The following articles lay out for you some basics of good parenting. These basics make up the foundation of the other articles on this website. So this is a great place to start!

Begin with the End in Mind
The goal of parenting is to raise happy, healthy and holy adults. Having an image of what that looks like helps you to set goals that guide your parenting strategy.

What Works
What strategies work in parents? Pope John Paul II has offered families four tasks that help families realize their true purpose. These tasks really do point families in the right direction! You’ll also discover specific ways your family can accomplish each of these tasks.

What Doesn’t Work
Discover eight mistakes that parents frequently make. More importantly, find out how to avoid making this mistakes in your own family!

Parenting Styles
Psychologists have identified four parenting styles that nearly every parent falls into. Only one of these parenting styles matches the Catholic concept of authentic authority. That is also the parenting style that psychologists tell us have the best parenting outcomes. Go figure, huh?

Parenting Stages
As your children grow, your goals and strategies as a parent need to grow with them. Learn what goals to set and which strategies work best for each stage of parenting. These goals and strategies are all based on the four tasks of the family that you read about in “What Works.”

Non-Traditional Parenting
If you are a single parent or a step parent or in some other non-traditional parenting situation, we want you to know that the knowledge and strategies on this website is for you too! You may have to work harder, and your situation may call for a slightly different approach. We’ll explore those differences here.