Parents are all too familiar with the sort of anxiety that can subconsciously nag at you all day long, before really kicking in at night. It is good to call upon the angels in times of worry and uncertainty.
A reader writes in with a real-life scenario: “A 13-year-old makes a vow to God not to play Mortal Kombat ever again as long as God relieves the temporary pain and discomfort they had. He did this also because, at the time,
When her kids were little and they were house hunting, Simcha Fisher promised them that they would find a house where they could hook up a hose: “The place we’d been renting before had no hose spigot, and even though we went
The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate the war, Pope Francis' peace envoy said upon his return from his mission to Moscow.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian
A reader asks: “What of children who die in the womb or of babies and young children who die before baptism? Can we suppose that they are in heaven?” While the Scriptures do not address such a matter, and God has not
News that the U.S. surgeon general recently issued a major warning about children’s use of social media certainly won’t come as a surprise to most people — just as it’s clear that smoking around children is a terrible act. With that said,
A new Utah law, SB 287, which went into effect on May 3, began to restrict minors’ access to pornographic websites. The law requires websites that distribute “pornography and other materials defined as being harmful to minors” to implement age-verification systems that
Award-winning columnist Simcha Fisher responds to a tweet asking Catholics how they can send their kids to confession when so many priests over the past decades were sexual abusers. Fisher replies by giving parents four tips in how they can help to
When he grows up, third-grader Teddy Howell, a member of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Newport, wants to be a podcaster and a priest. At 9 years old, he already has achieved one of those goals with the recent launch of his
Parents are the best online gaming partner kids can have in the fight against predators, say experts
Online gaming presents unprecedented risks to kids' safety, but parents remain the best defense against child exploitation -- even if they're not tech savvy, experts told OSV News.
"The more we have healthy parental involvement, and the more parents are engaged in their