by Marion Rose | Apr 30, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Aggression, Attachment Play, Conditioning, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Crying, Culture, Dissociation, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Parenting Paradigm, The balance of attention
There are many different beliefs about why children hit, and based on those beliefs, what the most helpful response to a hitting child is. Old religious paradigms believed that children were innately evil or bad and needed to be shamed and punished into being...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
In our culture, feelings and bodies have been demonised for centuries. Yet, feelings are not enemies. Feelings can be our most profound friends. Listening lovingly to our child’s deepest, rawest, biggest feelings can be some of the most profound experiences we...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings, Tantrums
From an Aware Parenting perspective, tantrums are a natural process for children to release pent-up painful feelings, stress hormones and tension, leading to profound healing and relaxation. However, for tantrums to be healing, children need the loving and calm...
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 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
Although Aware Parenting is highly complex and nuanced in practice, the philosophy is quite simple. One core element of the theory is that all children feel painful feelings. The more unmet needs, daily stress and larger trauma they have experienced, the more painful...
by Marion Rose | Apr 20, 2022 | Aware Parenting, Feelings
All children experience stressful events that range from daily challenges to bigger traumatic experiences. Each experience of stress or trauma leads to uncomfortable feelings such as overwhelm, frustration, powerlessness, sadness or fear. Those feelings have...
