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 »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 »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 »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 »Teaching English in Primary Grades
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 ...
Read More »Little Things
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.
Read More »6 Tips to Improve Sacramental Family Life
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.
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