We were thrilled to see the response that greeted Michelle Richards’s “UU Parenting” blog when we introduced it back in February to coincide with the publication of her new book, Tending the Flame: The Art of Raising Unitarian Universalist Children. We envisioned the project as a short-term one, but the response was so encouraging that Michelle has agreed to resume the UU Parenting blog, with new posts twice a month. (Her first new post will appear June 14.)

Please continue to share your experiences, raise questions, seek advice, and share resources for UU parents in the comments. We’re glad to continue hosting this important conversation!

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UU World would like to thank Michelle Richards, author of Tending the Flame: The Art of Raising Unitarian Universalist Children, for writing our “UU Parenting” blog this spring. Michelle plans to continue writing about the topic at her website, and we’ll post an update with a link when her new blog is up and running.

We’d also like to thank you for reading and especially for commenting on her posts. The “UU Parenting” blog was the first section of uuworld.org to accommodate reader comments, and as we look toward adding comments to more parts of the site, we’d be very interested to hear what you thought of the Disqus commenting system we used. (If you’d prefer to send us email, write to world@uua.org.)

Please continue to discuss and share the material Michelle wrote for the blog. Here’s a complete guide:

• Welcome to UU World’s parenting blog! (2.22.10)
• Unique challenges of Unitarian Universalist parenting (2.22.10)
• Sharing beliefs is not indoctrination (3.1.10)
• Is Unitarian Universalism for kids? (3.8.10)
• Hell on the playground (3.15.10)
• Spiritual and ethical growth spurts (3.22.10)
• What do we do about holidays? (3.29.10)
• It’s not easy being UU in middle school (4.5.10)
• Standing up and speaking out (4.12.10)
• The great mystery: Talking about death (4.19.10)
• Spiritual practices for children and youth (4.26.10)
• Parenting as children grow up and choose their own paths (5.17.10)

And be sure to check out Michelle’s new book, Tending the Flame: The Art of Raising Unitarian Universalist Children, for much more.

Thanks to everyone who has visited our new UU Parenting blog—especially to everyone who has left a comment. It took us a day to realize that people were leaving comments that we needed to approve for publication—sorry! We’ve streamlined our process and your comments are showing up, and Michelle Richards has posted responses to many of them. Please keep the comments coming.

Watch for a new post from Michelle each Monday through April.

—Christopher L. Walton, Editor of UU World