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Friendship as the Foundation of Parent Community

Familiaris Podcast for Catholic School Leaders

Continuing the series on parent community, Dr. Jaime Madison Vasquez discusses leaders’ challenges and fears around parent community and draws on Francisco Ugarte's Deep Friendship to show what lifts a friendship beyond the superficial to something mission-oriented. The payoff: parents are accompanied and strengthened in their commitment to parenting and students who hear the same mission at home and in the classroom. What You’ll Learn: * Why so many school leaders fear parent community, even though most people share the ideal of families supporting one another. * Why a school needs a critical mass of mission-focused parents to help nurture friendships. * The four characteristics of friendship in Francisco Ugarte’s Deep Friendship—emotional affinity, common interest, understanding, and choice of the person * Why Fulton Sheen held that interior life must come before action in the world. * Practical steps for making parent friendship a school priority, including forming parent friendship leaders and getting to know parents as persons. Resources Mentioned: * Episode 29: School as a Third Place for Parent Community * Episode 27: 8 Ways to Make More Time for Parents this School Year * Deep Friendship: Moving Beyond the Superficial by Francisco Ugarte (Scepter, Bookshop, ThriftBooks, Amazon) * Life is Worth Living - Episode 8 - Go, Go, Come, Come - Fulton Sheen Join the conversation * Leave a comment and subscribe at familiaris.substack.com * Become a paid subscriber at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe Paid subscribers gain access to monthly collaborative office hours. Office hours are hosted on Zoom and are not recorded. Pop in to ask a question, get feedback on what you’re working on with families, hear what other leaders are doing in their schools. Visit familiaris-consulting.com to learn more about consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements Chapters: * 00:00: Friendship as a foundation for relationships with families * 02:21: A “faculty of friends” and the same aim for parent community * 04:59: Why school leaders fear parent friendships * 07:08: Good seed: mission-focused parents * 08:50: Francisco Ugarte’s Deep Friendship and its four characteristics * 10:17: Emotional affinity * 12:40: Common interest * 15:35: Understanding, rooted in love * 17:51: Choice of the person as an act of the will * 19:26: Fulton Sheen on “come” and “go” * 22:41: What real friendship does for parents and schools * 25:22: Making parent friendship happen in your school God bless! Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios To receive new Familiaris posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Familiaris at familiaris.substack.com/subscribe