Parenting

Listening can be hard, even for adults. So how can we raise children who listen well—to us and to the other people around them?

Dr. Mamalakis explains why peace isn’t the absence of chaos, shares why our kids need a peaceful mother more than a spotless home and reminds us that naming our guilt out loud can loosen its grip.

If you’ve ever struggled to keep a wiggly four-year-old quiet during the Anaphora, you know how easily our sense of success as parents can get tangled up with how our kids behave.

Some days the sacred feels impossibly far away—buried under the laundry, the backpacks, the dishes in the sink.

It’s easy to get caught up in perfectionism in a world that gives us so much to worry about and so many “perfect” families to measure ourselves against.

Dr Philip Mamalakis is a professor of Pastoral Care at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Mass.

What does it mean when we say that children are icons of Christ? And how should that awareness impact the way we relate to our kids?

Dr. Philip Mamalakis wrote a successful and wonderful book on Orthodox parenting called “Parenting Toward the Kingdom”.

Dr. Philip Mamalakis tackles some top parenting questions about correcting bad behaviors, navigating relationships with friends and romantic partners, teaching discernment and much more.

We all want to feel like we’re doing a good job raising our kids. But what does success actually mean for Orthodox Christian parents?