Free Resources
Teaching the Way of Love exists to empower parents to embrace their role as the primary educators of their children. To that end, we are constantly producing free resources to help you be a stronger, more confident parent capable of leading your children according to God's plan.
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The TWL Blog is your go-to place for parenting wisdom. We created the blog as the main supplemental resource for the Teaching the Way of Love program. Browse the articles or filter by parenting stage.
Are you looking for parenting articles to add to a newsletter or mailing? Teaching the Way of Love develops a new newsletter series every year. Choose a theme and print a new parenting article every month. We ask only that you print the articles as-is, including the author box at the end.
Do you struggle to talk with your child about the gift of fertility? These videos explain fertility and anatomy within the context of God's loving plan for sex, marriage, and family. We recommend that parents watch the "for parents only" videos first, then watch the "for parents and youth" videos with their child.
These downloads, PDF files and links to other websites give you practical tactics and strategies to improve your parenting. Most of them flow from a specific topic within the Teaching the Way of Love program, but you'll find them useful even before you purchase the program.
What To Expect - Personality Development by Grade Level This document offers some characteristics of personal development at each grade level. How do children interact with the world? What do they need for healthy development? What are they learning and how do they learn?
Catholic Prayers to Teach Your Children Basic Prayers of the Catholic Faith
Quick Reference Cards: 10 Ways to Pray Discover quick outlines for 10 different prayer methods, including the Liturgy of the Hours, the Lectio Divina, the Rosary and Eucharistic Adoration.
Foster Faith Prayers to help be a better parent (Includes How to Say the Rosary and the Chaplet of Devine Mercy)
Conflict Resolution and Sharing Concerns Worksheet that describes how conflicts occur and a system to use to resolve conflict.
Develop Healthy Media Habits As a parent, there are many ways you can help your child develop positive media habits. Here is a list of tips to help your family use media more prudently.
What Makes a Family Holy? Homily by Father Robert Barron of Word On Fire given on the Feast of the Holy Family 2012. Fr. Barron discusses what exactly it means for a family to imitate the Holy Family and to become holy.
What Can I Expect - Home Maintenance Expectations. Authoritative parents expect that their children will contribute to the well-being of the family by taking on the responsibility of certain household chores. Three areas of basic life skills which should be expected are: cleaning a house and keeping it that way, planning/selecting and preparing healthy meals, budget and making appropriate purchases. This guide helps you to determine what expectations your child should be able to handle based on their age.
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Questions Youth Should Discuss With Parents
Worksheet of eight questions youth should think about and discuss with their parents.
Standards Discussion Guide
Worksheet that describes eight areas of family life that parents and youth of middle school age need to discuss and prepare standards for.
Theology of the Body:A Catechesis into the Fullness of Love
An article published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Theology of the Body by Father José Granados, a Member of the Disciples of the Hearts. Father Granados explains how human love is tied to divine love, making it sacred and beautiful.
Married Love and the Gift of Life
Emergency Contraceptive Fails to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies and Abortions
Researchers Agree with the Pope about Condoms and AIDS
Great Access to Contraception Does not Reduce Abortions
Theology of the Body According to Pope John Paul II
Is Your Child Mature?
Worksheet that will help you take a reality check of your child’s emotional and social maturity
A Breath of Fresh Air
Five messages on Chastity that will put a smile on your face!
Healthy Relationship Development
Keeping our children safe from those who would abuse them is of primary importance to every parent. This is a list of ten parental actions that have a direct impact on a child’s health and safety. When these actions are consistently demonstrated by parents, their children are more likely to be safe and less likely to be susceptible to the emotional grooming of a predator.
Forming a Catholic Conscience Mark S. Latkovic describes the stages of forming a conscience in our children.
We are in the process of producing free video classes for each parenting stage. These free classes will be available soon, so be sure to check back!