by Marion Rose | Feb 23, 2020 | Aware Parenting, Control Patterns, Feelings, Repression, Repression mechanisms
If you’ve looked at the map, the first and most important thing I’d like to say is that I invite you to refrain from self-judgment. I value deep and wide compassion for ourselves as parents around this whole topic of feelings. I also want to say...
by Marion Rose | Feb 23, 2020 | Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting Instructor Mentoring Course, Aware Parenting Stories, Introduction to Aware Parenting, My Aware Parenting Experiences and Musings
18 years ago, I sat outside a mothers’ group, with my baby daughter, and cried and cried. I was longing to meet other mothers who were as passionate about Aware Parenting as I was. I still remember that exact moment, because it was when my longing...
by Marion Rose | Feb 21, 2020 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Breast-feeding, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Compassion, Connected Crying, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Control Patterns, Cooperation, Feelings, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Loving Limits, Parenting Paradigm, Repression, Repression mechanisms, Screens, Self-Compassion for Parents, Sleep and Aware Parenting, Tantrums
As parents, when we have access to a compassionate understanding that all children have feelings to express as a result of daily stresses and bigger challenges, and we have enough emotional capacity to listen with loving presence to their feelings,...
by Marion Rose | Feb 15, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Connected Crying, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Crying, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Sleep and Aware Parenting
Have you ever noticed that your child can become extra playful, just when you’re wanting them to wind down to sleep? One of the many things I love about Aware Parenting is the deep trust it has in a child’s innate wisdom. A child’s psyche, body...
by Marion Rose | Feb 14, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Choice, Connection, Cooperation, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Unwillingness
I often give the following example to parents when I talk about children and cooperation. If you were in a job, and your ‘boss’ came to you and said in a cold tone, with a tense body posture, and without looking at you; “Right, today you have to do this...
by Marion Rose | Feb 11, 2020 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Decolonisation, Domination Culture, Joy and Attachment Play
Comparing the Domination / colonialised paradigm with Aware Parenting (and in particular, attachment play): Aware Parenting is part of the new paradigm of human beings that is evolving away from the domination / colonialised paradigm of the last 2,000 plus...
