Practices for helping your child forgive the everyday hurts

Encourage sharing and empathy, even when you aren't looking

We want to give our children our emotional and spiritual support

Encourage confidence in your child through your own faith.

My stepson won't listen to me when I try to enforce house rules – what can I do ...

My dad always taught us that if we borrowed something, no matter what it was, we...

Worry less, pray more when it comes to letting go of your child at any stage

Planning, treats and patience can help you prevent and manage meltdowns at the grocery store

Prayer and support can help you negotiate different post-divorce parenting styles

Ways to motivate your teen to do chores, along with a reminder about doing the little things for the love of God.

Setting realistic expectations and being aware of your child's feelings can help you and your foster child feel more comfortable

What to do when your child is the bully online

My kids’ dad and I are divorced. They don’t want to go to their father’s house f...

I hear my mother’s voice sometimes when I talk. Is there a better way to talk to...

A transition into a new phase of life can be disconcerting.

After graduation from college, my daughter told me she no longer believes in God...

I know you usually answer questions from parents – but I’m a 14-year-old with a ...

My son came home for the summer after his first year at college, and announced t...

Our son is constantly disobeying us. The last straw was this week when he g...

My adult daughter, who's always been a practicing Catholic, is dating a Muslim m...

My 4-year-old has been getting in trouble at preschool for biting some of the ot...

An Irish lullaby that I loved singing to my children includes lyrics that reflec...

One of my best friends decided to work full- time in an audio library for the mu...

Our children had diverse interests in high school, but the entire family support...

One challenging aspect of parenting is realizing that children grow up and forge...

When I was young, one of my teachers spoke of attending the 1931 White House Con...

In his Prairie Home Companion radio broadcast, Garrison Keillor would invite lis...

My daughter really wants to go to summer camp, but she's only 9. Is she old enou...

Our daughter is getting married next year, and we offered to pay for the wedding...

I love the tradition of the Easter Bunny, but don’t want to take away from the real meaning of Easter.

We just moved to a new community, which has been a big change for all of us.

My son is in kindergarten and several of his friends are getting iPhones for Chr...

My daughter is in her first semester of college, and her grades have slipped sin...

I love my children equally, but my daughter thinks I play favorites. How can I a...

Q: I have caught my 14-year-old daughter in several lies lately, sometimes about...

Q: It’s summer and my kids are out of school. I remember the lazy days of summer...

Q: I just found out that my 15-year-old son, who’s always been a great student a...

Q: Around here, prom seems to have turned into a 24-hour-plus party. My daughter...

Q: My son’s close friend is in a household where the parents are rarely home. He...

Q: My kids are driving me crazy with their wardrobes. My son wants to wear baggy...

Q: I think my daughter is binge eating and purging. I’ve found empty packages of...

Q: My ex-wife married a man who is a much tougher disciplinarian than I am. He i...

A: My mother’s warm heart led her to open our home twice in this way when I was ...

Recovery: A long and winding road. An article by Kat MGowan, “The New Quitter” (...

I am 17 and the oldest of five children. My parents treat me as their built-in b...

Parental monitoring: In order to make decisions about sleepovers, parents need i...

Q: I gave up my daughter for adoption shortly after I gave birth. Now that she i...

Q: My husband thinks our daughter is too old for her security “blankie” and want...

Q: My husband won’t wear a seat belt. The kids are now questioning why they need...

Q. Despite my objections, my parents let our young kids watch horror films when ...

My sister spends too much on Christmas gifts for my kids – way more than I can a...

Our son and daughter-in-law recently got divorced. Our son has no visitation rig...

My son told me that he would rather I didn’t attend his baseball games because I...

I am returning to the work force. I have two teens – ages 15 and 13. What is rea...

Q. My child recently turned 10 years old. Is that too young to have the talk? ...

Q. My son has decided he doesn’t want to be confirmed. Is there something I can ...

Q. My daughter does not have a close relationship with my ex-husband, and now th...

Q. We were invited to a friend’s wedding and were told on the invitation that ou...

Q. My kids fight me about getting dressed up for Mass – I think the girls should...

Q. My daughter seems to like the day-care provider better than she does me. As a...

Q. We were asked to be godparents by some friends who are expecting a baby. We a...

Q. Our kids have decided to become vegetarians, which we think is ridiculous. Sh...

Q: My son is about to vote for the first time. How can I help him make wise choi...

Q: Our 15-year-old daughter is interested in an 18-year-old who also likes her. ...

Q. We have a special needs child and I stay home to take care of him. I love him...

Sexualization of girls. One of the concerns about beauty pageants is the focus o...

Not a new mother. Clarify that your new wife is not a replacement for their mom....

A. Once, when I was a lunchtime helper at my daughter’s grade school, her classm...

Wait for a private moment to talk. It may be that your mother was on automatic p...

Clothing is an expression of identity. The choices that we make in terms of ...

Get school administrators and teachers on board. A tattle-tale is someone who go...

Generate simple room makeover ideas! Why not focus on ways to help her plan some...

• Share a meal. What did you do together before the accident? If you went out to...

Families are systems When children are young, parental work and social activi...

What is the difference between bribery and a reward? In some ways, it’s all ...

If you can, stand for your blessing. You will always be a mother. When you pr...

Your family issues mirror global concerns. Most European countries have banne...

What time is it on your social clock? We hear so much about our biological clock...

Reasons behind apprehension. As children reach the end of the teen years and ent...

No TV is an extreme choice. Parents want to make choices to keep their children ...

Get down to the specifics. Talk to your younger daughter one-on-one during a neu...

Look at other parts of the day. It sounds counter-intuitive, but to see why your...

I think sports are a wonderful team-builder. But I’ve noticed that some of the p...

Keep boredom at bay! An R. I. Fitzhenry quote gives a clue on how to change t...

Mature in every way but one? A mature preschooler is able to communicate his ...

Call on your own support system. A first reaction might include the desire to st...

The die is cast. As parents, we picture rosy scenarios for our children’s future...

The essence of etiquette is to make other people comfortable. Even as adults, we...

First, network with parents of other chronically ill children in your community....

Blue Heaven was released in 1927, but great artists like Frank Sinatra and Fats ...

Q: How do I prepare my daughter for a new baby brother? A: Your daughter will...

A: If she will be driving to school, have her leave home early so that she is pa...

Try to match your suggestions to her interests. The novelty of an old-fashio...

I was appalled to find out that my sister had already talked to her 9-year-old d...

• Your son honored your wishes until he was out of your home. Perhaps he will ag...

It is certainly true that the logic of a pre-schooler doesn’t match our logic. I...

Bortner men tended to die in their 40s of heart attacks, and so Ray was ready to...

Rows of Boys Scouts sitting in high-school bleachers call up images of award cer...

Each generation questions the taste of those that follow, whether it be in hairs...

A decade ago, a national poll investigated the attitudes of 13- to 17-year-olds....

A few years ago, a PBS show, Mixed Blessings, followed the closing of Sacred Hea...

During the collection at Mass young children come down the aisles to drop off th...

My daughter, Kaiti, attended a college that was an “intimate distance” from our ...

In the 1930s, teens would turn the radio dial to NBC and make up steps when Let=...

As we pray for international peace during the Advent season, parents often have ...

A small café near our home comes to life early on Friday mornings during footbal...

When I was growing up, it was easy for Mole Hole Club members to stay in touch. ...

The wooden privacy fence surrounding my friend’s back yard sometimes corrals a d...

I was sitting on a poolside chair, enjoying the busy antics of a toddler splashi...

A stroller was positioned next to the minivan’s sliding door. I watched as a sil...

When I was 11, Msgr. Galvin spotted me wandering around the church courtyard – a...

We pour our hearts into our children, hoping that our parenting decisions are fo...

The brick ranch house across the street has a “For Sale” sign in the yard. My mo...

Every parent has experienced moments of exasperation when a child seems determin...

The twilight glow of light in the hospital room was dim, but I could see the ink...

As parents of young children in 1913, you and your spouse are wondering just wha...

I enjoyed watching Jessica Fletcher of Murder She Wrote solve crimes, and now I ...

Talitha koum! Little girl, I say to you arise! The Gospel of Mark that greets us...

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, all the lords in Ireland were required to...

The Acts of the Apostles on the sixth Sunday of Easter describes Cornelius falli...

In 1974, it looked like the career of Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Tommy John was ...

The happiness of the two couples in the pew ahead of us was contagious. The men ...

On New Year’s Day, we welcome the new year and review the old. Once again, we wa...

When Billy Carter was just 6, his brother Jimmy joined the Navy. Billy and his f...

In his 1605 novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra writ...

My daughter Shannon taught me some funny new lyrics to a popular teen song. I wa...

The family life of a third grader nicknamed “Lolek” Wojtyla changed forever when...

Sunday mornings have become a battleground. The kids don’t want to go to church ...

The atmosphere in the community education building was warm and friendly as we w...

As new parents, we have plenty of information about raising children, but we see...

"It’s mine!” “But I was playing with it first!” Parents often find themselves ne...

In Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan plays the role of Cadie, who was home-schooled in A...

As parents, can we compete with our kids’ friends and the media to positively in...

Children do get exposed to violence. How many murders do you think children will...

This question might arise if your spouse’s parents have different ideas about ra...

It may feel like your family is going a million different directions, seven days...

Not long ago, my son, Ryan, came home from school saying, “This is my lucky day!...

It is not uncommon to find parents worrying about a child who has strayed from t...

Students attending Central Michigan University are given a Code of Student Right...

A lot of us remember Roy G. Biv from grade school. He wasn’t a classmate – the n...

As friends come back from summer vacations, we hear stories of the places they’v...

In 1984, Jennifer Thompson’s world turned upside down when a man broke into her ...

George Eliot wrote, “Justice is like the kingdom of God: it is not without us as...

Blessed are the meek? What words spring to mind when you think about a “meek” pe...

Looking into a March dawn, I search for evidence of new life. Beneath the earth,...

Jose Canseco earned $75,000 as a baseball player with the Oakland A’s in 1986. T...

St. Francis de Sales compared love to a spiritual fire, a fire that bursts into ...

Looking down on Kalaupapa, one sees the turquoise waters and bright whitecaps of...

Our wedding guests followed a winding road past a cemetery before reaching the c...

Several years ago my daughter begged to watch a videotape over and over. It wasn...

Visits from my East Coast relatives were eagerly anticipated when I was a child....

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” “Thanks be to God.” With the rite of di...

In March of 1901, Amy Carmichael sheltered a distraught runaway, the first of ma...

Jesus poured love into our hearts when He said, “I call you friends,” inviting u...

Are guys from Mars and girls from Venus? Are gender differences really a matter ...

Erin dipped her brush into the bucket of soapy water and scrubbed the kitchen fl...

The loveseat was one of my favorite spots when I was a kindergartner. But as we ...

It is human to react with strong emotions when our lives feel threatened, whethe...

The yellow pages of the phone book include several pages of Christian church lis...

A psalm of David describes the characteristics of those individuals who are wort...

Life Begins with Questions that Have No Answers. The dynamic beginning to eac...

As Christmas approaches and we begin to think of holiday journeys to see family ...

The intrasquad “Green and White” game has been a tradition of the Michigan State...

A mothers ... Three Do’s 1. Do remember the old saying, “The more things c...

One section of my son’s reconciliation workbook asked him to identify the many g...

When I read Lydia’s story of the power of forgiveness, a sentence that jumped ou...

Ok, but how about: I love you with all my BRAIN? Frank Sinatra sang “I left m...

P: Por aquí, La Prom parece haberse convertido en una fiesta de más de veinticua...

P: Últimamente he descubierto que mi hija de 14 años de edad está mintiendo, a v...

Sé que generalmente respondes las preguntas de los padres, pero tengo 14 años y ...

P: Mi hijo llegó a casa durante el verano después de su primer año en la univers...

Mi padre siempre nos enseñó que si tomábamos algo prestado, sin importar lo que ...

P: Acabo de descubrir que mi hijo de 15 años, quien siempre ha sido un gran estu...

P: Quiero a mis hijos por igual, pero mi hija piensa que tengo favoritismo. ¿Cóm...

P: Sospecho que mi hija de 16 años podría estar usando Snapchat para sextear, pe...

P: Mi hija está en kindergarten y varios de sus amigos están recibiendo iPhones ...

P: Es verano y mis hijos terminaron la escuela. Recuerdo los días de descanso de...

P: Mi hija está en su primer semestre en la Universidad, y sus calificaciones ha...

P: Nuestro hijo nos desobedece constantemente. El colmo fue esta semana cuando l...

P: Después de graduarse de la universidad, mi hija me dijo que ya no cree en Dio...