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The discomfort people feel about a man being a stay at home parent seems to have developed as a result of three different factors: we've...

I once recorded a CRAAAAZAAY video. (You can view it here.) I thought it would be all serious, informative and an opportunity to...

Every year at about this time, people around the world make a new year’s resolution. Very often it focuses on bodily health, a reading...

If you feel like you're failing at this parenting thing, it may not be you ... it just might be them. I say this with full confidence as...

Problem solving. It’s a bit of a lost art in our time, wouldn’t you say? Now, I am no fan of giving little people sharp objects, but when...

Every year, as the new liturgical year begins, we remind our older children and tell the younger ones for the first time that Advent is a...

Every January, usually around the 1st of the year, we sit down as a family, review our goals from last year, and adjust them for the new...

Some years ago, we brought our family to see the Treasures of the Church—an amazing collection of about 150 relics, including one of the...

I think it is safe to say that as a species, we tend towards the desire for that which is better, faster, more comfortable—that which is...

“Adoption has the dimension of connection — not only to your own tribe, but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and...

One of the struggles we have as parents in forming our children, especially our boys, is the ongoing battle over clothing—specifically...

Before I was married I thought I was a very patient, thoughtful, wise, and selfless person—humble, too. Obviously. I thought I'd be...

I don’t know why, but my newborns refuse to look me in the face. They will look at their siblings, they will look at our animals, and...

This was our routine every night when I was growing up. Mother would gather the four of us children at my younger brother's bed, where we...

"My heart is restless Lord, until it rests in thee." – St. Augustine, Confessions This quote by St. Augustine is the constant prayer of...

It was a question that had been put to me by others and I had already grown weary of the lie that children are somehow a hindrance to greate

If you've ever had an argument with your teenager about the Faith, then you're quite familiar with what it means to tread dangerous...

Hey, friend. I’m going to say something you’ve probably been thinking but have maybe been too nervous to say out loud: As a mom living in...

A month ago we welcomed another child into our family. One would think that after having seven children this would all be old hat. And...

Two years ago we arrived home from a trip in a somewhat war-torn state; we had just completed a 24-hour (turned 30-hour) drive home from...