Nurturing children's spiritual well-being

by Margaret Crompton

Other authorsMary Helgesen Gabel (Designer), Barbara Mays (Author)
Pamphlet, October 2012

Status

Available

Call number

CP 419 c2

Publication

Wallingford, PA : Pendle Hill Publications, 2012.

ISBN

9780875744193

Description

This pamphlet focuses on communication between children and adults in Quaker families and meetings. Margaret Crompton includes practical advice along with stories that reveal children's innate spirituality Her work is also rich with opportunities for adult Friends to explore their own feelings and experiences as they gain confidence and joy when they are with children The author frames her ideas and illustrations in the context of four interconnected Quaker testimonies: equality, simplicity, truth, and peace. Advices are included to aid further reflection. -- Publisher's description.

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LibraryThing member kaulsu
So, how should one treat children? With respect. How can we treat children respectfully? Listen to them. Hmmm. Sounds like a plan; perhaps we should simply remove the adjective "child" in dealing with other people. Yes, surprising as that sounds, children are people, too.

Crompton pays special
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attention to four Quaker Testimonies: equality, truth, simplicity, and peace. Of course all these Testimonies come from one: Integrity. Not a sermon, just a thought...
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LibraryThing member QuakerReviews
Here is a lively thoughtful discussion on children's spiritual development. Her many examples illustrate her profound points about what loving nurture is. It becomes clear that true spiritual nurture of children is really not different from spiritual nurture of adults, involving positive presence
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to the other.
In addressing spiritual well-being, she focuses on three integrated elements: 1) inner experience, 2) relationships based on attention to and care for other people, and 3) involvement with and concern for community, e.g., peacebuilding, poverty, and the environment. Thus this concern for spiritual well-being of children works with the full range of belief and practice within the RSF.
She provides Advices on the various topics she addresses: equality, simplicity, truth, and peace in working with children.
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