by Marion Rose | Jul 4, 2019 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Feelings
Over the years, I’ve worked with so many people who say things like, “I don’t know how to express my anger in healthy ways.” So many have talked about anger being unwelcome in their homes; about being punished or shamed if they expressed anger or had a tantrum....
by Marion Rose | Jul 4, 2019 | Aware Parenting, Connected Crying, Parenting Paradigm, Tantrums
Our beliefs about children, human beings and parenting have a profound effect on how we feel when we’re with our child, and what our responses are likely to be (beliefs aren’t the only things that affect how we feel and how we act, but that’s what...
by Marion Rose | Jul 4, 2019 | Aware Parenting, Connected Crying, Culture
This is a bit longer than my usual posts, and comes in three parts! FACILITATING TRUE RESILIENCE IN CHILDREN THROUGH LISTENING TO CRYING AND RAGING AFTER STRESSFUL EVENTS There is a lot of talk nowadays about how to help children be resilient. ...
by Marion Rose | Jul 4, 2019 | Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Connected Crying, Sleep and Aware Parenting, Tantrums
You may have noticed that I’ve been writing a lot about the physiological effects of crying, tantrums, laughter, play, shaking and sweating last week. Physiology is not my area of expertise, particularly not psychoneuroimmunology – so I asked a dear...
by Marion Rose | Jul 3, 2019 | Aggression, Aware Parenting, Power and Powerlessness in Parenting
When our child doesn’t do what we want, or keeps on doing something that we don’t want, there are three main options we have in terms of power. We can feel powerlessness, which often means frustrated too, and we then either give up on getting our needs met,...
by Marion Rose | Jul 5, 2018 | Feelings, Inner Loving Father, Inner Loving Mother, Inner Loving Presence Process, Psychospiritual Parenting, Self-Compassion for Parents, True self
A child’s true nature is love. So why do they sometimes act in ways that don’t seem loving? Well, they need two main things to help them stay connected with their innate lovingness: A loving and compassionate environment AND Support to express painful feelings...
