tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post2471461755458362380..comments2023-06-21T04:35:40.085-07:00Comments on Random Spiritualities from a Doctor's Chair: The Spirituality of ParentingAlex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-74744080463644244122007-08-01T09:02:21.427-07:002007-08-01T09:02:21.427-07:00Looks like a great book. I'll have to pick tha...Looks like a great book. I'll have to pick that up! Good parenting has been lost through the generations and is difficult to learn from today's parents. Now we have to read about it in books instead of learning from good traditions passed down.nonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-25347171294061586262007-08-01T09:13:06.111-07:002007-08-01T09:13:06.111-07:00hi super sidera, welcome. It is lamentable that we...hi super sidera, <br><br>welcome. It is lamentable that we have lost the extended family and inter generational churches so we are down to learning our parenting from books and seminars.Alex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-10082063990839238022007-08-01T22:24:32.832-07:002007-08-01T22:24:32.832-07:00I never thought of parenting as "spiritual&qu...I never thought of parenting as "spiritual" but I think she is right. Parenting for me is not basic survival, thankfully. I enjoy being a mom :) it may be stressful at times, patience run thin and at times I can blow off my top, but all in all, being a mom to my son is a joy for me.<br><br>And I like what you quoted: take kids seriously, dealing justly with them, playing the field (Xbox, soccer etc) with them, read from Seuss to Scripture and finally to blessing and letting go.<br><br>I will look out for the book though I am not sure I will see it here. Where did you get it?pearliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17142595255771626179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2196408733789348967.post-35213752733330603262007-08-01T23:05:50.210-07:002007-08-01T23:05:50.210-07:00hi pearlie,I too never think of parenting as a spi...hi pearlie,<br><br>I too never think of parenting as a spiritual discipline or practice but after reading Bonnie's book, it does make sense. I wonder why I did not see it as such before.<br><br>I got my copy from amazon.comAlex Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04003300678212296112noreply@blogger.com