by Marion Rose | Mar 20, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Attachment Play, Control Patterns, Crying, Feelings
In what I call The Disconnected Domination Culture (which is not an Aware Parenting term), there is a focus on early independence. This cultural value means that in this culture, most parents are not taught about secure attachment. All babies and children have strong...
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...
