Wilmette Institute

Empower Your Marriage & Family to Thrive

The course includes both spiritual perspectives and practical tools for creating positive relationships between parents and children.

Relationships, Marriage & Family

Duration

6 weeks

Weekly Study

2-4 HOURS

Dates

Nov 23-Jan 3

November 23, 2020

Fee: $75

In the first five years after a child is born, parents go through many phases, and spiritual principles apply throughout. Topics in the course include understanding and organizing the roles and responsibilities of parents according to Bahá’í teachings, establishing the marriage and family unit as the secure foundation for the well-being of the child, expanding the ability of parents to nurture spiritual habits and qualities in young children, creating a positive relationship between parents and children, and building family unity through engaging in spiritual practices and service together. The course includes both spiritual perspectives and practical tools.

Meet Your Faculty

Chelsea Lee Smith, BA

Parent Educator and Author

I am passionate about promoting personal growth for both children and parents, and empowering parents with tools to walk a spiritual path with practical feet. In 2011 I co-created Enable Me To Grow, a website dedicated to sharing resources for Bahá’í families, and soon after recorded an album of prayers and... See Faculty Bio

Susanne Alexander, BA

WI Department Chair, Relationship & Marriage Educator, author, and coach

Susanne M. Alexander is certified to offer couple’s assessments through Prepare-Enrich and for individuals with the Character Foundations Assessments. She is passionate about helping individuals and couples make good relationship and marriage choices through knowledge and skill-building and thereby preventing divorces. She meets with clients globally via the internet for... See Faculty Bio

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