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What All Children Want Their Parents to Know Teach me to love and care for myself Through your positive example. I will learn much more from what you do Than from anything you could ever say.
Notice me often, And take joy in my very existence, So that I grow up to feel special And know that I am loved.
Listen to me With an open ear and loving heart, So that I learn to understand my feelings And trust that my needs will be heard.
Play with me often. Let down your guard and be more carefree. The memories will last long, And our connection even longer.
Focus on what I am doing right, And tell me when you appreciate me, So that I learn to feel worthy And motivated to do even more.
Tell me more about your life, Your hopes, dreams and successes, So that I come to know you as a person And can call you my friend As well as my parent. |
Interesting ArticlesArticle by Phil Golding Phil Golding is the director of the Inner Harmony Centre in Brisbane, where he works as a psychotherapist while writing and teaching on the subject of personal and spiritual development. Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry: What's the Difference?
Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of eleven books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn's criticisms of competition and rewards have helped to shape the thinking of educators -- as well as parents and managers -- across the country and abroad. Click here.
Articles by Dr. Aletha Solter Aletha Solter, PhD, is a developmental psychologist, international speaker, consultant, and founder of the Aware Parenting Institute. Her four books have been translated into many languages and she is recognized internationally as an expert on attachment, trauma, and non-punitive discipline. She lives in California and has two grown children and one grandchild. Aware Parenting is a philosophy of child-rearing that has the potential to change the world. Based on cutting-edge research and insights in child development, Aware Parenting questions most traditional assumptions about raising children and proposes a new approach that can profoundly shift a parent's relationship with his or her child. Parents who follow this approach raise children who are bright, compassionate, competent, non-violent and drug free. Twenty Alternatives to Punishment Family Meetings for Conflict Resolution
Articles from the Centre for Non-Violent Communication The Center for Nonviolent Communication is a global organization helping people connect compassionately with themselves and one another through Nonviolent Communication language, created by Marshall B.Rosenberg, Ph.D. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) helps connect us with what is alive in ourselves and in others moment-to-moment, with what we or others could do to make life more wonderful and with an awareness of what gets in the way of natural giving and receiving. NVC language strengthens our ability to inspire compassion from others and respond compassionately to others and ourselves. NVC guides us to reframe how we express ourselves, how we hear others and resolve conflicts by focusing our consciousness on what we are observing, feeling, needing and requesting. Nonviolent Communication language awakens empathy and honesty, and is sometimes described as “the language of the heart.” Raising Children Compassionately Chapter One - Non Violent Communication Articles from the Los Angeles Alliance for Childhood A Caring community of parents and professionals dedicated to provide easy access to natural approaches and services that stand for: Strangers in Our Homes: and Our Children's Minds
Articles by Patty Wipfler Hand in Hand is a non-profit organization, founded in 1989 by Patty Wipfler which fosters healthy parent-child relationships that will last a lifetime. Parenting by Connection is Hand in Hand's approach to fostering close, responsive relationships between parents and children.This approach is based on the principles of respect, listening, leadership development and the importance of interpersonal connections. We help parents and professionals gain perspective on their work and give them tools to build stronger connections within their families, in their work and in their communities. Parents face many challenges throughout their parenting careers. Parenting by Connection addresses these key issues, and gives parents the tools they need to overcome these obstacles. Listening to What Children Want Backbone and Bounce: Building Resilience Handling Children's Feelings in Public Places Setting Limits with Young Children Power Struggles Dissolve with Laughter
Articles by Dr. John Breeding John Breeding, Ph.D., is a psychologist with a well-established private counseling practice in Austin, Texas. A significant part of his work involves counselling with parents and children. He lectures and leads workshops for parents and educators on handling the challenge of a child who is labeled a "problem". He is director of Wildest Colts Resources, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to assist adults in becoming more effective in their work with young people, offering non-drug alternatives to helping young people who are having a hard time. He is also director of Texans For Safe Education, a citizens group dedicated to challenging the ever-increasing role of psychiatry, especially psychiatric drugs, in the schools. Remembering Essence: Parenting as Emotional Healing Parent Heaven and Hell: A note on punishment A Few Simple Truths about ADHD and Stimulant Drugs
Articles by Dr. Sarah J Buckley Sarah J Buckley (born 1960) is a trained GP/family physician, an internationally-acclaimed writer on gentle choices in pregnancy, birth and parenting and mother to Emma, Zoe, Jacob and Maia, all born gently at home, 1990 to 2000. Sarah’s writing critiques current practices in pregnancy, birth and parenting from a scientific as well as a personal viewpoint. She encourages us to be fully informed in our decision-making; to listen to our hearts and our intuition; and to claim our rightful role as the real experts in our bodies and our children. Healing Birth, Healing the Earth Excerpted from Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering Sarah’s powerful essay on the lessons of birth – passion, love, power and surrender – and the healing that we can experience, individually and globally, through respecting and reclaiming this ancient rite. Lotus Birth: A ritual for our times Excerpted from Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering An introduction to Lotus birth (non-severance of the cord). Includes the history and benefits of this new practice and Sarah’s own Lotus birth experiences with Zoe, Jacob and Maia. Also Lotus birth links and resources. Attachment Parenting Excerpted from Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering A delightful introduction to the simplicity and wisdom of attachment parenting, where we accept that mother and baby need to be physically and emotionally close. For new and experienced parents alike. Leaving Well Alone: A natural approach to the third stage of labour First published in the book Lotus Birth 2000 The third stage – from when the mother births her baby to when she delivers her baby’s placenta – is often rushed and hurried for both mother and baby. This article explores the significance of this time for mother and baby, the drugs and procedures commonly used, and the dangers associated with early clamping of the baby’s cord. A completely revised and updated version of this article is available in Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. |
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