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Parenting Pointer:You are not your child. Your success or failure as a parent is not dependent or your child's successes or failures. When things go well for your child, be happy for him or her. When things don't go well offer your understanding and support.
by Susan Vogt, www.SusanVogt.net

A web-site helping parents learn to talk to their children about sexuality at almost any age:www.talktothem.org

Check out Family Flyers! Ways to prayerfully talk to your children in many situations.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
A PARENTING RESOURCE

CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE AND BOOK SOURCE!!!
www.willyoublessme.com
We highly reccomend this book for all parents.

Because We Love Them
Fostering a Christian Sexuality in Our Children
by Sheree Witters Havlik


"Finally, a practical unimposing book on teaching children about the true meaning of sex! This book helps parents deepen their understanding of Christian sexuality and provides clever examples of imparting this wisdom to each developmental stage of a child." Diana F, Morin, LPC LMFT

Publisher:Sorin Books, 1-800-282-1865 or www.sorinbooks.com
A copy of this book is in the Diocesan Library

CHECK THIS OUT!!

If you are a fan of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, you are going to love the new www.FultonSheen.com site that has just launched. Hundreds of his talks are available. Listen free to Fulton Sheen Radio, which plays the talks 24/7. There are Radio On-Demand features as well that allow you to choose particular talks to listen to whenever you want. And you can also download any talks you want.

You can get (10) free Fulton Sheen talks for free to download. And there is also VIP membership available to join that gives you unlimited downloads of all talks available. Talks are being added all the time. You will be alerted by email whenever new talks are added when you sign up for free.

MOVIE WARNING

Golden Compass "children's" movie

THE GOLDEN COMPASS, a new movie targeted at children, will be released December 7, 2007. This movie is based on the first book of a trilogy by atheist Philip Pullman. In the final book a boy and girl kill God so they can do as they please. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that "My books are about killing God."

The movie is a watered down version of the first book and is designed to be very attractive in the hope unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie and that the children will want the books for Christmas. It stars Nicole Kidman; therefore, It will probably be advertised extensively, so it is crucial that we get the word out to warn parents to avoid this movie.

You can research this for yourself. Start with this article on Snopes.com, then go to Google.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

WARNING: KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO!

The following is an actual letter sent to Pat from a concerned parent. The parent's name was left off for privacy.
Dear Pat McCarthy,
I recently discovered my son listening to highly objectionable 'music', the
primary theme of which is serial killing and which glorifies John Wayne
Gacy, child abuse, and sexual violence, and promotes abortion.
The material is called 'Music For Children's Parties' by 'Active Nihilism'!!!
It was released by Decisive Sound Records:
http://www.reautomation.com/dsound.html
And is free to download here:
http://www.archive.org/details/Active_Nihilism-Music_For_Childrens_Parties-dsound-2006
I had no idea such material even existed, and if my child can find this then
so can other children.
What can be done?
Yours in Christ,
"Name left off this for privacy"

DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN GO TO THESE LINKS UNTIL YOU HAVE CHECKED THEM OUT!!!

Pat's Answer:
I will forward this information to our media consultant and ask her to network it out. I can also send it to our website and ask that a warning be put on our parents' page. We can also PRAY the protection of the blood of Jesus over our children every single day. Thank you for writing.

Pat


Parenting
PARENTING


The best way to increase the impact of the gathered church of the parish on the life of the domestic church of the home is to build strong partnerships with parents at every opportunity and to do that in a way that affirms as well as evangelizes, because the truth is that the life and vitality of families directly affects the life and vitality of the parish, the community and the world.



The following is a listing of programs available for presentation to parents. Presentation time can be adjusted to accommodate parish schedules.

  1. Parents -- Primary and essential Partners in the Education of Children
  2. Living, Working, Loving Forgiving -- The Best That Parents Can Teach
  3. Affection In Our Homes
  4. Discipline Discussion
  5. Creating Home Time and Making Creative Use of the Time We Have
  6. Praying for and With Our Children
  7. Openness In Communication Within the Family
  8. Sibling Rivalry
  9. Sharing Faith With Our Children
  10. Traits of Healthy Families
  11. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families -- An Overview
  12. Parent/Teen Evening on Communication -- We're All God's Children
  13. Evening of Affirmation and Reconciliation For Families
  14. Cultural Influences and Today's Family -- Learning From Catholic Social Teaching

For more information, please call the Marriage, Family and Respect Life Ministry Office at 1-800-788-4616 or 307-237-2723 or e-mail pat@dioceseofcheyenne.org

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Children with Special Needs

The National Apostolate for Inclusion Ministry is an organization a ministry for families with special needs children. They have teaching aids, parenting aids and tips for mass aids for these parents and families. They can be contacted at:
P.O. Box 219, Riverdale, MD 20738, phone:301-699-9500, toll free: 800-736-1280, e-mail at Qnafim@aol.com, or website: www.nafim.org

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THEOLOGY OF THE BODY
The best way to increase the impact of the gathered chuch of the parish on the life of the domestic church of the home is to build strong, affirming and evangelizing partnerships with families at every opportunity because the truth is that the life and vitality of families directly affects the life and vitality of the parish, the community and the world. For a year of study on this click here

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WELCOME YOUR CHILD
Family Enrichment at Baptism and Beyond
Cynthia Kritenbrink
Laura Baum-Parr
Mary Jo Pederson

!. Welcome Your Baby (Birth - 12 Months)

2.Welcome Your Toddler (12 - 18 Months)

3. Welcome Your Two-Year-Old (18 - 24 Months)

Strengthen the connection between the Parish and Young Families. Take advantage of the teachable moment when parents request baptism for their child! The BEST in Young Adult Evangelization & Young Parenting Classes!

Call Pat for more information at 1-800-788-4616 or
307-237-2723

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