
We often learned the hard way... at Boy Scouts, private and public school, sports, lude writing on playground, etc. It's hard in today's culture! Know who your kids are hanging out with and work on open communications with your children.
Picture Books
- Angel in the Waters by Regina Doman - beautiful story as a baby in the womb's angel guides her on her journey from conception to birth.
- The Princess and the Kiss: A Story of God's Gift of Purity by Jennie Bishop
Devotional to Accompany - Life Lessons from the Princess and the Kiss
Modesty
- Book for pre-teens: Beautiful Girlhood
Offers gentle guidance for preteen and teenage girls on how to become a godly woman. Full of charm and sentiment, it will help mother and daughter establish a comfortable rapport for discussions about building character, friendships, obedience, high ideals, a cheerful spirit, modest dress, a pure heart, and a consecrated life. There is a nice devotional/workbook we have used with it, as well. - Book: Dressing with Dignity, Colleen Hammond - How to talk to teenagers about the privilege of femininity so they will want to dress with dignity. How to awaken chivalry in men and be treated with respect. How to regain and teach the lost charm of interior and exterior femininity! How to dress in an attractive, dignified, classy manner! Specific documents about manners of dress from the Magisterium, the Popes and the Saints.
- Article: The Marylike Standards of Modesty in Dress as Set Down by the Vatican (Salve Maria Regina)

Chastity / Purity
For Both Boys and Girls
- Website: The Chastity Project - Ministry started by Jason and Crystalina Evert. For teenagers.
- Book: If You Really Loved Me: 100 Questions on Dating, Relationships, and Sexual Purity, Jason Evert
- Book: How to Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul, Jason & Christalina Evert
For Girls
- Pre-teens Beautiful Girlhood
Offers gentle guidance for preteen and teenage girls on how to become a godly woman. Full of charm and sentiment, it will help mother and daughter establish a comfortable rapport for discussions about building character, friendships, obedience, high ideals, a cheerful spirit, modest dress, a pure heart, and a consecrated life. There is a nice devotional/workbook we have used with it, as well. - Pamphlet: For Teen Girls: Pure Womanhood, Christalina Evert
For Boys
- Pamphlet: For Teen Boys: Pure Manhood, Jason Evert
For Parents
- Book: Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Raising Sexually Whole and Holy Kids, Gregory and Lisa Popcack
- Book for Parents: Raising Pure Teens, Jason Evert and Chris Stefanik
- Curriculum: Theology of the Body for Teens, full curriculum/book study by Ascension Press - my daughter taught this at Religious Ed classes recently and her remark was that, "It is really good, however, it doesn't touch much on confronting the gay lifestyle or the rising transgenderism issue."
Your Body and the Birds and the Bees
- Book: American Girl: The Care and Keeping of You edition 1 - We've not used the revised edition, so can only vouch for 1st edition. Secular, but done well.
For Boys
- Book: Listen, Son - 12 heart-to-heart talks to be given by Dad to his boys and young men about the mysterious processes of reproducing life. Presents timeless supernatural attitude in accord with Catholic principles. Graduated structure in three parts: ages 9-13; 14-16; 16-19. Suggestions for preserving purity.
- Book: Charity and Sex and the Young Man - The frankest book ever written for teenage boys Fr. Herbert Raterman was confessor and spiritual guide in a Cincinnati Jesuit prep school for many years. He developed a course on women and sex for teenage boys and their fathers, and spoke to them by the thousands. This small book repeats that course, treating the most delicate subjects with plain talk -- topics mothers simply cannot raise with their growing sons and many fathers, understandably, find difficult to discuss, masturbation principally among them.
** Note the description for the book on Amazon is INCORRECT. You can see a better description here.
- Book: The Joyful Mysteries of Life Written by Catholic parents for their own children, this book introduces the "facts of life" to pre-teens in a reverent and respectful manner by presenting the biological facts in the context of meditations on the joyful mysteries of the Rosary.
Pornography
- Book: Good Pictures, Bad pictures - Porn Proofing Today's Young Kids v. 1 - read-aloud story about a mom and dad who explain what pornography is, why it's dangerous, and how to reject it. We can only vouch for the first edition - haven't used the new one.
Same-sex Attraction / Homosexuality
- Video: Fr. Mike Schmitz 2020 SLS "Beyond No: What the Church has to say about same-sex attraction. (High School) Fr. Mike's explanations cover masturbation, contraception, same-sex attraction , pre-marital sex, a husband using his wife - anything that breaks the "unitive" and "procreative" ends to the sexual act - without exception.
- Video: Fr. Mike Schmitz 2016 Stuebenville Talk about Same-sex Attraction (High School)
If you are gay and Catholic, you belong in the Catholic Church.- you are not just 'tolerated' you BELONG. - Book: Made for Love:same sex attraction and the Catholic Church, by Fr. Mike
- Book: Gay and Catholic (11th - 12th grade)
Woman was living an active gay lifestyle, converted and is now happily living a chaste lifestyle.
Contraception and IVF
- Short Video: Catholic Teaching on IVF and Contraception (Fr. Mike Schmitz, 13 min)
- Video: Fr. Mike Schmitz 2020 SLS "Beyond No: What the Church has to say about same-sex attraction. (High School) Fr. Mike's explanations cover masturbation, contraception, same-sex attraction , pre-marital sex, a husband using his wife - anything that breaks the "unitive" and "procreative" ends to the sexual act - without exception.
- Website: Natural Family Planning resources from the Couple-to-Couple League
Finding your Spouse
- Book: How to Find Your Soulmate Without Losing Your Soul: 21 Secrets for Women - must read for every teenage girl.
"...discover 21 strategies to help you raise the bar, instead of sitting at it, waiting around for Mr. Wonderful."
Good Marriage Prep Books - start early!
- Book: His Brain, Her Brain This book is fascinating! Men and women are so different.
Dr. Walt and Barb Larimore explain how the unique design of each sex, particularly the unique brain and hormones of each, results in different habits, tendencies, and nuances of thought and action. - Book: Wild at Heart: Discovdering the Secret of a Man's Soul, John Eldredge (Christian). Eldredge provides a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be—dangerous, passionate, alive, and free.
- Book: Captivating: A Guided Journal to Aid in Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul (Christian) from the same author as previous book, but about women. "Every little girl has dreams of being rescued by the hero, of being swept away into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are taught to be tough, efficient, and independent. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, passionate lover, or capable home manager."
- Book for the Ladies: Fascinating Womanhood - Treat your man like a king, he'll treat you like a queen. This is tried and true. Oh, and if you throw this book across the room out of frustration with what Helen Andelin is telling you, you won't be the first.
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