A new to homeschooling mom asks the experts, "My children often turn to crying when I try to explain a concept. How do we learn to work with each other?"
Read More »How Your Family Can Truly Live the Easter Triduum
The Triduum, the three days from the Holy Thursday evening to Easter Sunday, here's how to truly live the Triduum and teach our children to do so as well.
Read More »Homeschooling in the Trenches
In our fight for our children’s souls, as we educate them for Eternity, we can ask God for the grace to discern our priorities and the courage to live them.
Read More »What Every Child Needs to Know Before Flying the Coop
Teach your children to seek God’s Will, the courage to follow it, and to place virtue above all else and they will fly when they leave the coop.
Read More »Family Dinner Hour – Secret Ingredient of Healthier Families
They may be hard to schedule but Cheryl Hernandez explains why the family dinner is important, including healthier families and happier, less-stressed kids.
Read More »Seven Daily Habits to Help Grow in Holiness
Sharing advice from an accomplished spiritual director, Cheryl Hernandez offers seven sure-fire ways to grow in holiness. Is it easy? Perhaps not, but it is simple and, like taking on a diet or a physical exercise program, it is a gradual work in progress; that will bring us closer to God.
Read More »Growing in Faith and Family – The Blessing of Homeschooling
Cheryl Hernandez shares, "The biggest blessing, because we are following God’s call to homeschool, has been growing stronger in our Faith as a family."
Read More »5 Moms Speak on the Future of Homeschooling
What will homeschooling look like tomorrow? Mary Ellen Barrett asked five Seton Magazine contributors for their thoughts on the future of homeschooling.
Read More »The Heroic Minute… and How it Can Change Your Life
Veteran homeschooler Cheryl Hernández shares why the first moment of your day is critical to the success of the rest of the day, and how you can conquer it.
Read More »5 Reasons to Love Seton’s Online Printable Lesson Plans
Cheryl Hernández loves Seton's printable weekly lesson plans because they help her students stay on target and complete their assignments on a timely basis.
Read More »The Necessity of Beauty to Remind Us of God’s Presence
Cheryl Hernández, homeschooling mom of 9, shows us how beauty and the choices we make in what our children see and hear can bring our family closer to God.
Read More »Children & Chores: Part 2 – 10 Tips on Getting Organized
Cheryl Hernandez, a homeschool mom of 9, shows in this 2-part series why giving our children chores is so important and covers tips on how to get started.
Read More »Children & Chores: Part 1 – 6 Tips on Laying the Foundation
Cheryl Hernandez, Homeschool mom of nine, shows how chores provide the perfect opportunity to instill and teach responsibility, obedience and other virtues.
Read More »This Lent… Bring Family and Prayer Back Together
Lent is the perfect time to bring back or begin family prayer. Cheryl Hernandez says, what could be more pleasing to God than our family in prayer together?
Read More »Daily Mass is Impossible. . .Or Is It? 6 Ways to Get There
Cheryl Hernandez shares six obstacles that keep many of us from attending daily mass and then walks us through simple solutions to every single one of them.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 5: Sitting Still
Cheryl Hernández, homeschool mom of 9, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 5 of the series explores sitting still.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 4: Eating
Cheryl Hernández, a homeschool mom of nine, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 4 of this series explores eating.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 3: Speech
Cheryl Hernández, homeschool mom of 9, gives 7 tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 3 of this series explores speech.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 2: Sleeping
Cheryl Hernández, homeschool mom of 9, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 2 of this series explores sleeping.
Read More »Teaching Self-Control to Young Children – Part 1: Boundaries
Cheryl Hernández, a homeschool mom of 9, gives tips on how to teach the virtue of self-control to young children. Part 1 of this series explores boundaries.
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