CELEBRATING FAMILY THROUGH CONSCIOUS PARENTING

The fabric of the family unit is continuously evolving. Today’s family looks nothing like it did 50 years ago, let alone 10. Millions of children are now raised by single or divorced parents, grandparents, guardians, parents of different religions or races, gay or lesbian parents, or adoptive parents. Single parents account for 32 percent of family households with children under 18, and one in two children will live in a single-parent family at some point in their childhood, while one child in every twenty-five lives with neither parent. And, of course, with the changes in our economy, children are living at home longer while also growing up in homes with multiple generations.

In addition to the changing makeup of our families, perhaps the most significant changes are found in the growing number of challenges family’s face — homelessness, poverty, economic instability, anxiety of all kinds, drugs, isolation, and lack of love. It’s a tough time to raise a family — to raise our children into the responsible, loving, and spirited men and women the world so desperately needs.

Young people need our help more than ever.

On my website, I have this beautiful quote from Marianne Williamson, which reads: “There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise…