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September 19, 2008 | In: Becoming More Human, Chastity, Good, True and Beautiful, Parenting, TOTB, Transcendent Goods, Virtue
In our diocesan parenting program, "Teaching the Way of Love," one of the points we make is that we need to teach our children how to receive love well in addition to teaching them how to give love. I tell the story of Christmas at my parents' home and...
September 18, 2008 | In: Chastity, Parenting, Virtue
A participant of one of our "Teaching the Way of Love" programs for parents told me about the family of her son's girlfriend. In the desire to keep their daughter pure, the girlfriend's parents have put some major restrictions on her dating behavior. ...
August 13, 2008 | In: Parenting, Sin
In yesterday's Gospel Jesus proclaimed that whoever wants to enter the Kingdom of God must be like a little child. Predictably, the homily (given by a holy, reverent priest whom I love greatly) predictably included a line or two about the "traits of a...
April 9, 2007 | In: Parenting, Virtue
Children are eating more junk food and who is to blame? Advertisers, apparently. Check out this quotation from an article in U.S. News and World Report:USNews.com: Selling kids cereal with sugar and toysHarvard psychologist Susan Linn calls it "running...
March 28, 2007 | In: Parenting, TOTB
USNews.com: Has a century of child-raising advice taught us anything? Expert opinions through the yearsDr. Ray Guarendi is right! Not that I needed U.S. News World Report to tell me that. However, I find this article very interesting. Dr. Ray claims that...
Jeff Arrowood is a freelance Catholic educator and entrepreneur. He works out of his central Wisconsin home as a stay-home dad. Jeff offers educational services including curriculum writing, online classes, educational articles, live educational programs, and Catholic books & media -- all for the purpose of promoting Catholic literacy and leading Catholics to the Joy of the Truth.