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Caitie continues her school adventure, teaching our daughters to be manipulative, respect for our bodies and Sean has a rant about a loony Tory MP – deep breaths, deep breaths.
Today’s 60 Second Saint is St Theodore of Canterbury.
Links:
End Music “Quiet Enough”, by Jon Niven, available through www.musicalley.com
Catholic News from The Catholic Herald, www.catholicherald.co.uk
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Just listened to #49. . . . during both Family Stuff (the audio clip) and Catholic News, you got a standing ovation on your stance on the two issues!! Keep preaching it Sean!! I like getting the reinforcement from a fellow dad that I’m doing the right thing.
BTW, if you want to hear from news going on “in my part of the world” as the Podfather would say, download the latest Catholic Answers Live from iTunes. I believe the guest is Fr. Vincent Serpa, EWTN/AveMaria chaplain. A local (Norwood MA) parish just received a new pastor/monsignor, and caused quite a stir in changes he made to the parish’s mission statement in the weekly bulletin. Please let me know your thoughts when you hear it.
Peace,
Dan
Hi Dan, old bean – great to hear from you, I’m trying to locate the episiode on iTunes to listent to in the car tomorrow! Take care and God Bless, Sean
Hi Dan – I did kind of go off on one, but sometimes I get completely exasperated at the inanity of some people’s thinking (or lack thereof!!). Take care buddy, great to hear that you and your lovely family are so well.
You are way overthinking the whole nudity thing. As the father of a little girl, it is also your responsibility to teach her about personal boundaries.
The easiest way is to teach her about privacy and bathroom etiquette. Just tell her that privacy means spending time by yourself and everyone needs privacy sometimes–even her. Now bathroom etiquette…teach her to knock on a closed door and not to open it until given leave to do so. Now since she is little, it isn’t a big deal when she forgets (and she will forget), but practice is important. If she forgets, make her leave the bathroom and knock on the door and wait for you to tell her to open it. It won’t take long for her to get the hang of it. You should dissuade her from banging on the door because it is rude not out of a concern over nudity.
As for you…shut the door when you use the bathroom (don’t worry about locking it) and bring your underclothes into the bathroom when you shower. That’s it.
Hope this helps,
Jenny
Hi Jenny! Thank you for posting a comment – it’s featured in the latest episode which came out today! Great advice, thank you. God Bless and thank you for listening. Sean