Young Friends

‘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…

1967 Friends World Conference: A Youthful Recollection

My sister Jane and I bumped our suitcases down the stairs from our bedrooms on the second floor and headed…

Young People’s Empowerment Convergence

In late June 2007, the first Young People’s Empowerment Convergence (YPEC) was held on Snipes Farm in Morrisville, Pa. The…

Friends and Cyberspace

My interest in Quakerism has grown steadily over the past decade during my tenure as an English teacher and more…

The Meeting School after 50 Years

What if we could have the kind of schools that prepared youngsters for the kind of world we should have,…

Living Truth at The Woolman Semester

In late 2003 I was at a peak of emotional and spiritual turmoil. I was teaching middle and high school…

Imparting Our Values

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

A Sacred Walk: Parenting as a Way to God

Nothing has taught me more about the constancy of God’s presence and continuing creation than being a parent. From the…

Quaker Education: Thoughts on Our Words, Our Silence, and a Very Cool Milk Jug Raft

G. K. Chesterton once said that most educational debates more or less dead-end at "Let us not decide what is…

Circle Time

I loved it when we would sit down to have Circle Time. First we would light the candles so we…

How Monthly Meetings Can Support Their Youth

I first came to meeting when I was five years old, with my parents and my stuffed frog. The frog…
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