Ken Guidroz’s “Letters for my Son in Prison”: A Father’s Love Shared Through Stories
We tend to think of reading to children in utilitarian terms: better SAT scores and verbal skills, improved abstract thinking and reading […]
George MacDonald’s “At the Back of the North Wind” and the Paradox of Happiness
But to try to make others comfortable is the only way to get right comfortable ourselves, and that comes partly of not […]
A Lively Conversation on the Catholic Current
Earlier this month, I had the great pleasure of conversing of an hour with the sharp-as-a-tack Fr. McTeigue of the Society of […]
Venting: The Vice of Our Current Age and Finding an Alternative to Counseling
Most people hold an oddly mechanistic view of our emotions and the biological chemicals at play when we experience them. A new […]
When Raising Kids, Sometimes Less Really is More
Writing at the Federalist recently, I offered some thoughts on a study from earlier this year on the rise of mental disorders […]
What to Read to Children: Finding Book Recommendations in Unlikely Places
What you read as a child (whether read aloud to you or read to yourself) says a lot about who you are. […]
Layaway vs. Afterpay: Thinking about How to Effectively Incentivize Ourselves
When was the last time you heard about someone putting something on layaway? It used to be that stores advertised the option […]
The Wrath of a Housewife Spurned
The stay-at-home mother is considered maximally flexible. What could she possibly have going on? This total flexibility is quickly filled up with […]
“A Dog Who Follows Gladly”: Children’s Fable and a Fine Introduction to Stoicism
What a happy discovery to find Stoic Simple, the work of Phil Van Treuren. I have written before about my love of […]
Julie Phillips’ “The Baby on the Fire Escape”: Incomplete Thoughts on Motherhood and Art
If you talk to enough women who are fascinated by the interplay between motherhood and creative endeavors, you will get the recommendation […]