Spiritual Development of Children
We have four children so we have been through all the spiritual-emotional issues that come with a variety of children. One thing that we, as mother/parents, do not consider is the spiritual development of our children. A twitter conversation between Meredith Gould and I @MeredithGould RT @USCatholic: Why aren't Gen X and Y in church? Ask them... bit.ly/yphT3l and my response: @MeredithGould as for why Gen X and Y aren't in church, they need being feed emotionally, have a priest that does that they will be there One of the books I studied during my formation for Spiritual Direction: 1994 - 1998, was Professor James W. Fowler, a developmental psychologist at Candler School of Theology, was the book Stages of Faith. In it he describes children's spiritual development from birth to mid-life: Stage 0 – "Primal or Undifferentiated" faith (birth to 2 years), is characterized by an early learning of the safety of their environment (i.e. warm, safe and secure