by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Sep 20, 2016 | Aware Parenting, Crying, Evolving as an Aware Parent, Loving Limits, Loving Limits and the sweet spot, My Aware Parenting Experiences and Musings, Rage, Repression, Siblings, Sweet Spots, Tantrums
Hello again! Today my kids and I went for a lovely walk on the beach. When we got home, we started setting up two new games we got – one is tennis on a stick and the other is football on a stick. My daughter was doing the lion’s share, and my son was...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Aug 18, 2015 | Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting for ourselves, Loving Limits and the sweet spot, Sweet Spots
Hello! How has your week been? I’d love to share with you something that I found amazing for finding the sweet spot. For those of you who’ve already known me for a while, you’ll know that the sweet spot is the exact point, somewhere between safety on...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Aug 4, 2015 | Aware Parenting, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Loving Limits, Loving Limits and the sweet spot
When my children were younger, I used to use loving limits quite a lot with them. Now that they are older, I don’t use loving limits often. I’m much more likely to go for connection and attachment play. But last night, I did use loving limits with my...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Mar 10, 2015 | Loving Limits and the sweet spot
I used to think that being loving meant always saying, “yes.” I am increasingly learning that saying, “No” can also express love – for myself, in my relationships, and for my children. Permissive Parenting; avoiding saying “no” I’ve always veered on the side of...
by lovingbeing@iinet.net.au | Mar 10, 2015 | Loving Limits and the sweet spot
In one way of looking at parenting, we can label it as either permissive, authoritarian, or democratic: Permissive (meeting their child’s needs and not our own) Authoritarian (meeting our needs and not our child’s) With Aware Parenting, we strive for something in...
