by Marion Rose | Apr 30, 2025 | Aware Parenting, Aggression, Attachment Play, Conditioning, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Crying, Culture, Dissociation, Feelings, Introduction to Aware Parenting, Parenting Paradigm, The balance of attention
There are many different beliefs about why children hit, and based on those beliefs, what the most helpful response to a hitting child is. Old religious paradigms believed that children were innately evil or bad and needed to be shamed and punished into being...
by Marion Rose | May 4, 2022 | Conditioning, Consciousness, Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Language
I have LOVED this series on language. I could say lots more (a whole book!), AND this is the last post for now! Phrases I don’t say to children (or any aged person) “You have to” “You’re not allowed” “You should”...
by Marion Rose | May 4, 2022 | Conditioning, Consciousness, Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Language
As my language series comes to an end, I’m finishing with a couple of very short posts. In birthing, some of the words I don’t say are: ‘due date’ ‘contraction’ ‘labour’ ‘caught the baby’. These words can deeply affect how a...
by Marion Rose | May 4, 2022 | Conditioning, Consciousness, Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Language
“I feel like” is spoken so often nowadays. Do you notice yourself saying it? Do you hear it a lot in the language of others? I’m passionate about language for many reasons, and one of those is that what we say has profound effects on: which part of ourselves we are...
by Marion Rose | May 4, 2022 | Conditioning, Consciousness, Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Language
You might have noticed how much I choose to think, write and speak particular words and not others! In this post, I’m going to share why I do this, and why this compassionate awareness and choice with words is a part of The Marion Method. Words have a powerful effect...
by Marion Rose | May 4, 2022 | Colonised, Conditioning, Consciousness, Disconnected Domination Culture (DDC), Language
I am writing this article from the Marion Method perspective, rather than as an Aware Parenting instructor. As a preface, if you really resonate with the word ‘regulation’ to refer to emotions or feelings, I support and value your experience and choice. Each of us has...
