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Spiritual Parenting is simply encouraging your child to live a full, vibrant life where spirituality is naturally occurring and promoted. Discussions on Angels, Charity, love, helping others, self healing, being thankful, being mindful of nature and listening to your intuition are all commonplace in the Spiritual Family. 

Kids are encouraged to give their opinion and 'feel into' a situation. They are encouraged in every endeavour they undertake, even if it seems it may be especially difficult. Spiritual Parents have faith in their children. They help them develop all of their senses as a whole person.  

Spiritually aware parents work with their children to help them manifest the very best possibilities in life. They may teach them about manifesting their reality from a very early age. They may work with crystals and show the child how to do self healing. They may use Reiki, Color Therapy or EFT with the children to help them solve problems and equip them for a healthy holistic lifestyle. You may even see parents and children meditating together! It's never too late or early to get involved. Read my article here about using EFT with children.  

Spiritual parenting involves continually striving to learn and evolve spiritually each and every day. This may include prayer and meditation, yoga, reading spiritual texts or other activites. It's vital to set an example for our children of making our spiritual path a priority in our life. Your children will observe how you act, what you do and say in all situations. Set a healthy example and also be able to apologize when you act less than kindly. Take time each morning and practice something! Whether it's prayer, meditating, or reading a spiritual book to your child, do it everyday!

Our children are open, loving and want honesty. When they see you do make mistakes and freely apologize for your mistakes, then they are able to do the same. This eliminates blaming others and falling into a victim pattern when they are older. Setting an example of being a forgiving person is very important. Do not just talk about being forgiving or read about it, but actually show them. When something difficult happens in your life, see it as a growth opportunity, not only for yourself but also as an opportunity to show forgiveness in action. Pray perhaps, that God opens your own heart to be forgiving. Pray in front of your children and ask them to pray with you. If you do this on a regular basis, your children will also incorporate prayer into their own lives.

 Some people question when is the right time to introduce their children to a spiritual life. My opinion is that spiritual life should be spoken of and talked openly about as soon as children are able to talk. Talk about it as if it's a normal part of your everyday life (as it should be) not something that is reserved for Sundays, Sabbath or another special designated day. We ARE spiritual beings. Let that shine through. You will be amazed once your children start asking you spiritual questions. They want to know. They are interested. You will also realize that they expect you to know a lot, so be ready to share what you truly believe.  They also may have some pretty interesting experiences of their own to share, so make sure to always have time to listen.