parenting

How Not to Parent Like the Left 0
- Family, Featured, MomThink, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 17, 2026
Have you ever noticed the connection which seems to exist between the radical left and radical Islam? Sirvan Karimi studied this question in a 2025 article, noting that the partnership between these two groups “has trivialized the left’s anti-oppression commitment.” He also notes that the shared hatred of Western civilization may be the magnet between the
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The Joy of Being the “Default Parent”0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink
- January 10, 2026
Author and mother Gina Bontempo noted on X recently that the online uproar over a woman being the “default parent” in her child’s life smacks of the lie that men and women can, and should, be treated as interchangeable. For those unfamiliar with internet lingo, the phenomenon in question is as old as mothers and
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The Analog-Digital Battle Your Children Need to Win 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature
- December 22, 2025
I recently called attention to Beth McMurtrie’s piece, “Is This the End of Reading?” which discusses the decline of reading in our schools and universities. McMurtrie’s piece ended on a bleak note with comments from a professor who suggested that we’re “entering into a hybrid oral-written culture.” He concluded, “Humanity is going to take its
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Kids Don’t Need to Spend So Much Time in School 6
- Education, Culture, Family, Featured, Western Civilization
- December 3, 2025
When most people hear that my siblings and I graduated high school years ahead of normal, scored high on state-standardized tests, and attended top colleges and universities, they generally assume our schooling was extremely strict, long, and arduous. Our schooling was challenging, but it was never impossible. In fact, I realized only years later how
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Why the ‘Rite of Passage’ Needs to Make a Comeback 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, MomThink, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- December 1, 2025
A friend of mine recently relayed the story of how her daughter asked why she couldn’t get her ears pierced like her older sister. “Well, she’s more responsible,” was the gist of my friend’s reply to her daughter, “and when you learn to be more responsible, you can get yours pierced too.” Lo and behold,
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Why You Should Invite Children to Your Wedding 0
- Family, Culture, Featured, MomThink, Western Civilization
- October 27, 2025
Two years ago, my wedding day went south when a young child pulled the fire alarm a couple hours into the reception, forcing everyone to evacuate as we waited for the fire station to turn it off. It was raining. My dress was soaked, my hair was ruined, and for a minute I thought my
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