by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | Aware Parenting Q&As
Recently, several parents have talked to me about their baby or toddler crying in the car-seat. As with every situation in Aware Parenting, when a baby or child starts expressing feelings, I recommend checking – is this an immediate need, or is it a need to...
by Marion Rose | Mar 10, 2015 | Aware Parenting Q&As
I’ve noticed that a particular issue often comes up for parents who begin practising Aware Parenting when their children are babies in arms. They know that babies need to be held when they cry in order for the crying to be healing. When their babies start to...
by Marion Rose | Mar 9, 2015 | Control Patterns
Have you noticed that your levels of presence have varied considerably as your child has been at different ages? I have. When I was pregnant, I gave up things. Like chocolate. And sugar. And when my daughter was born 12 years ago, I was determined (notice the use of...
by Marion Rose | Mar 9, 2015 | Control Patterns
When I first came across Aware Parenting, one of the first things that I was amazed to learn, was that babies can heal from stress and trauma from birth onwards. Trained as a psychospiritual psychotherapist, I had believed up until then that repression, splitting and...
by Marion Rose | Mar 9, 2015 | Control Patterns
I love the idea so prevalent in Natural Learning circles about the importance of trusting our children. Of trusting what they love to do, and when and for how long they want to do it. When I combine this idea with some of my other loves, Aware Parenting...
by Marion Rose | Mar 9, 2015 | Control Patterns
The longer I’ve been experimenting with Aware Parenting, the more I am appreciating the intricacies of control patterns. At first I wanted to get rid of them all; not only my own and my children’s, but everyone else’s too. Now I see appreciation as a vital step in...
