“Before we began the adoption process, before we could be the parents our children needed us to be, I had to grieve those losses.  I had to offer my broken […]

“It is not our job to change our child. It is their job to change us.”  -Maggie Radzik Oh boy, do we have a treat for you!  In this podcast […]

“Without ideals we are aimless, but never let ideals eclipse the reality of our situation”  -Mike and Alicia Hernon Living life with infants and toddlers is no joke.  And the […]

There are many parents who look for advice from friends, and sometimes the responses are in the form of absolute declarations about the “only way” to parent.  In reality, many […]

“Give me an army of toddlers and I can overtake the world!,” …Dr. James Dobson once quipped. The toddler years are an amazing time of human development, but this transition […]

One thing that we at the Messy Family Project are passionate about is family culture. We call it “the secret weapon of the Catholic family” because it can be so […]

“Food is love, but it’s only love if it’s shared.” Fr. Leo Patalinghug   Do family dinners matter? You may have heard that they’re important for one reason or another. […]

“When parents nag kids, we get ignored.  When they nag us, we keep answering. Who is smarter?  Maybe we have strong-willed kids because we (parents) are not strong-willed.” ~ Dr. […]

“Without ideals we are aimless, but never let ideals eclipse the reality of our situation” ~ Mike and Alicia Hernon   When you have toddlers in the house, things tend […]

“Each day be conscious of your duty to be a saint. — A saint! And that doesn’t mean doing strange things. It means a daily struggle in the interior life […]