by Marion Rose | Sep 26, 2017 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play, Loving Limits, Presence and Present Time, Present Time, Rage, Tantrums
In this article, I’m going to start with the three reasons why it can be hard for us to respond empathically and effectively to our children when they’re hitting, biting, pushing, taking and throwing. And then I’m going to talk about 3 ways we can respond to these...
by Marion Rose | Apr 28, 2017 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Aware Parenting and Sleep, Connection, Presence and Present Time, Present Time, Understanding our children
Hello! Behaviourism had a big effect on parenting; particularly the beliefs that: 1. Children need to be told how to behave in ways that we want them to; 2. We need to give them ‘attention’ when they are doing things that we want them to do...
by Marion Rose | Apr 26, 2017 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Homework, Present Time
Hello again! I’m so honoured that Rosa Comellas, an Aware Parenting colleague and friend in Spain, has written a guest post. She writes; “How I used attachment play with my son’s school homework and how it helped us both. My child goes to a mainstream...
by Marion Rose | Nov 17, 2016 | Attachment Play, Aware Parenting, Compassion, Connection, Loving Limits and Attachment Play
Hello! Most of us grew up in the behaviourism model. If we DID something that our parents or teachers didn’t want us to do, we were taught or punished so that we could be ‘good’. If we DIDN’T DO something that our parents or teachers wanted us...
by Marion Rose | Nov 15, 2016 | Aggression, Attachment Play, Aware Parenting
Hello! I first learnt about the “New Age” (as it was called then), in 1990, when I was 22 and doing my Ph.D. at Cambridge. I learnt all about active listening, and the soul, and compassion, and connecting with who we really are. Fast forward 26 years, and...
