The police station in a Texas city once posted a list of rules entitled “How to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent” as: 1. From infancy, give a child everything he wants. He’ll believe that the world owes him a living. 2. Pick up after your child. He’ll learn to pass his duties on others. 3. Side [...]

There’s a lot of noise about the higher education bubble – like it’s not worth going to college anymore. Though the price of education is expensive, the price of ignorance is even more. So, there are quantitative and qualitative differences. There’s the pay and considerations for advancement but there are other things i.e. perspective, attitude [...]

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The wise old father called Bob over and said words that would make the two brothers, the best of friends. “You must understand Bob”, the father started, “that Billy owns nothing in this world all his life. The tickets that he won at Dave and Busters are the only things that he truly owns and earned. And rather than getting himself a nice toy, he thought of you and the fun times that you two will spend playing together. That is why he got two water pistols. He wanted to enjoy your company. What hurt his feelings was that you went beyond playing and tortured him with it – specially when he was cornered and unable to shoot back or run. It was neither fun nor friendly anymore. And I guess he felt sad that you did that to him despite his gift.
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Sophia.  6 lbs. 20 inches.

I wanted to name her after her mom.  But my wife decided to choose a name that has a profound meaning in my life instead.[...]

HOW TO REALLY LOVE A CHILD
Be there. say yes as often as possible. let them bang on pots. if they’re crabby, put them in water. if they’re unlovable, love yourself. realize HOW important it is to be a child. Go to A movie theatre in your PAJAMAS. read books out loud with joy. invent pleasures together. remember how small THEY are. GiGGle A lot. [...]

I started a tradition of singing carols to the baby Jesus to focus on the reason of the season. Merry Christmas to my fellow Catholic Dads and to our readers. God bless you all.

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It is too late to order online and too difficult to find a Catholic store open after work. But the dollar stores have everything needed to make an Advent wreath – for a buck. I got a wreath, candle stands and candles. I didn’t even use pliers to twist the wires around the candle stands and there you have it.

An Advent wreath sets the tone for the weeks before Christmas. It is a way for us to take back our season from the vendors, to overcome commercialization with spirituality. And coming closer to home, it forms our children to value not the presents under the tree but The Present from the Heavenly Father.[...]

People are made in the image and likeness of God.  Some people show it more than others.  Watch how this building contractor adopts unwanted babies to keep them from being aborted and used all his savings to buy a ground to bury the aborted ones.  If video fails, go to http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2010/10/video-man-adopts-50-babies-to-prevent.html

I wanted to instill in my family that October is the month of the Rosary. So, during night prayers, we prayed a decade on the first night, then 2 decades the next night until we ended up saying all 5. My kids’ ages are 3, 7, 8 and 10; so, I thought that would be [...]

If you internal hard disk goes bad and you had to replace it, know that there is still a way to salvage the files in there.  You can get this device that connect to the hard disk and then connect it to your PC using a USB port.  This device will have its own power [...]