“The Body Expresses the Person”
Editor’s Note: If you enjoyed Charisse Tierney’s thoughtful essay “Coffee Break” a few weeks ago, you’ll be delighted to know that Charisse has agreed to join CAPC’s regular writing staff! Charisse...
View ArticleAn Identity of Her Own
My heartstrings ache as my husband carries our sobbing three year-old daughter into the next room. Today was going to be “My Day”. My day to waltz out to my van free of diaper bag, car seats, and...
View ArticleLittle Ways to Give Thanks
This week Americans sit down around their tables to celebrate Thanksgiving. Over the years I’ve learned about so many special ways our families can express thanks this Thursday. Here are a few of my...
View ArticleBeing Yourself
My three-year-old daughter, Hazel, has had a rough couple of days. She has been a little more sullen and moody than usual, and my mommy instincts have been warning me that perhaps there is something...
View ArticleAttachment Parenting for Working Moms by Jana Thomas Coffman
Editors Note: In her latest guest essay, Jana Thomas Coffman offers her experience in being a successful attachment parent while still working. When I read about attachment parenting online, most of...
View ArticleA Peaceful, Pregnant Pause
“Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater wishes and so on; so that children have very little time for their parents; parents have very little...
View ArticleSibling Rivalry (or “when’s that baby going back to her real house?”)
When I was eight-months pregnant with my second child (my daughter Claire), my oldest child Aidan announced, “I don’t really want a sister.” Now, why wouldn’t any child want a sibling? Why wouldn’t he...
View ArticleThe Hunger of Our Hearts
They’re out there. Circling about like vultures, trying not to let me see them glance through the window as their mouths water in anticipation. I scoop the last of the freshly baked cookies onto the...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Excuse?
My kids and I rediscovered the joy of reading together this summer. We learned new words, gained knowledge about unfamiliar topics, and felt a sense of accomplishment as each page was turned. But...
View ArticleThe Battle of the Screens
I’ve had it with screens. Computer screens, television screens, smartphone screens. Screens on toys, screens in homes, screens in restaurants, screens in stores. Wherever you go, the screen is never...
View ArticlePlay Is One of Our Best Parenting Tools
I came across this wonderful short video featuring Tina Payne Bryson, co-author of the Whole-Brained Child. She gives us a few tips on how having a playful attitude with our kids can help us avoid...
View ArticleBut Jesus Is IN There!
As Joseph waited expectantly for my wise answer, I scrambled to think quickly but truthfully. I was preparing dinner one afternoon, when five-year old Joseph came running up to me with a serious look...
View Article5 Signs of a Successful Family
Last week my husband and I attended a workshop led by a couple who had once been on the brink of divorce. They had everything the world told them a successful family should have: two children, a...
View ArticlePlay Ball
“And it was simple. For my son, his love of t-ball wasn’t about the performance or the competition. It wasn’t even about playing with friends. It was about simply spending time with his father.” Ever...
View ArticleThe Art of Table Talk (with Kids)
“Too often we have a hard time with real dialogue, because we aren’t really very interested in what the other person is saying or who they are. We’re waiting for them shut up so we can get our point...
View ArticleTraditions: A Pleasant Tie that Binds Us by Kassie Ritman
“After our faith, tradition is one of the greatest gift we can share with our children. They tether our memories and comfort us alongside the liturgical waymarks of our years together.” As Christians,...
View ArticleWhen Your Child Asks You to Do It Again (and Again and Again!)
We’ve been pretty quiet here at CAPC! We generally put up a CLOSED sign during the last few weeks of December, but I had to share this little nugget. Every kid asks their parents to read them the same...
View ArticleYou Might As Well Laugh . . .
No matter how organized I tried to be as a mother of a large family, some days ended up chaotic, filled with clingy babies, messy toddlers, sick kids, mud baths, snarky teens, funny faces, too many...
View Article3 Benefits of Family Movie Night
On more than one occasion our Holy Father has urged parents to “waste time with your children.” I think we need his wise guidance. Some of us may be sacrificing family time because we worry or...
View ArticleMary Moments
If you’re like me (and I think most moms are), you’re always doing. Doing laundry. Doing dishes. Doing dinner. It’s our vocation, and it’s beautiful. Because, by its very nature, it requires us to...
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