by Marion Rose | Feb 28, 2020 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Aware Parenting for ourselves, Aware Parenting Instructor Mentoring Course, Colonised, Conditioning, Control Patterns, Crying, Culture, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Evolving Through Parenting, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Parenting Paradigm, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Sleep and Aware Parenting, Tantrums, Tantrums
If you experienced not being heard, or not being understood, or not being loved just for being you as a child, you probably remember how painful that is. Remembering how we felt as a child can be powerful to help us put ourselves in our child’s shoes and...
by Marion Rose | Feb 27, 2020 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Aware Parenting Instructor Mentoring Course, Crying, Evolving Through Parenting, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, My Aware Parenting Experiences and Musings, Repression mechanisms, Sleep and Aware Parenting
I’m so incredibly grateful for Aware Parenting. I feel moved as I look at old photos and reflect back on 18 years of parenting (this picture is from 10 years ago). When I came across Aware Parenting when I was pregnant with my daughter 18 years ago, I...
by Marion Rose | Feb 21, 2020 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Breast-feeding, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Compassion, Connected Crying, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Control Patterns, Cooperation, Feelings, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Loving Limits, Parenting Paradigm, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Screens, Self-Compassion for Parents, Sleep and Aware Parenting, Tantrums
As parents, when we have access to a compassionate understanding that all children have feelings to express as a result of daily stresses and bigger challenges, and we have enough emotional capacity to listen with loving presence to their feelings,...
by Marion Rose | Jul 11, 2019 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Power and Powerlessness in Parenting, Power Portal Process, Power-with in Parenting
How many of your most painful parenting moments involved you feeling powerless? Powerlessness is deeply painful and can come from thoughts, present moment needs or past feelings. 1. Thoughts ~ Were you telling yourself things like, “I can’t do this...
by Marion Rose | Jul 4, 2019 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Feelings
Over the years, I’ve worked with so many people who say things like, “I don’t know how to express my anger in healthy ways.” So many have talked about anger being unwelcome in their homes; about being punished or shamed if they expressed anger or had a tantrum....
by Marion Rose | Jul 3, 2019 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Power and Powerlessness in Parenting
When our child doesn’t do what we want, or keeps on doing something that we don’t want, there are three main options we have in terms of power. We can feel powerlessness, which often means frustrated too, and we then either give up on getting our needs met,...
