Marriage & Family

By Sarah Holliday, Patriot Post - Since the 2017-2018 school year, the number of parents homeschooling has increased dramatically. With the rise has come pushback from state educators like Hillsborough County School Board member Lynn Gray who said parents don’t have “any understanding of education.”... In my view, homeschooling is not an easy choice, but it is often far more rewarding. This isn’t coming from the perspective of a biased parent, but from a biased child who has experienced both homeschool and public school.

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post - Porn is not freedom, and it’s not sexual liberation. It is an exploitative business that preys on the weak and vulnerable. The industry is rife with sex trafficking. It targets not only adults but increasingly children as well. This exploitation problem has been expedited with the advent of the Internet and the lack of tools parents have to protect their children from exposure to pornographic content or sex traffickers online.

By Virginia Allen, Kristen Eichamer, Daily Signal - The spike in homeschooling was understandable during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many public schools closed in 2020 and 2021, what other choice did parents have?... But even with schools open again, the number of families opting to homeschool has remained stable... According to analysis from The Washington Post, the homeschooling trend has defied predictions.

By Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life - I feel like being a better parent is a wrestling match that never ends!  This subject often comes up in my daily prayers as I seek discernment and courage to do the right things.  The alternative to my daily struggle is to be apathetic – which will virtually guarantee my children, especially my youngest son, will grow up drifting without a good foundation of faith, values and a sense of what is truly important in life.  Kids are like clay looking to be formed and developed.  In our absence, those who only see our children as consumers or who seek to do them harm will step into the vacuum.