THE ORTHODOX FAMILY

“We have a beautiful theology of the physical world – we’re stewards of creation. We’re called to attend to it – not to use it for our purposes or to destroy it. And this is parenting. [Our children] are not there to make us feel good. They are given to us for us to attend to. They are not objects of our parenting. They’re a person and it’s a relationship we’re entering into. And, what’s really important is [that] we recognize that this act of love is going to change me. It’s not just ‘my kid needs to learn this’. Parenting is ‘I need to learn this’.”

“On this episode, Dr Philip Mamalakis shares advice and reflections as well as his motivation for writing Parenting Towards the Kingdom which Matushka Melissa and her husband, Fr Benjamin, recommend as THE parenting book every Orthodox Christian needs. The companion book is spiral bound making it infinitely easy to work with for independent study, book clubs, and church school groups. It was co-authored with Kendra Hunter, Kristina Tartara, and Stephanie Patrides.”