The Cottage at Bantry Bay, Francie on the Run, and Pegeen are charming, wholesome, fun-filled tales of Catholic family life in 1940s Ireland that are humorous and heartwarming. In these ...

It’s been almost thirty years since I was homeschooled in sixth grade. Since that time, compared to most human endeavors, homeschooling has answered its critics so resoundingly that it has ...

Mother of 4 and speaker, Carole Breslin knows how home educators can get worn out or discouraged. Find out the 6 causes of burnout, and how to avoid it.

When I give talks at home schooling conferences, newly married couples sometimes ask for advice. I’m impressed that these parents care enough about their responsibilities that even before having children, ...

We sometimes receive calls asking “Why should I study Algebra? I’ll never use it again,” or “Why should I study literature? There’s nothing practical in it,” or “Why should I ...

Ginny Seuffert knows how travelling, keeping the home 'guest-ready', and socializing can feel like too much work. Here are ideas to kickstart family fun!

In these difficult times in our country and in our families, when fathers are losing jobs and events around us are causing societal turmoil, we might consider a true story ...

During the recent blizzard that befell the state of Virginia—a storm that dumped about three feet of snow on the little hamlet of Front Royal—our house lost electric power for ...

Homeschool dad John Clark explains that catching up is a process, not an event. Sometimes taking time to explain the concepts makes a big difference.

Homeschool veteran Ginny Seuffert walks us through three areas in which students often need help: math, foreign languages and dual enrollments.  Seton’s proven high school program, focused on excellence, with ...

While we often tell stories to our young children without books, also be sure to read stories showing pictures in a picture book. Read to your child stories of saints, ...

When I began my professional career, my schedule was a bit hectic. I would leave at 5:30AM, fight my way through traffic for about ninety minutes and arrive for work. ...

This column is intended to support and encourage Seton parents by giving practical tips based on my own two- decade experience home schooling with the Seton program. Occasionally, my spirit ...

For nearly the whole of 2009, Seton has been occupied with matters of accreditation. In order to maintain accreditation, a school must perform a self-evaluation every five years and must ...

Whether it comes in the persons of Odysseus and Penelope, Romeo and Juliet, or Jamal and Latika, from the ancient Greeks to modern times, every society has glamorized love stories. ...

by Erin Duffy The first thing to realize when teaching a child to write is that writing is a skill. Obviously, the gift of a natural talent for writing is ...

Raising kids Catholic is what home schooling is all about for us Catholics. However, sometimes parents lose sight of the big picture and focus too much on the immediate picture. ...

As I started thinking about what to write about this month, I kept drawing a blank. That is rare for me. It’s not as though nothing important has happened since ...

The home schooling apostolate is a truly counter cultural movement, a contradiction to the current self-obsessed culture. The home schooling apostolate is evidence of an attitude of service to others ...

As a former college baseball coach and a lover of the game, I am frequently guilty of reducing life’s greatest lessons to a series of baseball analogies. I often tell ...