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...What can I say to family and friends who don’t understand our way of parenting?
Q: I read The Aware Baby when my baby, Clementine, was one month old, and started Aware Parenting soon after that. Gradually my husband and I got into it. We are both counsellors and so we are used to the concept of the importance of expressing and mirroring feelings,...
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...
A Securely Attached Baby and a Restful Night’s Sleep – Just a Dream?
I wrote this article in early 2007, when my son was 9 months old! I have a more compassionate style of writing nowadays. If you are reading this, I invite you to have lots of compassion for yourself and to remember that it’s never too late to listen to a...