Psyche and Spirit: Exploring the Interconnections
Paths to Quaker Parenting Using Quaker Beliefs, Testimonies, and Practices
Harriet Heath Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Quakerism provides parents a belief system on which to base their parenting, testimonies to guide them, and practices that can help them stay focused. Parenting provides Quakers a challenge to live their faith. During our lecture/discussion we, participants and facilitator, will share what our beliefs and testimonies mean to us and how we can integrate them into family life using Quaker practices. We, members of the Quaker Parenting Initiative, have found that our work introduces people to Quakerism and satisfies a need of parents looking for a spiritual home.
For over thirty years Harriet Heath has had the privilege of working with parents throughout Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends General Conference, and elsewhere. More recently she has been working with other Quaker parents to record how our Quaker faith has supported and strengthened our parenting. This sharing is now available in book form, Paths to Quaker Parenting Using Quaker Beliefs, Testimonies and Practices. Harriet, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist, is the mother of three and grandmother of six.