So true. When my siblings and I were kids, and growing out of afternoon naps, my mom still enforced an afternoon ‘quiet time’ every day (probably just to hold onto her own sanity). You didn’t have to sleep, you could read or do a puzzle or play with whatever, but you had to be alone in your room and not make any noise, for at least an hour.
That ability to sit by myself in my own skin for an hour every day became my spiritual life. When parents ask me now how to raise their kids in faith, I tell them about ‘quiet time’ as the only truly necessary thing.
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So true. When my siblings and I were kids, and growing out of afternoon naps, my mom still enforced an afternoon ‘quiet time’ every day (probably just to hold onto her own sanity). You didn’t have to sleep, you could read or do a puzzle or play with whatever, but you had to be alone in your room and not make any noise, for at least an hour.
That ability to sit by myself in my own skin for an hour every day became my spiritual life. When parents ask me now how to raise their kids in faith, I tell them about ‘quiet time’ as the only truly necessary thing.
We just started doing this with our 4-year old who doesn't nap anymore. It's wonderful. And a much needed breath for mom and dad :)