Lessons from Golf for Catholic Parents, by Tracye McArdle

There’s a venerable tradition in golf known as a mulligan, the rule that allows a “do-over,” a second try after a golfer’s first has gone awry.

Alas, there are no mulligans for parents in child rearing, only the ability to look back on their efforts with pride, relief, regret, or typically some combination of all three.

In a recent online discussion with a group of Catholic mothers, many of whom suffer greatly with adult children who have abandoned the practice of their Faith, and I mean truly suffer, I was challenged to reflect on my own performance, along with my husband’s, in rearing our two daughters when asked, “What would you have done differently?” …

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