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Personally, I cannot say whether I would ever use such a technique in my own family or not. It would require prayer and consultation with my wife, and would have to take into account the psychological maturity of my children.

Bleh. Yuck. It shouldn't take a great deal of prayer and consultation to realize that encouraging a 'spousal' relationship between mothers and sons or brothers and sisters is a bad idea regardless of the "psychological maturity" of the persons involved. I can't help noticing the subtle slam on his critics, here. The paragraph implies that if one disagrees with his idea, or considers it repulsive, inappropriate, or sick, one is simply "psychologically immature". And of course, we can disregard the reactionary opinions of the mentally underdeveloped.

I'm starting to feel sorry for old Popcak. I'm beginning to think that he really doesn't get out much. And as an expert in the field of NFP he is so immersed in it he starts to become removed from its reality. He's somehow forgotten that there is a time and a place for NFP and teenage siblings ain't it where it's supposed to be.

The best analogy I can come up with is when your kids are small you get so used to changing diapers, eventually you can do it right in the middle of dinner without skipping a mouthful. Should you take the child out of the room, change him, wash your hands thorougly, and then proceed with eating? Of course. But if we're all honest with ourselves, is that what we did every time?

That said, I'm still going to pay extra close attention everytime I see him on EWTN.