What Not to Expect: A Meditation on the Spirituality of Parenting
What Not to Expect was named the best book on family life for 2006 by the Catholic Press Association.
posted by Dr. Keith Frome at 11:12 AM
Monday, October 09, 2006
About Me
- Name: Dr. Keith Frome
I am a former independent school headmaster who seeks to teach parents to not treat their children as recipes who need a certain kind of experience and the cultivation of certain skills and attitudes to become valuable commodities in society. I urge parents to develop a form of relationship with their children that I call Spiritual Parenting. Spiritual Parenting begins with a foundation of respect and awe for the radical freedom of the child. Rather than treating the child as a means to an end, the spiritual parent treats her child as an end in and for himself. Spiritual Parenting is not permissive parenting; indeed, I push parents to hold their children responsible and to set limits. Spiritual Parenting is the quest to develop a genuine and life-long attitude of reverence for the mystery of creation. I hold a theology degree from Harvard Divinity School, lifetime teacher certification from Harvard University, and a doctorate in philosophy and education from Columbia University Teachers College. I taught writing at Harvard College where I also served as a Senior Advisor. I was the Headmaster-elect and Headmaster of the Elmwood Franklin School from 1996-2006.
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