Interviews, resources and practical ideas for parents from a progressive Christian perspective. If you've ever had a question about how to talk about sex, death, race, LGTBQ equality or are looking for strategies to address discipline challenges, develop resiliency or help kids stay engaged when sch…
An interview with Kelly Cowling, Executive Director of Grey Havens. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-dress/message
Rev. Amelia talks with Katrina Pratt about curiosity, presence and making meaning in this short and inspirational interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-dress/message
In this episode Amelia talks with Amanda Meier, Project Coordinator for Boulder County Conversation Project, an organization that helps people have all the hard conversations about end of life issues. Amanda and Amelia talk about end of life conversations as a parent of younger children, what conversations your children should be part of and how to (not) spring the topic on your family over the Thanksgiving table. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-dress/message
After the interview on grief and grieving with Rev. Elsa Cook last week, Amelia continues the conversation with ideas for how to talk to kids about death including how to talk about life after death without lapsing into the cold comfort of trite sayings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-dress/message
In this kick-off episode to the second series of In Other Words, Rev. Amelia Richardson Dress interviews Rev. Elsa Cook about the grief of losing her mom when she was a child, how this grief affects her parenting today and what she's learned about helping others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-dress/message