The Spirituality of Parenting from David Dollahite

David Dollahite is a professor in the School of Family Life at BYU's School of Family Life. He has written extensively on the involvement of fathers with their children with disabilities, in addition to providing many other resources for fathers. A few months ago he was interviewed by Krista Tippett of the excellent public radio program Speaking of Faith on the spirituality of parenting and he specifically addressed the spirituality of children with disabilities.

Spirituality of Parenting Interview Be sure to listen to this audio segment titled The Spirituality of Special Needs Children (mp3)

Here are links to some of his other writings on fathering children with disabilities:

• Fathering Special Needs Children
• A Narrative Approach to Exploring Responsible Involvement of Fathers with Their Special-Needs Children (2004) (pdf)
• Fathering for Eternity: Generative Spirituality in Latter-day Saint Fathers of Children with Special Needs (2003) (pdf)
• Involved Fathering of Children with Special Needs: Relationships and Religion as Resources (2002) (pdf)
• Religion, Relationships, and Responsible Fathering in Latter-day Saint Families of Children with Special Needs (2001) (pdf)
• Faithful Fathering in Trying Times: Religious Beliefs and Practices of Latter-day Saint Fathers of Children with Special Needs (1998) (pdf)
• Generative Ingenuity in Fatherwork with Young Children with Special Needs (1997) (pdf)