witchy parents

A group for witchy parents to be able to network, ask other parents, bounce off of each other and support each other. This blog is about finding creative, happy, and healthy ways to introduce children to the witchcraft path.

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For the Witch Mommies 👩‍👧‍👦💗

Enchant their favorite blankey with sweet dreams.

Enchant their teddy (or favorite toy) with protective energy.

Stir their oatmeal clockwise to invoke good energy and bless with a happy day.

Stir soup counter clockwise to banish sickness.

While you’re at it with the oatmeal, sprinkle some cinnamon in it for its abundance in magickal properties. (And peanut butter for the yumminess factor)

Plant rose bushes near their swing set to promote protection.

Walk barefoot in the grass with them to allow them to connect with nature.

Name the neighborhood squirrels and the trees they live in to teach them that everything is connected with each other.

[thewitchinblacknl]

Parental Guidance

Parental Guidance is an 18+ server for parents, caretakers and professionals (teachers, babysitters, nannies, camp workers) to talk about their work, exchange stories and asking & giving advice! Before you get access to the server you either need to send me a selfie (I’ll say what needs to be shown on the selfie) or your Facebook, this is so we know you are you and everyone (and their kids) are safe.

https://discord.gg/syzxAnS

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My daughter stuffed a bunch of fresh rose petals into my shoes and I think this is some ancient magic awakening in her and she’s trying to enchant my shoes wit a glamour spell or something. She’s one and a half. I’m so proud.

SO

This is Juniper’s Rose Shoe Spell!!

Stuff a bunch of rose petals (she used yellow) in your shoes and leave them overnight in the waxing moon. (I swear she actually did this I woke up and found them like this by the window)

Remove them in the morning and your shoes are now enchanted with a love, beauty, and happiness spell!

Thanks punky. I’m writing this one down in my book of shadows.

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More Advice from a Witch Mom 💕

Give them necklaces of amber to wear to prevent teething pain and sickness. (I swear by this. My daughter got a double ear infection when she was 5 months old and I had fully intended on giving her the antibiotics prescribed to her because as a young mom I was just doing as told. I cleansed her necklace and she wore it that night and I put a piece under her mattress and she woke up the next day totally healed and I mean TOTALLY HEALED. I wanted to give her the medicine but just felt it was unnecessary at that point. She was totally healthy. I thank the amber for it. I’m certainly not promoting risking your child’s health in place of a crystal, but I’m just mentioning my own personal experience with my daughter.)

Enchant their necklace with a charm to mind their manners.

Tell bedtime stories about beautiful witch women and handsome witch men who save the day.

Celebrate when the moonflowers and morning glories bloom.

Charge their bath water with quartz.

Elderberry tea for upset tummies!

Place quartz crystals at the four corners beneath their bed for protection and clarity.

Remember, there are some crystals that are too powerful for young children! And vice versa.  Some kids are too powerful for some crystals.  What I mean is this: I had a boss at a bar I worked at who was a shaman, and when she was pregnant with her youngest son if she carried certain crystals with her or was near them in her house, she would get very sick and he, as a developing fetus would get very worked up inside her.  He has a very powerful spirit.

Some essential oils are too dangerous for kids as well!  Peppermint, juniper, and some eucalyptus are examples.  Peppermint for instance contains menthol which, in adults, slows breathing.  In children under 10 it can STOP breathing.  

This post was more serious than my last because my other one got so much attention I wanted to point out this time there’s more that you can do as a witch for your kids than just the fun things!

Enjoy witch babes 🔮💕✨

[yourmamathemoon]

Witchy parenting

Charging baby sunscreen with a protection signal

A sprig of thyme, for safe journeys, tied to his big wheel.

Cauldron Mac and cheese. Kitchen witch magic won’t work if your kids don’t eat the food.

Singing spells to the baby

Using breast milk, straight from the tap, as a substitute for any liquid I don’t have on my person for spell work.

Doing ritual baths with minion bubble bath.

[reithewitch]

If you’re a witch and also a mom (or dad)

Please reblog! I’d love to meet some witchy parents and find ways to incorporate witchcraft into pregnancy and child upbringing! 

[saturnzspawn]

💕Magickal Parenting

💓teach your children the importance of grounding, deep breathing, higher thinking and meditation.

💓keep crystals in their room (out of reach obv if their the age to put things in their mouths) for creativity, calm, imagination, and good sleep.

💓anoint them with protection oil before they set out for the day.

💓teach them the power of their words; about manifestation and speaking their intentions into existence.

💓all kitchen witchery tbh; choose foods and herbs that you correspond with self-love, determination, success, happiness, etc.

💓observe how they respond to nature. foster any interests they have and teach them the magick of the world around them.

💓keep a satchet/crystal/mini spell jar for success and determination in/on/near training potty or toilet during potty training.

💓add essential oils to their humidifier. (be careful duh)

💓write original songs, books, stories & do crafts with them. they can all be forms of spells.

💓create a sigil from their name, use for protection spells, lunch box notes, birthday cards, etc.

💓essential oils in their shoes to guide their steps towards success.

If any witchy parents/caregivers want to add to this list feel free. 🌝

[yourmamathemoon]

Witchy Ice pops

It’s hard to kitchen witch when it’s too hot to cook. Fruit and sugar and herbs and freezer make the best summer spells.

Watermelon and mint for money

Lemonade and thyme for bravery

Orange and basil (and a little orange flower water) for happiness

Blackberry and sage for basically everything

Peach, ginger and cinnamon for creativity

Mango, cilantro and lime for focus

[healingspirits]

Bringing home a new baby in a few weeks. I wanted to thoroughly cleanse the space prior, does any one have suggestions of getting the space “sparkling clean”?

[witchyparents]

We have a few things throughout our blog that may be helpful :)

Also boosting if anyone would like to add anything

~Frankie

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Resources for Witchy Parents?

I was wondering if anyone knew of any books or other resources for parents who want to raise little witches. I practice Wicca and am pretty eclectic in my path and I’m open to pretty much any kind of help. I don’t have any kids yet so I’d like stuff for all steps of parenting albeit nesting, getting pregnant, infancy, early childhood, teen years etc. If you don’t know of any specific resources but have some tips I’d love those as well. Thanks so much!

[alyissagrimm]

So, my daughter is two and i want to incorporate my faith, practices and beliefs into her life more. But I’ve ran into a few problems.

Her father is agnostic; but very open minded. He’s done witchy/pagan things with me, helped me with spells, and engages in conversation when i talk about gods, and entities and fairys, and anything magical. And i want to talk to him about it before i just go off and start doing anything. But I’m not sure on how to bring it up with him.

Also, she’s only 2 and I have no idea on where to start. I’ve told her a fee things here and there. Small and not really anything memorable. I don’t want to overload her.

Finally, her other family is very not pagan. She has a “family” member that made her wash her hands because i let her look at my tarot deck when i was messing around with it. She has family memebers that probably already trying to indoctrinate her into their Christian faith.

So I’m just in need of help.

[witchyparents]

Anyone?

We’ve got a few tips around our blog, and as far as talking to your husband bring it up the next time he participates with you that you’d love to teach your daughter too if he’s comfortable with it :) he’s your partner in crime and if he already knows how important it is to you he probably will be very receptive.

[violetscatsandwitchcraft]

Maybe try working things into the every day. Story time with the tarot, or with legends that might correspond with your beliefs. Talk to her about the magic in food, or perhaps doing things outside for the animals and spirits of the land. Just make it normal parts of your day. 

Might also try talking to the other family about not forcing their beliefs on your child, though that may be hit or miss. Also about “punishing” your child for your beliefs, such as the hand washing. Not sure it would help but I feel like so much on our side of things is taking stands when we can.

[witchyparents]

I am very confused on how to approach this. My husband and I were both raised Christian but we have since changed our faith. My in-laws know this. Our son(5) stayed with them for three weeks. I asked that they not bring him to Christian church out of respect. When he returned home, he told me that his grandmother told him about God and Jesus. He said that we "have to believe in God because Mimi said so". I am hurt that they decided to go against our wishes. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[violetscatsandwitchcraft]

Some 20 years ago I had to tell my in-laws that if they tried anything like this again, I wouldn’t be able to let my daughter visit them without supervision. Thankfully it was never brought up again, and they have handled her lack of Christianity better than her father ever has.

[witchyparents]

Are there any moms out there who follow more trad or hedge paths than Wicca who have any suggestions for making sure that your kid doesn't get roped into your workings in accident? Or to keep them hidden from spirit attention? (Besides shielding obvs)

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[violetscatsandwitchcraft]

I use “onyx’ shielding to protect my daughter. Basically imagining her within an onyx sphere, making her basically disappear in the grand scheme of things. I’ve been doing this since she was very young. White light protection always felt like turning on a flashlight. 

I also smoke cleanse her area daily, long distance and when she’s home, to make sure nothing attaches to her. 

You might try a severing charm, as well as perhaps a permanent “wall” around their room? Physical as well as astrally? 

[witchyparents]

This is pretty solid advice.

I also charm soaps for my kids to wash away anything from the day, incense cleanse rooms, sew sigils into blankets and pillows to protect their dreams, if I make them toys I try to incorporate the colors or type of toy into an enchantment for safety and comfort and that could be utilized for spells that cloak your child.

~Frankie

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Witchy Baby Planning

Metaphysically Planning for a baby

🎨 Painting the room? Add essential oil to your paint to charge with intent for calming, write sigils on the walls of protections and sweet dreams to rest under the new paint.

🌟Making a blanket? Embroider sigils for protection, sweet dreams, always safe, always loved into scrap fabric and tuck inside the blanket or embroider directly onto the blanket.

🌞Decorating? Use crystal suncatchers (clear quartz is best) to power up your other spells with the energy they receive from being in the window in the sun. Use twigs to make wall art with runes. Use color correspondences and symbolism to enchant curtains, pictures, rugs, mobiles.

🐻Making a Stuffed animal? I have a whole post on using those in magic over here.

💧Washing things? Enchant laundry soap for peace and healthy skin.

🍼Preparing a diaper bag? Bespell it so it is always easy to grab what you need from it when you need it.

There’s always things not magical to do when preparing for a new addition to the family but sometimes adding little touches of magic here and there can bring some fun and peace of mind.

[witchyparents]

I'm so sorry we've left you guys hanging

/).(\ I'll try to be better about this ~Frankie

[witchyparents]

I am very confused on how to approach this. My husband and I were both raised Christian but we have since changed our faith. My in-laws know this. Our son(5) stayed with them for three weeks. I asked that they not bring him to Christian church out of respect. When he returned home, he told me that his grandmother told him about God and Jesus. He said that we "have to believe in God because Mimi said so". I am hurt that they decided to go against our wishes. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[witchyparents]

I was thinking of different ways to make charms for kids, and as a knitter I immediately thought of i-cords. You can make them any length, attach bells, buttons and charms to them, and do all kinds of other crafts worth them. There's lots of ways to get kids involved with making them, such as picking yarn color and embellishments, and even charging them with intent.

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