Catholic Dads

When hard times hit, what should you tell your kids? By Linda Shrieves10/1/2008McClatchy Newspapers (www.mctdirect.com) The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) – Beware of what you say to kids. When a parent says, “We can’t afford to eat that,” sometimes kids magnify that statement and imagine: “We can’t afford to eat!” Instead, tell them that the family [...]

I am now half-way through the first month of this new school semester. The classes that I am taking are challenging yet enjoyable. The NT Greek course, still has my brain in knots, but it slowly is making some sense. With the help and encouragement of a Theology professor (a grad from Stuebenville) I’m assisting [...]

cross-posted from my blog An open letter to oglers and skeptics (and those who are just curious) of large families. The pressures, expectations, and life in general of large families. Behavior- My kids have extra pressure on them to behave in public. Most of it brought on by their mother and I. We stress to [...]

I’d like to recommend that you read Victor Morton’s movie review of “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl”. Here’s a snippet that should be of interest to all you Catholic dads: … The highest praise I can give KIT KITTREDGE is that I liked it at all. It’s enjoyable and very effective, but to a 10-year-old [...]

Catholic Dads gets a mention in Eric Scheske’s most recent monthly column for National Catholic Register: …Blogging Fatherhood This dual desire — the desire to be holy and the desire to be a good father — thrives in the blogosphere. A quick trip through Catholic cyberspace will reveal a small army of anti-Rousseaus. If you [...]

As I was lying in bed the other morning, in that half aware state between being asleep and awake, I was pondering how I would change my life going back with what I know now. But I kept getting stuck on a paradox. Every mistake that I tried to rectify would jeopardise the really good [...]

I’m curious to get some perspectives from others in Catholic Dads-Land: How do you respond to the question, “How many children do you want?” Having four kids under six, we get this question not infrequently, as I’m sure many of you do as well. Our kneejerk response is usually something along the lines of, “As [...]

I have a close friend who is need of prayers – he and his wife are working out some issues right now, and they just discovered this past weekend that they’re unexpectedly pregnant, adding another layer of stress and uncertainty to an already stress-filled situation. There’s no question as to their commitment to life, but [...]

…For allowing his daughter to pose topless for Vanity Fair magazine. Well, let’s be fair. You couldn’t see any “naughty bits”, but as Mike Church said on his raidio show, “they ‘bedroomed her up’”. Her father was with her on the shoot, and could be seen in some of the photos. What was he thinking? [...]

The Extraordinary Boy made his first Reconciliation today! First Communion tomorrow! Father unspeakably proud!