Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The year was 1988. Georgette and I had four children – Harry, 7; Anna, 5; Maria, 4; and Laura, 1. During the last week in May, I told my three older children that if the weather cooperated, we were going to plant a garden on Saturday. When I told them, they all got excited and started looking forward to the adventure. Although the weather forecast was for rain, the sun was shining…
Read More
Tags: Behavior, Beliefs, Illicit Drugs, Peer Pressure, Personal Responsibility, Premarital Sex, Rejection
Posted in Beliefs, Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Parenting, Faith, Prayer, Pride, Teenagers | No Comments »
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
I’ve only been to one high school reunion since graduating in May of 1975. I never had the desire to attend one until I received a letter in 1995 inviting me to the 20 year reunion. After I received the invitation, I tracked down my best friend from high school. He was living in Chicago at the time, was married, and had two children. Like me, he had not gone to any of the previous…
Read More
Tags: Behavior, Beliefs, Emotional Pain, High School, Personal Responsibility, Rejection, Suffering, Suicide
Posted in Beliefs, Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Parenting, Dating, Purity, Sex, Suffering, Teenagers | No Comments »
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Last week Parade magazine had a cover story by Judith Newman about how the teenage brain works. The headline of the story was: “What’s Really Going On Inside Your Teen’s Head.” The sub headline was: “They’re moody. Secretive. Spacy. Infuriating! Now scientists are starting to figure out why.” I didn’t pay any attention to the article until my 19 year…
Read More
Tags: Blaming Others, Catholic Parenting, Happiness, Personal Reponsibility, Teenage Brain, Teenagers
Posted in Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Parenting, Happiness, Movies, Television & Broadway, Personal Growth, Personal Responsibility, Teenagers | 3 Comments »
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I…
Read More
Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Family, Fatherhood, Humility, Motherhood, Prayer, Teenagers
Posted in Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Dating, Family, Fatherhood, Humility, Motherhood, Movies, Television & Broadway, Prayer, Pride, Self Importance, Teenagers | 4 Comments »
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
In last week’s article,
A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.* After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary…
Read More
Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Parenting, Chastity, Christian Sexuality, Facebook, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Pornography, Teenagers
Posted in Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Sex, Teenagers | 8 Comments »
The year was 1988. Georgette and I had four children – Harry, 7; Anna, 5; Maria, 4; and Laura, 1. During the last week in May, I told my three older children that if the weather cooperated, we were going to plant a garden on Saturday. When I told them, they all got excited and started looking forward to the adventure. Although the weather forecast was for rain, the sun was shining… Read More
I’ve only been to one high school reunion since graduating in May of 1975. I never had the desire to attend one until I received a letter in 1995 inviting me to the 20 year reunion. After I received the invitation, I tracked down my best friend from high school. He was living in Chicago at the time, was married, and had two children. Like me, he had not gone to any of the previous… Read More
Last week Parade magazine had a cover story by Judith Newman about how the teenage brain works. The headline of the story was: “What’s Really Going On Inside Your Teen’s Head.” The sub headline was: “They’re moody. Secretive. Spacy. Infuriating! Now scientists are starting to figure out why.” I didn’t pay any attention to the article until my 19 year… Read More
On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I… Read More
In last week’s article, A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.* After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary… Read More