My husband and I are expecting a third child this winter, and I find pregnancy is a good time to eat a lot of cheese and re-examine my role as a parent. I’ve been thinking recently about how I approach my relationship with my kids in light of the Heavenly Doctrine. What makes me their mother? To what end am I raising them?
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What Could New Church Education Look Like?
This year, I’ve been thinking about education a lot. My oldest child (wasn’t she a newborn yesterday?) recently celebrated her fourth birthday. For some children, four is school age, so my daughter is often the oldest kid on the playground during school hours, and I often get questions about where and when she goes to school. While she probably won’t attend school next year, education is on my mind.
My own educational background is a patchwork. I had two intelligent, kind, involved parents. In many ways, my formal education held little weight compared to my rich home life. My father was a military officer and I attended about a dozen primary and secondary schools, mostly public. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, then taught biology and geometry,not too badly, I hope, for two years at the Academy of the New Church. After which I retired into motherhood.