Are we giving our children the right tools to reach the
potential we saw in their eyes on the day they were born? How do we
present them with the spiritual foundation--the true security--they
need to flower on this earth? Phil Catalfo tackles this monumental
responsibility in a heartfelt discussion about how we, as parents,
grandparents, aunts and uncles, can guide our children's spiritual
development at a time when we are questioning our own. As we become
disenchanted with the all-too-material world in which we live,
Catalfo feels we must not only foster our children's spiritual
growth, but we also need to help them find a way to apply it in
this world. He says, "Frankly our culture is alienating and
soul-corroding, predicated principally on the pursuit of material
advance, not on the pursuit of meaning and intrinsic human
value."
Catalfo is a widely published freelance writer, who specializes
in spirituality, health and family issues. He is the author of
Raising Spiritual Children in a Material World: Introducing
Spirituality Into Family Life (Berkeley Books 1997).
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