Boyhood used to be a time of liberation and fun -- of catching bullfrogs, playing tackle football, and roaming the woods -- but not any more. Rambunctious, spirited boys (healthy boys) nowadays face an increasingly hostile world that doesn't value the unique gifts of boys, that discounts their masculine virtues, and that undermines what boys need to become mature, confident, thoughtful men.
More needed than ever in these times of war and liberal self-doubt, Lynne Cheney's America: A Patriotic Primer is an alphabet primer in which A is for America and B is for "the Birthday of this country of ours"! Exuberantly illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, this book takes your kids on a whirlwind tour through the alphabet to teach them the history, values, tenacity, and faith of the American people. read more
. . . full of old-fashioned fun and friendship and virtue. No wonder that for 60 years young girls have been reading and rereading these four delightful Betsy-Tacy stories. Now your daughters can do the same. But don’t forget yourself. Did you miss these way back when? Is it time to revive some old memories? Reading these stories aloud to your girls could be the perfect way. In fact, that’s how the series got started. read more
Over the past few decades, as our nation's divorce rate has skyrocketed (almost one in two first marriages now end in divorce), a divorce "happy talk" industry has sprung up to stress the alleged positive effects of divorce on all involved. But rarely do we hear about the real and lasting negative effects divorce has, especially on the approximately one million children whose parents divorce each year. Now, in Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce, Elizabeth Marquardt draws on the findings of her own pioneering nationwide study of children of divorce to reveal, in shocking detail, how divorce dramatically warps the inner lives of children.
The facts are disturbing, to say the least: Fully one-third of men ages 22-34 are still living at home with their parents -- about a 100 percent increase in the past twenty years. For the first time in history, American men in their 30s earn about 12% less than their fathers did at the same age. Meanwhile, boys nationwide are conspicuously absent from the top 10% of graduating high-school classes; fewer are going to college; and women are already outnumbering men at undergraduate institutions three to two. What is happening to our young men?
Ever since Walter R. Brooks created Freddy back in 1927, this resourceful pig has been beloved by kids and parents alike. In Brooks' series of wry and winsome adventures, Freddy assumes an amazing number of vocations and avocations, leads his band of talking animals through marvelous adventures, and always provides hours of good fun for young readers read more
Ever since Walter R. Brooks created Freddy back in 1927, this resourceful pig has been beloved by kids and parents alike. In Brooks’ series of wry and winsome adventures, Freddy assumes an amazing number of vocations and avocations, leads his band of talking animals through marvelous adventures, and always provides hours of good fun for young readers. read more
In these days when even the dolls in suburban toy stores are dressed like strippers ... when mainstream clothing retailers market thongs to pre-teen girls ... when homemade sex tapes have become star-making vehicles for the likes of Paris Hilton ... it might seem that the powerful forces arrayed against the chastity and innocence of American girls have finally and irreversibly triumphed. But, just when all seems bleakest, resistance is coming
from an unexpected quarter: the girls themselves. Now, in Wendy Shalit's Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good, you can hear the voices at the frontlines of this emerging new
movement.
A dark figure stood behind the bale. A flare of light crossed the corner and I saw who it was. It was Jotham and there was something with him, something small that was clinging to him and trying to hide. One of the guards was coming to the corner. I turned toward him, my body shielding Jotham and the child from his sight. I felt the point of the knife at the back of my neck.
Is there a better way to show your children their faith than through the lives of the saints? Written especially for parents to read to pre-schoolers and lower grade children, this newly republished book of saints easily engages youngsters in the stories of the men and women and, yes, even children whose lives embody both great faith and virtue. Each of the 14 stories is told with an eye to capturing a young child's interest and imagination -- and showing them virtues in practice. Not to mention introducing them to places and times they should know about. read more
In King Solomon's Mines, three men set out on a journey into the heart of Africa to search for a lost friend. They stumble upon an unknown country and learn of a diamond mine, from which no one has ever returned. read more
The words of George Washington still inspire Americans. In this collection, compiled in 1854, you will find excerpts from writings and speeches that touched on such topics as: republicanism, civil liberties, taxes, states rights, religion, the Constitution, and honesty. read more
Somehow, all little children know it's true -- when they're sleeping or away from home, their toys come alive, performing feats of daring-do and going on grand adventures (which is why kids can never find their toys where they left them). Now, in one enchanting volume, delight to 8 best-loved tales that prove the secret magic of toys. read more
In this handy guide you’ll find all you need to know to make a scientific expedition to the beach (or to a rocky shore, a salt marsh, and more). The author, science professor Elizabeth Lawlor, is completely practical: along with guidelines about what to take along in order to perform mini-scientific experiments right at the beach, she includes advice about how to dress and other ways you can be prepared for anything that might arise.
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When Walt Disney died in 1966, he left a company known as a bastion of family entertainment. Now, thirty years later, Disney has grown into a multi-national conglomerate selling pornography, violent song lyrics, and anti-Christian messages to your children. read more
Morning had fallen on a modest stable just outside Jerusalem, where Hannibal and his friends live. Suddenly, excitement fills the place as a kindly stranger arrives. read more
First published over fifty years ago, How to Raise Good Catholic Children is an enduringly wise and readable book on child care that derives its wisdom from the Catholic home rather than from psychologists. Author Mary Reed Newland here draws on her own experiences as the mother of seven to show how the classic Christian principles of sanctity can be translated into terms easily applied to children --- even to the very young! And because it's rooted in experience, not in theory, nothing that Mrs. Newland suggests is impossible or extraordinary. read more
Today's parents: intimidated by "experts." Afraid to make moral judgments on their children's behavior. Desperate to praise and "affirm" their children no matter what they do. Criticism? Discipline? Forget it. Exercising a guiding role in their kids' lives? Inconceivable. Parents do this because they have accepted the dogma that this is the only way to make their kids happy. But in It Takes A Parent, syndicated columnist and veteran mom Betsy Hart argues that this all-pervasive hands-off approach to our nation's children has been an unmitigated disaster. She proves here that all it has done is create legions of helpless, wayward, and often violent children and teens -- as well as untold numbers of miserable moms and dads.
