The Contemplative Child: Transforming Our Children's Routines into Times of Sacred Connection

10/04/21 • 21 min

Join Erin in the second episode of bonus content, "The Contemplative Child." Take time to sort through the value of habits and routines in a child's life through the life span. Sit with Erin as she discusses how this alone can transform moments of our daily lives into Sacred space for connection with the Divine and with each other.
Erin will unpack her academic study of child development, how habits create pathways for growth, and discuss the culmination of how little moments create a larger template for children's spiritual formation.

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The Contemplative Child Episode One- "The Push and Pull of Parental Emotional Capacity

In a bonus episode with a child centered lens, Erin takes us down the road of building the framework of a Contemplative Child. Erin discusses spiritual formation in children and the interwoven aspects of a child's development. She also touches on the importance of recognizing unrealistic expectations and laying heavy shame based responsibilities on ourselves as parents when it comes to our children's spiritual development.
Tune in to hear how the framework of being a "listening companion" for your child can be an act of freedom from parenting beyond our emotional capacity and shame based children's spiritual development narratives. Lay out a vision and get back to the basics with "The Contemplative Child."
Featured Resources : "Spiritual Conversations with Children"

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BONUS: The Contemplative Child-"Evaluating our Family Margins and The Space for Silence and Sacred Listening with Children"

Join Erin Thomas in another episode of bonus content from "The Contemplative Child." On this week's episode, Erin will discuss the importance of margin for our children. What is margin and how do we achieve this in our family lives?
Erin will also unpack the hurried lifestyle components that feel contrary to Contemplative Life, how that impacts our children and why this lays a foundation for practical spiritual disciplines. Erin will also provide simple steps for integrating the practice of silence with our children, a seemingly impossible task. This is the quentessential episode of a "gentle start" to spiritual practices with our children.