College and Hypersexualized Kids (Rethinking College 1)
We send our kids to college because we want them to become positive contributors to society. To do that, they need to reach a certain level of maturity in the different areas of their lives, sexuality being only one of them. But in many colleges and universities...
Let’s Talk Submission, Part 3: Last Thoughts
Let's Talk Submission: Part 1 Let's Talk Submission Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions I'd like to go back to some women's concerns about their husband's inability or unwillingness to lead, and ways to help with that. Try writing out a family mission statement. That...
Let’s Talk Submission, Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions
Let's Talk Submission: Part 1 Let's Talk Submission Part 3: Last Thoughts We can do a lot towards rebuilding the husband's role in our marriages: We need to stop being control-freaks (speaking to myself here really) and let men take the lead whenever possible....
Let’s Talk Submission (Part 1)
Let's Talk Submission Part 2: Some Practical Suggestions Let's Talk Submission Part 3: Last Thoughts Last week, a friend asked me if I had a blog post on submission. She asked,"Does that mean we (women) don't get to have opinions?" I promised her a more detailed...
What the 6-year-old is Reading Now
A friend with little ones asked me about reading recommendations for her 6-7 year olds, so I thought I'd give her a list of what our 6.5-year-old is reading right now. Hope this helps, J! Life of Fred Decimals and Percents - his big sister's book, but he's reading it...
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Horror Fatigue, Desensitization, Escape, Responsibility
Fr. Dwight makes a sad observation here. I agree. It's also desensitization. When you see violence all over the place, real and unreal (video games, movies, TV) it's easy for everything to just become one huge blur. And I think (analyzing some of my friends' responses...
Our Homeschooling Story, Part 2, and Favorite Sources
Part 1 is here. And so our journey began anew. As I mentioned in the previous post, I found an awesome online support group: Catholic Charlotte Mason (aka CCM -- they still exist, if you would like to join). I also had the local support group plus several other...
Dear Young Adults, Go To Ecclesia
[This is a guest post from my daughter Aisa, just back from her time at Ecclesia.] Ask yourself this question, and answer it honestly: If you were stuck in a group of fifty people for five weeks, by the end of five weeks, would you be friends with everyone? Would you...
Pro-Lifers Aren’t One-Trick Ponies
In yet another attempt to deflect attention from the gruesome reality of the abortion business and the sale of baby parts, liberal pro-aborts trotted out the stale, calumnious argument about pro-lifers caring only for babies before they're born and not after. And no...
In Which I Blog from My Phone
Loaves and Fishes: We Can Be the Miracle
Sunday morning before Church I decided to stop by Twitter, where I saw this tweet from Grist: Can you have kids and still be a good person? The solutions like this one and would love to see it implemented all over. At the same time, giving the poor access to healthy...
Our Homeschooling Story, Part 1
[Reposting from something I wrote in 2013.] This blog post is being written in response to a request from our dear friends E&C, who are embarking on a new journey to homeschool their children. I thought it was an opportune time to answer their questions...
Sex Education Is How We Got to “Body Parts”
Let's get something straight right off the bat here. I am not a proponent of abstinence education though I respect my fellow parents' choice to take that route. Nor am I saying that children shouldn't get sex education at all. I'm saying that right now, and for the...
If The Shoe Fits (Laudato Si’ )
Laudato Si' seems to have been buried under all the hubbub from the SCOTUS decision on same sex "marriage".... so I'm just now catching up with commentaries and reactions to Laudato Si', after finally finishing the encyclical, which can be found here, if you haven't...