The Conscious Parent

those medals she won—they have been useless. She might as well have done nothing.” This mother nul ...

whereas the opposite is the case. Having said this, there are areas in which you can set the bar for your child ...

Beyond these basics, your children own the right to manifest who they want to be, even if this isn’t ...

Again, the first step to releasing your children from the snare of your unrealism is to free yoursel ...

of questions such as, “Then what?”—we free our children of the fear of how they will look or how t ...

A mother confided in me her concern that her four-year-old daughter was off the developmental track because, ...

A little boy of five was using the potty throughout the day, but at night slept in diapers. Realizing th ...

my report card, I flew into the house and straight into my mother’s arms. With her typical exuberance ...

that by not having clear expectations, we will produce unmotivated, lazy children. However, rigid standar ...

When we teach our children to disregard grades and instead focus on their courage to sit still and try, w ...

and not really about our children, we don’t feel the need to project these fears onto our offspring. Conseq ...

When we don’t look to our children to make us happy, but find our happiness elsewhere, we liberate ...

is dry. Authentic giving originates from a well that overflows. Coming from this inner connection, e ...

T CHAPTER 14 Create a Conscious Space in Your Child’s Life he years from birth to age six are especially ...

from the years of relaxed play. As thought increasingly kicks in, their life becomes more complicated. Wh ...

after game. In this way, we create the space for quiet observation. When we are in a state of constan ...

breath as it enters and leaves the nostrils, this may be too subtle a sensation for a young child. Paying at ...

that for one hour a week they take a walk in nature by themselves. We can ask that for one hour a ...

“Remember when you were eight, and we went to the zoo? You fell, and . . .” There is power in weavin ...

learn to count on such rituals, they develop a sense of stability. As adults, they will recall these ...