Profile May 4, 1992 Issue

How do we show children we love them?

with contributions from Kay D'Evelyn

Parenthood is back in style, say the glossy magazines. But the genuine nurturing of children is more than a fad that can come and go. It's a labor of love and life and prayer. That's the heart of the message Kay D'Evelyn spreads in the parenting seminars she conducts with employees of large United States corporations. Her seminars grow from firsthand experience—not only in education but in her own family. Here she shares a few of the lessons she has learned.

Your first parenting seminars began at the invitation of a corporation. Now that you are providing these seminars to other corporations, how do you approach them? One of the things I say is that many corporations are involved in trying to support our education system because they recognize that if they don't have skilled workers, they can't remain competitive in the marketplace. What better thing could a corporation do than support the educational system by helping employees be better parents? Offering parenting seminars also helps the relationship between the employees and the corporation because the employees recognize that the company cares about them and their families and understands that their life extends beyond the workplace.

Tell us how you prepare for the seminars. When I first got into this program, I made a commitment to myself to pray three hours for the children of the world every time I gave this seminar. I've always felt that that truly was my reason for being in this program; it is an opportunity to pray for and help the children of the world. One of the things that I've spent a great deal of time praying about is the innocence of children.

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