These trying economic times may have a bright side. As more parents worry about meeting the mortgage and putting food on the table, Catholic school tuition (averaging $3,500 per year in elementary school and over $10,000 for high school) often becomes an impossible expense.

No one will be saved unless he practices the Charity of sharing the Faith with others. Parents have the principal responsibility to share the Faith with their children. The purpose ...

To steal a phrase from Charles Dickens, for the Catholic Church the beginning of the Third Millennium is the best of times and the worst of times. On one hand, ...

Ginny Seuffert explores her three biggest and basic ways to become fit, remain healthy, and instill healthy habits in our children. And they're not hard!

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Mary Kay Clark shares some great ideas for your boys to who don't like to be still during the homeschool day.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The following article is based on Ginny Seuffert’s column ‘Answering Relatives’. One of the difficulties we home schooling parents, and students, face is remarks by relatives who do not understand ...

We often receive phone calls from parents who ask about teaching English to their children in grades one through three. They wonder why we teach English when it is not ...

Sister Josefa Menendez, who has not yet been declared a saint, but whose writings have been personally recommended by Pope Pius XII, gives us a great example of the quiet way to sanctity through devotion to daily duty. Sister Josefa received many visions from Our Lord. She obediently wrote His message of love, now published in the book The Way of Divine Love. During the Lent of 1923, Jesus revealed to her His sufferings, both physical and mental.

By the time you read this column, I will be packing up every other weekend or so and traveling to Catholic home schooling conferences all over the United States. Faithful ...

Book reports can be a challenge for students, but Ginny Sueffert shares how to make them a little easier for your homeschooler using Seton's Lesson Plans.

Many Catholic families live their Faith only one hour a week by attending Sunday Mass. The rest of the week, the cares of the world impinge on the family, and the Faith is practically forgotten.