Real Kids Real Faith is reimagining how children’s spirituality looks, sounds, and acts in this moment.

Our Vision

Growing up human today means facing big challenges and high expectations. So we’re rethinking how to help children respond creatively to whatever life brings their way.

Children’s spiritual lives don’t come prepackaged, but are stitched together by snuggles on the sofa, tears over a lost lovey, and gaming with friends next door. Their spirituality is also shaped by a parent’s job loss, learning challenges, and allergies that mean nobody else can have peanut butter.

The good, the bad, the really hard – it affects a child’s spirit. And we’ll address it all.

The ideas you’ll find here are research-based, motivated by a desire to see kids flourish in significant ways. This is important work, best done together. We’re glad you’ve joined us.

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Children’s Concerns about Climate Change

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that Earth’s temperature has risen just over a third of a degree Fahrenheit every decade since 1982.

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  • How Choice Questions Build Ethical Thinking

    “Would you rather wear your blue sweater or your red one?” Questions like this are a parenting staple and kids are used to choosing between options.

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    Learning about Relationships with The Wild Robot

    Based on an award-winning children’s book by Peter Brown, Dreamwork’s The Wild Robot is a beautifully animated movie.

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  • Talking about Natural Disasters with Kids

    Since Hurricane Helene made landfall last week, more than 190 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more remain missing.

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    Asking Why with Transformers One

    ‘Why?’ is one of my children’s favorite questions. When they were little, they asked, “Why is the sky blue?” As they have gotten older,

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  • Paying Close Attention to Kids

    At my daughter’s sixth birthday party, she invited her friends to decorate pots and plant marigolds. I watched as one child carefully drew a design around the pot rim while another used broad strokes to color in the whole bottom half.

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    Exploring Diversity with The Only Way to Make Bread

    Bread is a diet staple. It comes in many forms, from rye loaves and buttermilk biscuits to focaccia and tortillas.

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