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Lisa Popcak

Lisa Popcak is the vice president of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, a family-life coach, lactation consultant and professional educator. For more great parenting resources visit CatholicHOM.com.

Preventing the nightmare before Christmas

December 12, 2023
By Lisa Popcak
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary

This isn’t intended to be a long lecture of dos and don’ts, but rather guideposts to help the children over the next few weeks.

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