Aware Parenting – The Third Path
Aware Parenting – the third path Part One – my own journey to Aware Parenting I know you want to give your child everything that you didn’t receive as a child. I know you want to see her, understand her, and give her the loving nourishment that helps her...Read moreThere are many different perspectives on thumb-sucking, and I’d love to share an Aware Parenting way of looking at it with you.
Crying – about the present or the past?
One of the main things about Aware Parenting and other similar parenting paradigms, such as those by Patty Wipfler and Lawrence Cohen, is a different way of looking at crying. Often crying is seen at face value – a child cries when put in his car seat, or when picked...
Tears and Tantrums – just a storm in a teacup, or a path to peace and presence?
Yesterday my daughter cried. Her friend had come to play and they both wanted to drink from the blue cup. She looked at him; her chin wobbled; her mouth trembled. Her eyes unveiled her sadness. Then came the tears. Sitting next to Lana, her dad and I looked lovingly...