little inspiration in the ‘thanking Dad’ department.

by Christine Smitha | Out there, Dads seem to have acquired rather a poor reputation. They’re inadequate, bumbling, and terribly prone to mistakes.

by John Clark | It is often said that baseball is a game between fathers and sons. I have a thirteen-year-old daughter named Philomena who would disagree, or would at least argue that this definition is incomplete.

by Marlicia Fernandez | More and more fathers are taking an increasingly active and hands-on role in the education of their children. Sometimes they seem...

by John Clark | To all you organizers out there, can you please write an organization book for me? To help you get started, I have some questions.

by Kevin Clark " | Recently, I read the novel The Children of Men by P. D. James. The premise of the book is that sometime in the not too distant future, women stop conceiving and giving birth. The book takes place approximately 25 years after the last child was born, and so there are, on the face of the earth, no more children.

Emily Molitor believes that involving grandparents and children together teaches incredible life lessons. Turns out, we need them more than they need us.

by Kerry Costanzo | It seems that the time has come. After nine years, our little house must be tired. Tired and busting at the seams. Its walls scream out in pain from being hit one too many times with soccer balls.

by John Clark | Alright, homeschool Dads. Your wife is reaching the end of another academic year. She has endured arguments from the teenagers about book reports for Goodbye, Mr. Chips. She has sharpened dozens of number 2 pencils.

by Liz Beller | The past few months have put a little strain on our wallets… due to that finally, a year and a half after our wedding, my husband and I are beginning to budget. I know, we probably should have started sooner, but getting over the initial hurdles of settling into an apartment, figuring out monthly bills, oh yeah, and having a baby, pushed budgeting to the back burner.

by Mary Lou Warren | All my life, I thought the ability to multitask was a positive and desirable “talent” to acquire. It seemed a great way to accomplish numerous tasks in a short period of time. Intellectually I reasoned that with all the many technological innovations at hand, life should become simpler.

Being organized often seems impossible, & moms ask “Why try again?” Here are 3 simple themes broken into 13 easy tips to give you fresh hope and order!

by Mitchell Kalpakgian | In Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Jimmy Burden, the narrator who relates the story of his life in Nebraska and the lives of the immigrant families who settled in the Midwest, recalls an illuminating moment in his study of Virgil at the University of Nebraska.