More and more people in our time are disconnected from religious institutions, at least for part of their lives. Others are religious and find themselves creating a family with a spouse from another tradition or no tradition at all. And the experience of parenting tends to raise spiritual questions anew. We sense that there is a spiritual aspect to our children's natures and wonder how to support and nurture that.

We asked for your stories and the spiritual questions that parenting — or grandparenting — raises. Below are the voices of some of them. You can read more stories here or tell us your own experience.