Parenting with Spirit: 30 Ways to Nurture Your Child's Spirituality and Enrich Your Family's Life

by Jane Bartlett

As difficult as it can be for parents to cultivate their own spirituality amid the frenzy of their lives, it can be even harder to nurture their children's spiritual development. In Parenting with Spirit, author Jane Bartlett offers parents an inspiring yet practical way to both encourage and celebrate spirituality in their children and their family lives. These 30 child-friendly and interesting ideas include: creating rituals for the holidays, seasons, other festivities; going for nature walks, holding family meetings, storytelling with and without books, pursuing creative activities like art, music, and dance; turning everyday activities into play, and much more. Perfect for parents who are looking for ways to bring their family closer together or simply want to show their kids that life is full of potential and purpose, Parenting with Spirit is sure to add depth and magic to every family's life.

Genres: Religion, Parenting

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2004

Reviews

[Mackenzie]

An interesting read on how to add more richness to children's lives in a world full of fast paced living. Some of the ideas are no-brainers, but some are really nice to consider and possibly implement.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a terrible little book, easy read, but anyone who with a moderate level of intelligence and a spiritual influence could have wrote this book. It was not bad, per say, it was just entirely composed of common sense.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful easy start to introducing ritual and spirituality into your home.

[Marisol · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love using this book with my 2 boys.

[Trice · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book includes simple and effective ways to incorporate routine into your family's life regardless of religion and culture. its a great book to get your creative juices flowing.

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book for having rituals and spirituality in the lives of children.

[Kaye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perhaps not terribly original, but a nice set of ideas with practical applications synthesized neatly into one book.