by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | My Aware Parenting Experiences and Musings
Pregnant and pondering about practising Aware Parenting with my new baby, the one thing I wanted to avoid was breast-feeding becoming a control pattern again. I had fed my daughter Lana very frequently for the first three months, even though I loved the idea of...
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | The importance of Aware Parenting community
Listening to babies and children with full presence is not something widely practised in the mainstream. Many of us began Aware Parenting without ever having witnessed a parent holding a crying baby whose needs were met with presence and calmness, without distraction....
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | The importance of Aware Parenting community
Last week I left my quiet hometown of Mullumbimby, in Northern NSW, and travelled to the big smoke of Sydney to offer four days of Aware Parenting consultations and an Aware Parenting workshop. The whole experience was full of inspiration, connection and community. I...
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | Loving Limits and the sweet spot
I used to think that being loving meant always saying, “yes.” I am increasingly learning that saying, “No” can also express love – for myself, in my relationships, and for my children. Permissive Parenting; avoiding saying “no” I’ve always veered on the side of...
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | Loving Limits and the sweet spot
In one way of looking at parenting, we can label it as either permissive, authoritarian, or democratic: Permissive (meeting their child’s needs and not our own) Authoritarian (meeting our needs and not our child’s) With Aware Parenting, we strive for something in...
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | Joy and Attachment Play
When I came across Aware Parenting (www.awareparenting.com) nine years ago, I had spent a lot of the previous decade training as a psychotherapist. I was really drawn to the Aware Parenting idea of listening to my baby’s feelings. After nearly ten years of receiving...
