And dads, too.
Family Life
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Protecting the vulnerable
In a new book, Helen Alvaré argues that a just society defends and protects its children from harms of all kinds.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: A Mother’s Day wish for more children?
The fertility rate in the U.S. is down, but the cost of raising a child may be to blame. If not for immigrant families, births would be down sharply.
Posted inFaith, Features
What can Catholic moms do if they want their children to remain Catholic? Let go.
Those whose children remain practicing Catholics have some ideas about why that may be the case, but they, too, are well aware that things could easily have turned out differently.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
I thought I had failed my kids spiritually—then I went to my daughter’s parish
There have been times when I have only held onto my Catholic faith by the smallest of fingernails. I am a doubter. I am a protester.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Reading to my son about trucks, trains and automobiles
Of all the things I looked forward to while pregnant with my son, reading books to him was very close to the top of that list.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
It’s O.K. to complain about the demands of faith. But how you vent matters.
Venting is good. Venting is sometimes lifesaving. But it matters where you vent and why.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
In the midst of angst about my growing family, three words helped me find peace.
Could I really be happy if my primary focus for years to come was managing a house full of babies?
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How I honored the memory of my mother by shopping at Nordstrom
Every year, my sister and I take the anniversary of each of our parents’ deaths off and spend it together. We go to the cemetery and to Mass, and gather the memories and the mourning into our arms and hearts for one more year.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
This year, see the Easter candle through the eyes of an infant
Newness comes easily for infants, but a Lent practiced with intention provides newness for the rest of us.