January brings a promise of a new year, of a new chance, of remembrances and resolutions. So if you’re in the process of looking for resolutions as a Catholic father, ...
Read More »A Plan for the New Year
As you read this column, a large segment of the country is dark and cold, and kids are sick and tired of being cooped up in the house. Lesson plans ...
Read More »Is Seton Home Study School Balanced, Truthful, &… ‘Too Catholic’?
Here's why a coordinated curriculum should never lose sight of God’s supremacy in all things, and how Seton Home Study School lives for that goal.
Read More »Coming to a Stadium Near You
Since the dawn of the home schooling movement in America, the question has been asked: “Can home schoolers compete academically with their brick-and-mortar counterparts?” Since every serious study has supported ...
Read More »Love of Learning
In the mid twentieth century, John Holt attempted to popularize a method of home education, called un-schooling, which calls for parents to provide a rich environment in the home which ...
Read More »Perfect Homeschooling? What it Means, & When We’re Not
Kevin Clark explores God's invitation for us to be perfect, how incredibly forgiving He is when we're not, and Homeschooling works in the same manner.
Read More »Mere Fatherhood
This monthly column is devoted to examining the role of the Catholic father, and how we fathers can better live our calling. Mostly, it has been about theory. This time, ...
Read More »Love of Reading
When I was a child, I loved reading so much that my mother had to pry me away from my books to get me to eat meals. As a result, ...
Read More »Driven to Distraction
“Why can’t we ever do anything fun?” my seven-year-old son asked the other day. This is a common enough question from children. It struck me as odd this particular time, ...
Read More »Boys Don’t (Usually) Like to Write
Parents often call our counselors and tell them that their boys don’t like to write. What many do not realize, unless they have several sons, is that most boys don’t ...
Read More »Hitting Your Stride
October is here and most of us have settled into our home schooling year. Let’s face it, more than a few are already feeling overwhelmed, and even veteran moms see ...
Read More »Starting Out
Most of you have already begun your school year, and first-timers may be discovering that home education is not quite what was anticipated. So many articles you read online spoke ...
Read More »A Day in the Life
Fathers, you think you’ve have a bad day. Let me tell you what your wife’s day has been like. 8:47AM. The dog ran into the house and tracked mud on ...
Read More »God Is My First Mate
There is a book and a movie called God is My Co Pilot, about Col. Robert L. Scott’s duty in China during World War II. The name of the book ...
Read More »Boys Like Active Learning
Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares some great ideas for your boys to who don't like to be still during the homeschool day.
Read More »What’s At Stake
Because I have the worst directional sense of anyone I know, last summer I bought a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver for my car. Now, I never get lost driving, ...
Read More »Responding to Inquiries
Many parents were alarmed by the recent news from California when the Court of Appeals decided on February 28, 2008 to declare homeschooling illegal in California unless the parent is ...
Read More »The Father’s Role
As a home-schooling father of eight children, I have been asked to do a regular column on Catholic fatherhood in this newsletter, and specifically, Catholic fatherhood in the home schooling ...
Read More »California Crisis
A few months ago, in February, we considered the decision of a lower court in California as a crisis. The court decided that home schooling is illegal in California unless ...
Read More »Heroic Charity
When the pagans looked at the early Christians, they marveled, “See how they love one another.” During His time among men, Our Blessed Lord taught us to love God and ...
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