Abby Sasscer says our role as a parent is not to react negatively right away but to remain calm and teach our children acceptable and unacceptable behavior.
Read More »10 Lessons Kids Must Learn Before Starting Their First Job
Homeschool mom and restaurant owner Tara Brelinsky has advice for parents trying to raise their children to be dutiful, goal-oriented, successful workers.
Read More »How a Homeschooling Parent Can Make Working From Home Work!
Can a homeschooling mom find time and opportunity for working from home? Christina Patterson shares the lessons she has learned from her own experience.
Read More »Parental Report Card?
As homeschoolers, we all feel warm and fuzzy all over when Johnny finally masters his ABCs or Susie successfully memorizes her multiplication table. In moments like these, it’s easy to ...
Read More »Walking through Wardrobes: Bonding with Your Children by Reading Aloud
by John Clark | We’ve all probably been in conversations in which a parent will comment that his child spends too much time on the computer or iPad, as though the parent had no control at all over his children. That’s pretty sad for a number of reasons, beginning with the fact that it alludes to a relationship breakdown.
Read More »Shakespeare, Swordfights and Other Small Moments
by Christine Capolino | Startling blue skies. Crisp, clear mornings and halcyon spring afternoons. An impromptu game of marbles. Discovering a family of ladybugs on the kitchen windowsill. Jungle animals imagined in drifting cloud formations. Quiet togetherness watering newly planted pansies. Joyful noise in piano and recorder tunes.
Read More »“A New Mom at Home All Day? What Do You Do?”
by Liz Beller | As a new stay-at-home mom, I’ve been going through a lot of adjusting. Since when did staying at home all day leave me with less time than I had before?
Read More »How to Homeschool Better… Immediately
As we parents sit down to help our children with their homeschooling, I think we would have to admit that some of the biggest distractions are often the ones inside ourselves—the ones that keep popping into our minds as we attempt to teach.
Read More »Marriage, the Family, and Home Education
by Fr John Hardon | Home education means the teaching by the parents at home, by both parents. A father’s contribution to the home education of his children is indispensable.
Read More »4 Ways to Stop Blaming Yourself as a Parent
First, stop insisting that you “went wrong” with your kids. I don’t know exactly how Jesus felt when He was betrayed by Judas. But I do know this: I know that Jesus did not wonder where He went wrong with Judas. Jesus didn’t “go wrong.”
Read More »Obedience: The Bedrock for Harmony and Order in the Home
by Fr Frank Papa | We all are commanded to obey the Ten Commandments because they were given by God the Father to Moses for all of us to obey. Jesus, the Son of God, repeated the Ten Commandments and the requirement for all to obey them. We all are required to be obedient to God’s commandments. Sin is disobedience to the laws of God.
Read More »The 7 Habits of Successful Seton Homeschooling Families
As part of our ongoing efforts to support our homeschooling families, Seton Home Study School recently commissioned a survey to try to discern the factors that contribute to success in ...
Read More »Education in the Family
Several years ago, His Excellency Cardinal Jose Sanchez was the featured speaker at the Catholic Home Education conference in Manassas, Virginia. He had traveled from Rome in his position as ...
Read More »Why and How to Promote School Vouchers
An earlier column outlined the disastrous strike against Chicago Public Schools by union teachers who are holding school kids hostage in return for unreasonable wage increases, limited performance reviews, and ...
Read More »Praise God for the Wonderful Days
by Draper Warren Parent to Parent tip of the week: “Praise God for the wonderful days when your child has finally gotten through his letters without any errors, the house ...
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