by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns
Almost anything can be done to suppress feelings. However, some common ways that children can suppress feelings are: Thumb or finger sucking Nail biting or nose picking Teddy or blanket clutching Eating or drinking to suppress Screens to suppress Rather than judging...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns
Does your child pick their nose? What do you tell yourself is the cause and how do you feel and act when you think that? From an Aware Parenting perspective, nose picking is one of the myriad ways that children use to dissociate from uncomfortable feelings. When we...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Connected Crying, Control Patterns, Feelings
I’m sending you lots of compassion as you read this information. Understanding this process can help us connect with painful feelings and conditioned self-judgments. I really value deep self-compassion for us all, and believe that it is through self-compassion...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Control Patterns, Feelings
All children experience daily stresses, however much we aim to meet their needs and protect them from harm. The majority of children also experience bigger stresses, which could be called trauma. Each child differs in the amount of stress and trauma they experience...
by Marion Rose | Mar 22, 2020 | Colonised, Conditioning, Consciousness, Control Patterns, Conversation with Life, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Evolving Through Parenting, Fear, Feelings, Feelings, Gaia, Healing From the Past, Inner Feminine and Masculine, Inner Loving Mother, Loving Limits, Psychospiritual Development, Psychospiritual Parenting, Repression, Repression mechanisms
If you’re familiar with my work, you know I talk about the power of Loving Limits. We can set Loving Limits with a child when they are hurting others or themselves, or when they are using repression mechanisms to distract themselves form painful...
by Marion Rose | Mar 6, 2020 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns, Repression, Repression mechanisms
When you see your child’s repression mechanisms, does this help you see yours more clearly and compassionately? Seeing our own repression mechanisms can help us be compassionate with the younger parts of us who didn’t grow up in a culture where feelings...
