Quaker parenting
Wendrie Heywood considers how being a Quaker has influenced her in her role as a mother
What are the specific differences in Quaker parenting compared to other parenting? For me, having been raised by Quaker parents and having experienced a wide range of Quaker events, the answer is entwined with being a Quaker: this involves living out testimonies and involving my own children in this. It can be difficult. As William Penn said, ‘True godliness don’t turn men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavours to mend it.’
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