Parenting

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I Am a Quaker

Young Friends and religious identity. Melinda Wenner Bradley
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We Think He Might Be a Boy

Raising a transgender child. Su Penn

Educating Ned

"Unless Love build the house, they labor in vain that build it." (Paraphrase of Psalms 127:1) My three children went…

Sparks and Spaces: Lived Experience in Friends Schools

We sit in circles. God is everywhere. There are no right answers. —Kindergartner’s response to parents’ question: What is Quaker…

Passing On the Nonviolent Tradition

As a father, you can never tell just which values you will ultimately pass to your children. I have been…

‘Both … and …’: Parenting for Adulthood

I have been parenting for 12 years, and before I became a parent I taught for 18 years. Our children,…

Raising Quaker Youth

It would seem that writing about raising Quaker youth would be an easy undertaking, especially as my husband Rick and…

Imparting Our Values

When my children were young, I remember how challenging it could be to share my Quaker values with them—and to…

Moses and the Tantrum

If everything worked perfectly, we would be only five minutes late, I told myself as I hurried my two-year-old daughter…

Nozuko's Story

Fall 1999, Singisi, South Africa It’s an ordinary autumn day. The chilling wind announces the impending arrival of winter, snapping…

The Importance of Language–Or: Why I Threw My Teenage Son's CDs into the Trash Can

The language kids hear and use certainly has changed since I was a youngster. What would have seemed shocking and…

Parenting and 'Childing'

When we say "Our Father who art in heaven," we involve the image of parenting, an image that unites us…
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