Multi-media resources

1. Seeking a solid education in a liquid society (Article)

How should people learn to be protagonists in the changes that our society needs?

2. Educating in the the New Technologies (Article)

Technology shapes to a great extent our lives today. We need to be in control of it so that its use helps us grow in virtue.

3. The social dilemma (Movie documentary)

A powerful documentary explaining the AI behind social media that makes you feel you are navigating freely while leading you along to spend money.

4. More that just video games (Video)

Parents are faced with unique challenges of trying to raise their children understanding that there is a lot more to enjoy in the world beyond television and video games. Some of the families who have made the transition share the challenges and joys of taking this firm decision to guide their children towards healthier entertainment.

5. Does your teen want social media? (Video)

Katy from CanaVox recommends implementing the 4 step apprenticeship model when introducing social media to your teens. 

6. How do video games affect brain development in children? (Article)

Experts examine the effects of video games on the brain to show that parts of the brain can atrophy with excess use of video games.

7. Every kid needs a champion (video)

A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human and personal level.

8. Right and Wrong (Doodle video)

C. S. Lewis explores the notions of Right and Wrong as clues to the meaning of the Universe

9. The lost tools of learning (Article)

Dorothy Sayers suggests that modern education is failing to transmit proper tools for critical thinking which make people vulnerable to manipulation by the media.

10. “Grit”: The power of passion and perseverance (Video)

Angela Lee Duckworth describes her research findings showing the importance of “grit” for success.

11. Educating in Chastity and love (article)

Louise Kirk explains the gaps in many of the mainstream sex education programs and suggest that the approach of Alive to the World addresses these issues

12. The power of vulnerability (video)

Researcher Brené Browne describes her research that demonstrated the importance of relationships for happiness

13. We Can’t outsource conscience (Article with embedded video)

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Templeton speech on the need for critical thinking and responsible decision making.

14. The dangers of the media – internet pornography (Video)

This video provides facts and true stories to help parents to be more aware of the dangers of the media in exposing their children to pornography in ways they may find surprising.

12. The dangers of the media – child predators (Video)

This video provides facts and true stories to help parents to be more aware of the dangers of the media in exposing their children to predators.

1. Body and soul (Video)

A synopsis of the classical understanding of the distinction yet unity between the body and the soul

2. The existence of the human soul (Text)

Here are some arguments that illustrate the existence of a spiritual soul in man.

3. Human Freedom (text)

Cormac Burke explains freedom and its connection with commitment, responsibility, love and obedience.

4. Virtue and happiness (Video)

A short video showing the importance of virtue for happiness

5. Man’s Search for meaning by Victor Frankl (pdf). See also book summary (video clip)

An inspiring story from a concentration camp survivor about the role of meaning in life for survival.

6. Modernity and Morality (video)

Bishop Baron shows how the understanding of morality today in many sectors is shaped by the subjective twist of modern philosophy.

7. The importance of relationships for happiness (TED talk by Robert Waldinger)

What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness

8. Standing on the shoulders of giants (TED talk by Austin Stanford)

Austin Stanford discusses the importance of intentionally seeking out mentors while also being aware enough to learn from those who color our stories, whether intentionally or inadvertently, every day.

9. Happiness and the meaning of life (Video presentation)

The first in a series of six talks on happiness by Jennifer Frey. She shows that happiness demands self control and the search for the truth.

10. Mastering yourself (text)

The struggle to live temperance helps us to have a more fully human life

11. Happiness and the good life (Video presentation)

The second in a series of six talks on happiness by Jennifer Frey. She explains the inadequacy of subjectivism and the importance of openness to others for a happy life.

12. Sin as selfish destruction (Video presentation)

Fourth in the series of videos by Dr. Jennifer Frey on happiness.

13. Tragic optimism (text)

Victor Frankl explains his work using logotherapy to help people to deal with tragic experiences.

1. Your Baby’s Brain by Dr. Gail Gross (Web pages)

Today, neuroscience shows us what parents and educators have long suspected: your child needs quality bonding time with other human beings from the very beginning, especially from his/her parents.

    Part 1: Nurture Is As Important As Nature

    Part 2: Environmental Influence

    Part 3: Windows of Opportunity

2. An introduction to interpersonal neurobiology (web page)

Dr. Dan Siegel brings many fields of study together to explore interpersonal communication.

3. Attachment Trauma and Effect (video)

Dr. Allan Schore on Attachment Trauma and Effects of Neglect and Abuse on Brain Development

4. Helping children regulate their emotions (Video)

Dr. Allan Schore on How to Help Children Regulate Their Emotional States

5. A psychoanalytical look at sex education today (text)

Dr. Melvin Anchell suggest that sex education ought to be adapted to three natural phases in the development of a child.

6. Talking about sex to your children (text)

Cana Vox tips for speaking to your children about sex according to age.

7. Helping our children thrive in a confusing time (Video)

Author and speaker Meg Meeker talks about the challenge of hyper-sexualization faced by children today and how parents can protect them. She highlights the important role of fathers in this task.

8. Male and female he created them (text)

A summary of the teaching of the Catholic Church on the complementarity between the sexes

9. Navigating Gender Ideology (video presentation)

Ana Samuel talks about the shortcomings in the current trends in the media regarding gender differences

10. The gender equality paradox (Video)

A dutch journalist explores gender equality

11. Chastity and pornography addiction (text)

Dr. Kevin Majeres provides a useful framework for understanding and practicing chastity

12. Internet Pornography – the numbers (Web page)

There’s significant research emanating from academic circles which suggests that online pornography is not without significant social and economic costs.

13. The Dump Him List (Video)

Crystalina Evert, co-author of “How to Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul,” offers a list of more than a dozen signs that it’s time to let go of your relationship. If you hope to find lasting love, then it’s time to stop ignoring the red flags.

13. Unplanned (Movie)

Based on the real life story of Abby Johnson who discovers the incoherency in Planned Parenthood policies as she rises through the ranks of this organization. She comes to understand the horror of abortion and has to reconcile within herself the abortions she had and those she facilitated.

14. Curiosity. Life before birth (Video)

A documentary revealing the marvels that occur in a woman’s body when she conceives and nurtures a child in her womb.

1. Virtue, Friendship and happiness (Video presentation)

Third in the series of videos by Dr. Jennifer Frey on happiness. 

2. The perennial value of the family (text)

Researcher David Isaacs explains three characteristics of the family that give it perennial value.

3. Connect to reconnect (Video)

A moving clip encouraging family members to get to know each other.

4. The love Friendship (Article)

Five key truths about friendship from C.S. Lewis.

CanaVox (website)

Rooted in natural law, social science and plain good sense, CanaVox provides support and instruction on the meaning and magnificence of marriage to help you start a study group with your friends.

5. Rethinking Contraception 50 years after Humanae Vitae

Here are four links. Two provide info from a health perspective and the other two give  a moral analysis. 
1. Birth control methods compared (Table)

2. Birth control and women’s brains (TED talk)

3. The fallout of the sexual revolution and the pill (Article)
See also the video clip: Adam and Eve and pill 

6. Contraception and social change (Video)

7. Effect of Natural Family Planning on Marital Dynamics (text)

A recent study shows that couples using Natural Family Planning find it beneficial to their marriages because it respects the natural fertility cycles in the woman and improves communication between the spouses as they plan their family and intimacy together. There is, however, the challenge of abstaining.

8. Fertility Awareness (website)

Natural Womanhood is a relatively new website that explains new research on the female fertility cycle showing how it relates to the overall health of the woman.

9. The Billings Ovulation Method (website)

The Billings Ovulation Method®is a natural method of fertility management. It is a simple way to postpone or achieve pregnancy and monitor reproductive health without drugs or devices.

10. How to speak to your children about sexuality – the fertility cycle (text)

A mother explains the female fertility cycle to her daughter.

11. The science of female menstrual health has huge gaps (article)

This article comments on a piece in Scientific American on why there is so much taboo and lack of research on menstrual health.

12. In Vitro Fertilization. The human cost (article)

Scientific research shows that there are huge downsides to IVF that should not be ignored nor taken lightly.

13. Reasons to oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide (article)

This article presents five points to explain why euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be supported

14. The virtue of justice (Power point presentation)

An in depth presentation of the three types of justice: commutative justice, legal justice and social justice.

15. Fighting corruption (TED talk)

Using the economic crisis in Greece as an example, Nikos Passas looks at the causes of corruption and how it undermines the economy of a nation.

16. A politics of “we” (TED talk)

In this electrifying talk, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives us three specific ways we can move from the politics of “me” to the politics of “all of us, together.”

17. The science of kindness (video)

There are scientifically proven benefits to being kind! It is contagious, teachable, and makes you feel happy inside.