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A great reflection by More2Life Radio contributor, Kim Cameron-Smith of IntentionalCatholicParenting.com<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

So how do we keep our kids Catholic, then?\u00a0 We build a strong Catholic home culture and\u00a0we love our children unconditionally.\u00a0 We respond\u00a0to their legitimate needs with respect and tenderness.\u00a0 We parent with grace and authority, but never strident, rude,\u00a0controlling coldness.\u00a0 This is a difference between authoritative parenting (clear expectations\u00a0guided by warmth and acceptance) and authoritarian parenting (an expectation of blind obedience with threat of severe consequences for disobedience).\u00a0 The fact is, and this\u00a0statement is supported\u00a0in the scientific literature, children who are securely attached to their parents are far more likely to internalize the values and religious faith (or non-faith)\u00a0of their parents; children who are insecurely attached are far less likely to internalize those values or that faith.\u00a0 That means we can have all the family Rosaries we want, but if we scare our kids, ignore them, threaten them, make them feel invisible, stupid, or bad, then they will be easy pickins for the goofy stuff they\u2019ll encounter in adulthood that masquerades as deeper\u00a0meaning.\u00a0\u00a0 READ MORE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>For more information on raising Catholic kids check out a copy of Parenting with Grace:\u00a0\u00a0The Catholic Parents\u2019 Guide to Raising (almost) Perfect Kids!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"