Helping children be willing to cooperate with toothbrushing

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...

The power of play to prepare for, and heal from, stressful weather events

by Marion Rose | Mar 4, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Attachment Play, Fear

Please note that I will be sharing about flooding and storms in this post. Here where I live in Mullumbimby, Northern NSW, we have severe weather warnings for later in the week, from the effects of Cyclone Alfred. This is almost three years to the week when we were...

Have you ever wondered what Aware Parenting instructors know and understand in order to mentor parents?

by Marion Rose | Feb 22, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting Instructor Mentoring Course

Have you ever wondered what Aware Parenting instructors know and understand in order to mentor parents? If so, I invite you to read on: A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF AWARE PARENTING: We have a deep understanding of all of the philosophy of Aware Parenting,...

The potential gifts of Aware Parenting

by Marion Rose | Feb 15, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Uncategorized

In March 2025, I will have been an Aware Parenting instructor for 20 years. In that journey of working with thousands of parents, and in my own 23 year practice of Aware Parenting and being friends with many people who practice Aware Parenting or who are Aware...

Clarifications and requests: Differentiating The Marion Method from Aware Parenting

by Marion Rose | Jan 16, 2025 | Aware Parenting, The Marion Method

Over the past few weeks, I’ve received quite a few questions from people about The Marion Method. The two main questions have been about differentiating The Marion Method from Aware Parenting, and what I request of people if they want to share The Marion Method...

Dissociation, relaxation and sleep

by Marion Rose | May 1, 2023 | Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Sleep and Aware Parenting

Differentiating between mild dissociation and true relaxation, and why that’s essential to restorative sleep. First I’m going to describe dissociation, and then I’ll share about why this is so essential to understanding sleep. In this Disconnected...