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Intimate conversations: How to talk to your kids about sex

Sunday, November 2, 2008
Intimate conversations: How to talk to your kids about sex
Tami Hollendonner remembers the extent of her sex education as a Catholic teen in the 1970s. "My mom and dad never told me about the birds and the bees. There was no talk about birth control or why not to have sex," says the 42-year-old mother of two from Darien, Illinois. "The message was that you didn't do it.

Will work for peace in everyday life

Monday, February 22, 2010
Will work for peace in everyday life
For Heidi Tousignant, the faith-formation director from Minnesota, having studied peace in college relates directly to some of her most important-and unpaid-work. As a parent "it absolutely enhances my vision of how to raise kids," she says.

Whip It!

Monday, October 26, 2009
Whip It!
Directed by Drew Barrymore (Fox Searchlight, 2009) In Drew Barrymore’s new film about tattooed Texas lasses on skates, Ellen Page, who played a glib pregnant teen in Juno (Fox Searchlight), takes a turn around the track as a spunky, frightened, and impulsive roller derby princess.

Book marked: Stories to raise your children by

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Book marked: Stories to raise your children by
From nursery rhymes to fantasy anthologies, fill your shelves with stories to raise your children by.

Learning experience

Monday, August 17, 2009
Learning experience
Catholic schools are filling in the teacher gap with new grads looking for a challenge.

Not your mother’s rhythm method

Sunday, April 19, 2009
Not your mother’s rhythm method
Natural Family Planning has come a long a way, baby. Not only does it meet the church’s moral standard for spacing births, it keeps a marriage going.

Not your mother’s rhythm method

Sunday, April 19, 2009
Not your mother’s rhythm method
Natural Family Planning has come a long a way, baby. Not only does it meet the church’s moral standard for spacing births, it keeps a marriage going.

Let them just eat cake

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Let them just eat cake
Limos, tiaras, and Build-A-Bears, oh my! It’s time to rein in the birthday madness and return to some old-fashioned fun, games, and values.

Let them just eat cake

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Let them just eat cake
Limos, tiaras, and Build-A-Bears, oh my! It’s time to rein in the birthday madness and return to some old-fashioned fun, games, and values.

Parental guidance suggested

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Parental guidance suggested
Let’s agree that we’ve done a poor job passing on the faith to the current crop of Catholic adolescents. OK, now what do we do about it?