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 | Feb 15, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Connected Crying, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Crying, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Sleep and Aware Parenting
Have you ever noticed that your child can become extra playful, just when you’re wanting them to wind down to sleep? One of the many things I love about Aware Parenting is the deep trust it has in a child’s innate wisdom. A child’s psyche, body...
by Marion Rose | Feb 14, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Choice, Connection, Cooperation, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Unwillingness
I often give the following example to parents when I talk about children and cooperation. If you were in a job, and your ‘boss’ came to you and said in a cold tone, with a tense body posture, and without looking at you; “Right, today you have to do this...
by Marion Rose | Feb 11, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Joy and Attachment Play
Comparing the Domination / colonialised paradigm with Aware Parenting (and in particular, attachment play): Aware Parenting is part of the new paradigm of human beings that is evolving away from the domination / colonialised paradigm of the last 2,000 plus...
by Marion Rose | Nov 17, 2017 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Connection, Control Patterns, Crying, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Tantrums
Hello! I did a FB live on this today. You can watch it HERE. So, repression mechanisms! Pretty much anything can become a repression mechanism, but common ones in children are things like: thumb sucking eating when upset hair twirling nose picking sucking on...
