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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Guest Bloggers

Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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New Missal Resource for Catholic Kids

Have you read Daria’s article about the upcoming changes to the language we use in the Mass? If you read all the way to the end, you will see that we grown ups have many resources for learning more about these changes and preparing for them.

But how can we best prepare our children for changes in the Mass? A great book to use is The Mass Explained for Kids (scroll down), upcoming from Pauline Books.... READ MORE 


Expand Our Vocabulary

out of the mouths of babes...

For years the Washington Post had a columnist who ran a weekly contest for what he called “neologisms:” new words for common experiences.

It was a Friday ritual to read the winning entries—along with Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side—while enjoying the morning’s coffee.

None of those clever folks in the pages of “Bob Levy’s Washington,” however, could hold a candle to your average three-to-five year... READ MORE 


Parenting Brilliance

let's share strategies

Here’s my Question of the Day: what have you found to be the most effective method for eradicating potty mouth?

Rebecca’s recent post (though not directly related) has me thinking about the universal challenge of teaching our children the importance of acceptable language and also nipping unacceptable usage in the bud. This can be tough! I can talk about using good language until I’m blue in the face... READ MORE 


Pop Culture

Arwen once posted on the great soda versus pop controversy.

For reasons beyond fathoming, someone has taken it upon himself to gather data and map our generic terms for soft drinks by region.

Basically you say “pop” if you’re from the North, “Coke” if you’re from the South, and “Soda” if you’re from the Northeast, California, or the southern-most tip of Florida (snowbirds?).

What’s sort of amusing to speculate about is regional particularities. For example, why does half of Missouri say “soda,” when all its neighboring states are in the “pop” or “coke” camp?

And what is with that tiny region of central Mississippi which insists on “pop” in a state of “Coke”-sayers? 

Maybe there’s a Pepsi plant there. 


An Unfortunate Choice of Words

What do you think of Jennifer Aniston's recent gaffe?

Over the weekend, I blogged at our sister site, NCRegister.com, about Jennifer Aniston’s recent use of the “R” word.

I was intrigued by the discussion that followed my comments there.

I normally scoff at most forms of “political correctness” but I have to admit that the word retard, even when used in a joking or self-deprecating way—really does bother me.

This actually isn’t about Jennifer Aniston.... READ MORE 


The Queen & I

apparently we share a pet peeve

The Queen of England has a small request.

Sensible woman!

What idiomatic expressions—or corruptions thereof—could you do without?

 


Beyond Soda vs. Pop

Fun with vocabulary variety

Not long before my sister married her husband, she travelled across the country to Idaho to meet his family. At one point during her visit, she got caught in a funny situation while conversing with two of her future sisters-in-law.

The topic of the conversation was gardening, and Sister A mentioned that she liked to wear thongs when pulling weeds. Sister B expressed her disbelief: how could this possibly... READ MORE 


The Wittiest Romance

Are you a Jane Austen fan?

I was in high school when I first saw the film You’ve Got Mail, and I remember being bewildered by the main character’s professed yearly rereading of Pride and Prejudice. Why, I wondered, would anyone want to read that book more than once? I’d slogged through it because I had an idea that every well-read person should be familiar with Austen, but my fifteen-year-old self had not been impressed. I... READ MORE 


Juvenile Kineto Osmosis

Kids get their energy where?

I think I’ve mentioned before that I come from a nerdy family. We like language. We do not say “decimate” when we mean “annihilate” and we do not say that things make us “nauseous.” If one of us uses the word “myself” when he should use “I” or “me,” he’s sure to get the evil eye from at least one other family member.

Some of you are probably shuddering at that idea, but our family’s obsession is fun... READ MORE 


Talk to Me, Kid

How has your child surprised you?

I’m the oldest of six children, so I was around when my five younger siblings were babies and toddlers.  I thought I was paying attention, but I guess I wasn’t, because a huge amount of the development of my little ones is completely new to me.

I remember my brothers and sisters learning to talk.  They talked a lot.  Nevertheless, observing my daughter’s verbal development over the past eighteen months,... READ MORE 


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