Parenting Pagan Tots eBook Janet Callahan
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Parenting Pagan Tots is for parents of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Ms. Callahan, a mother of two young children, includes many details on ways to build a tradition specifically for your family, while including the youngest members, while also talking about considerations for things like handling mainstream media and other people's holidays.
Parenting Pagan Tots eBook Janet Callahan
I read this book in preparation for my baby sister's first child (a little girl). We live in separate states, and our families (her husband's included) are not pagan. Her, her husband and I agreed during the early stages of pregnancy that we wanted to raise "our little goddess," in the Pagan traditions (She is Hawaiian pantheon, he is Wiccan, and I am mainly Druid). I bought this to give us some ideas on how to introduce this amazing little girl into out faith. It is full of them! Not only did it give us ideas for pagan related topics, but also ideas on how to handle Christian holidays, and it helped reinvigorate areas of my own practice I have let slip in the hectic day-to-day of modern life. I can't wait to explore some new areas as well, and share them with my niece and little sister, even if it is over a phone or Skype connection most of the time!Product details
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Parenting Pagan Tots eBook Janet Callahan Reviews
I have to say I really enjoyed Ms. Callahan’s outlook and approach, as well as her acknowledgement that, as Pagans, parents, and people, we all do things differently. In no way does she set herself up as an expert whose advice must be followed or dire consequences will ensue. Instead, she does a very good job of suggesting activities in general terms which might be used, with or without your own personalization, to include toddlers and younger children in meaningful (and often fun) ways. I think what I liked best about this book was how she included a wide range of everyday situations and scenarios instead of focusing on Wheel of the Year events and other major activities. Regardless of whether you are a first-time parent or not, no matter if you’ve been a practicing Pagan all your life, or are new to the path, there are suggestions and insights here to help you choose for yourself how you will incorporate your child rearing with your Pagan faith.
Highly recommend it for pagan parents of babies and toddlers who are looking for a book to help them make that first step. I will say that it is probably not for parents who already are well versed or have a set plan for incorporating their children into their pagan practice.
One of the great things about this book was that it went beyond philosophical speculation about children and spirituality. Janet offers a lot of ideas about activities to help young children get involved with a parent's religious practice without forcing them to cope with ideas too old for them. Some of her suggestions for little ones are ideas I've already been playing around with such as a Waldorf nature table, sensory play, and letting children play with crystals (my son loves carnelian too, haha).
Janet does come at this concept from a Wiccan perspective with some focus on things like traditional ritual tools (chalice, athame, etc). While that isn't part of my path, I did glean some ideas from her suggestions. I mention it here only because some parents of non-wiccan or high magic paths might skip these passages thinking the suggestions don't pertain to them. Instead, I encourage you to read these passages with an open mind and replace things like delicate chalice or heavy crystal salt bowl with tools that you use in your practice (putting away tarot cards but allowing your toddler to carefully, with supervision, explore your pendulum).
I found this to be a really helpful, though small, guide book. But for once I was OK with a book being so thin...it was short, sweet, and to the point, unlike so many other parents books which fill their chapters with the same information over and over. I love how the author was so open and supportive about letting your children explore other paths. So many pagan books are usually so anti-Christian that it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I hope she writes more on activities and rituals that are kiddo friendly, we need more authors like this.
I read this book in preparation for my baby sister's first child (a little girl). We live in separate states, and our families (her husband's included) are not pagan. Her, her husband and I agreed during the early stages of pregnancy that we wanted to raise "our little goddess," in the Pagan traditions (She is Hawaiian pantheon, he is Wiccan, and I am mainly Druid). I bought this to give us some ideas on how to introduce this amazing little girl into out faith. It is full of them! Not only did it give us ideas for pagan related topics, but also ideas on how to handle Christian holidays, and it helped reinvigorate areas of my own practice I have let slip in the hectic day-to-day of modern life. I can't wait to explore some new areas as well, and share them with my niece and little sister, even if it is over a phone or Skype connection most of the time!
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