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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our parish family ministry is focused on the idea that to develop and sustain faith, you need roughly five adults (who are not you) pouring into & interacting with your child on a regular basis. I think the concept comes from a series of books called Orange & Parenting Beyond Your Capacity. This could be Sunday School teachers, scout leaders, your own friends, a youth minister, other adult volunteers with youth ministry, sports coaches who model good values, etc. Our youth minister also really emphasizes how much time children spend with parents vs. the church - we can't expect our churches to do all of this spiritual development. Even if you're there for three events/week (unlikely for most families), that's only six hours out of the many more that parents spend with their kids. So talking about faith & modeling it at home is the first step, and then finding a community that will support and your sustain your efforts is the next most important thing.

I have a young child at this point, so it's easier talking about faith with her at this stage of life. It permeates our home life -- prayer before meals, prayers to help not be scared or to calm down, thanking God each night for the day we had (both special things and the mundane). And also being really honest when hard questions come up about death, afterlife, etc.[/quote]

7:14 here

This is good stuff.

Actually I am already accomplishing most of that.  My sons are active in sports, my oldest is in a high level basketball league that prays before every game and is very faith oriented.  We have hosted a small group discussion in our home for a couple of years.  I try to live my faith every day, not just on Sunday.  Our closest friends are not all that religious.  We are pretty much the only ones in a rather active social circle that regularly go to mass/church.  I think that part hurts me, but my kids are not lacking for positive adult role models.   [/quote]

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