by Marion Rose | Jul 16, 2025 | Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Decolonisation, Get Free From Guilt, Inner Loving Father, Inner Loving Mother, Non-violent Communication, The Marion Method, The Willingness Practice
If you saw two children in a park, and one was hitting the other one with a stick, would you just watch it happening, not do anything to stop it, and just listen to the child’s feelings afterwards? If the stick-hitting was happening day in and day out, would you...
by Marion Rose | Jun 18, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Loving Limits
When children have a lot of painful feelings bubbling to the surface that they’re needing help to express, they will often start acting in agitated ways. They might repeatedly ask for something, and when we give it to them, they want something else. They might...
by Marion Rose | Jun 7, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Connected Crying, Rage, Tantrums, The balance of attention
Human beings are so wise. Whether we’re a child or an adult, if we suddenly start crying or raging in response to something that is clearly very small, then it tells us that the crying is about the past, not the present. This is a core understanding in Aware...
by Marion Rose | Apr 30, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Aggression, Attachment Play, Conditioning, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Crying, Culture, Dissociation, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Parenting Paradigm, The balance of attention
There are many different beliefs about why children hit, and based on those beliefs, what the most helpful response to a hitting child is. Old religious paradigms believed that children were innately evil or bad and needed to be shamed and punished into being...
by Marion Rose | Mar 20, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Attachment Play, Control Patterns, Crying, Feelings
In what I call The Disconnected Domination Culture (which is not an Aware Parenting term), there is a focus on early independence. This cultural value means that in this culture, most parents are not taught about secure attachment. All babies and children have strong...
by Marion Rose | Mar 20, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Attachment Play, Cooperation
Is your child often unwilling to cooperate with toothbrushing? If so, do you ever feel frustrated, powerless, or overwhelmed? If so, I’m sending you so much love. Toothbrushing is often a particular place where both parents and children can feel lots of big...
