{"id":5231,"date":"2015-03-03T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/?p=5231"},"modified":"2015-03-02T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T17:11:00","slug":"3-great-reads-for-pagan-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/03\/3-great-reads-for-pagan-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"3 great reads for Pagan parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Pagan Families is a multi-author blog about Paganism, pregnancy, parenting, and family life, yes, but it\u2019s also a resource library and a community discussion forum. We publish new articles here. We share and discuss them and lots more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaganFamiliesPregnancyBirth\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pagan_families\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>. Then each month, I round up the best new writing and resources and put it into a post, like this one for February.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #32363f;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2012\/12\/Patheos-Logo.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2012\/12\/Patheos-Logo.png\" alt=\"Patheos Logo\" width=\"225\" height=\"75\"><\/a>But first, a bit of news: we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/panmankey\/2015\/02\/endings-and-beginnings\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">welcome Jason Mankey as the new Patheos Pagan editor<\/a> and wish Christine Kraemer well in the next leg of her journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then, on to the heart of the matter: 3 great articles from around the web in February:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/witchesandpagans.com\/sagewoman-blogs\/woodspriestess\/hands.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hands<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0From Woodspriestess: \u201cIt reminds me of my experiences in creating rituals for my family. In the books it looks so easy and fun. In real life, babies have poopy diapers and my sons make fart jokes and my papers blow away and I speak in a snappy tone of voice and things take longer than I expect.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shekhinahcalling\/2015\/01\/30\/please-vaccinate-your-children\/#ixzz3RCHpodkg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Please Vaccinate Your Children<\/a>\u00a0From Shekinah Calling at Patheos Pagan: \u201cPlease, listen: being Pagan, embracing the beautiful irrationality of religious experience, delving into the natural health modalities of our ancestors\u2013these things don\u2019t mean that we have to reject solid science. And the science behind vaccines is solid. It always has been. People in the Global South would kill for the vaccines and herd immunity that wealthy Americans are so eager to throw away.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #32363f;\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/witchesandpagans.com\/sagewoman-blogs\/awakening-goddess\/mental-illness-judgment-and-habit-3-most-important-lessons-i-ve-learned-as-a-mother.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mental Illness, Judgment, and Habit: 3 Most Important Lessons I\u2019ve Learned as a Mother<\/a>\u00a0From Ashley Rae at Witches and Pagans:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u201cToday I find myself reflecting on the most important lessons I\u2019ve learned since becoming a mother of one six years ago. In no particular order, here are my top three.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2013\/08\/20130808-100651.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2013\/08\/20130808-100651.jpg\" alt=\"20130808-100651.jpg\" width=\"182\" height=\"277\"><\/a>Bonus, 2 new resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagansagainstracism.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pagans Against Racism<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birthbreathanddeath.com\/amy-wright-glenn\/institute-study-birth-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Institute for the Study of Birth and Death \u2013 Amy Wright Glenn<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case you missed it, here\u2019s what we were talking about last month here at Pagan Families:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/02\/why-pagan-families-want-temples\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Why Pagan Families Want Temples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/02\/the-importance-of-self-care\/#ixzz3ReFX8IdJ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">The Importance of Self Care<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/02\/when-kids-meet-the-gods\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">When Kids Meet the Gods<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/02\/what-nights-are-for\/#ixzz3SaVsLDXP\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">What Nights Are For<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2015\/02\/children-who-rest-with-my-ancestors-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Children Who Rest with My Ancestors: Part 1<\/a><span style=\"color: #32363f;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pagan Families is a multi-author blog about Paganism, pregnancy, parenting, and family life, yes, but it\u2019s also a resource library and a community discussion forum. 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