How to Achieve More Peace as a Parent

As you practice conscious parenting, it is important to become aware of your inner purpose. What does that mean exactly?

Your purpose as a parent is to take on the responsibility of addressing the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of your child. That is your outer purpose. Your inner purpose is to nurture the conscious awareness that is growing in you that helps you align yourself with what is rightfully yours; peace, joy, love and creative energy.

So what is the most effective way to do that? How can you stay centered when you feel like reacting when things get difficult? Read more

Inspirational Video about Positive Parenting

Wonderful, inspirational video about positive parenting… this is from the YouTube site:

Lifepositivebydesign.com

Conscious living means taking responsibility for your actions, words and ways of being. It is calling the powerful Laws of Attraction into action by making positive conscious choices even in the face of difficult challenges. Life Positive by Design offers tools and techniques designed to help you to achieve success in your onward and upward journey to the ultimate prize: happiness, balance and peace.

Achieving happiness, balance and peace may seem challenging and even impossible to some of you who are faced with the rigorous demands of everyday life, coupled with the huge responsibility of raising children. This can make the idea of creating change in daily habits seem just out of reach. However, moving slowly, one step at a time towards a more conscious way of being will enable you to get from the place where you are now to where you want to be.

Perfection in the Imperfect

What a wake up call nature provided for my heart today. After several days of my children bickering, acting out, pushing my buttons, triggering my inner child and other assorted adolescent antics I was deep in crazed parent mode. I completely stepped out of every positive parenting practice that I have not only embraced but taught. I was analyzing, correcting, disciplining, attempting to fix, blaming, getting overwhelmed and feeling rather inadequate as a parent.

With the kids off to school I sat in meditation and sank into the quiet of my heart. I was able to gain a great deal of clarity and released my pent up emotions. Still feeling in a bit of a funk I decided what I needed was a walk in nature, some exercise and a good sweat in the steam room at our gym. Our gym is on an amazing piece of property, rolling hills, rows of Banyan Trees, and a beautiful beachfront lake. Read more

Angels Abound!

It was the day before Cameron’s ninth birthday. I expected to hear an excited voice on the other end of the phone in Windsor but there were only sobs and tears. Cameron’s classmate, Destiny, had died suddenly two days before and my youngest grandson was feeling deep, deep sadness.

“I’m not going to have a very good birthday tomorrow, Papa” was the only clear sentence he managed to articulate at that point. This is the rest of the conversation as best I can recall.

“Cam, I want to tell you a little something you can do so that you WILL have a super birthday tomorrow.”
“What’s that, Papa?” he whimpered. Read more

Bullying Prevention Skills and Techniques for Children

Child bullying is a big problem in our schools today. The main difference between child bullying today from the past is the nature of the bullying and the violence that occurs in the aftermath. Cyberbullying is becoming a popular and more destructive form of bullying than traditional bullying. More children today are bringing guns to school to seek revenge on others. Child bullying has been around and will probably remain for years to come.

Unfortunately, we do not have the power to rid the world of bullying. The answer to the issue of child bullying rests within us, especially the victims of bullying. Victims of bullying are never responsible for being bullied. On the contrary, victims of child bullying have the power in themselves to think, behave, and react in ways that limits or eradicates bullying. As a society, we spend much of our energy identifying and punishing the bully that we fail to spend adequate time empowering the victims of child bullying. We should spend more of our energy on the things that we can control rather than the things that we have limited or no control over. We need to teach children about the power that they already possess. Let me elaborate on a few issues that parents should teach their children regarding bullying prevention.
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So Far So Good

This video is both comical and serious at the same time. The 5 year-old is absolutely precious when dealing with the 911 operator and the life-threatening situation her father was in. Unfortunately, we are not told of the outcome. If nothing else, if you’re the parent or grandparent of children this age, perhaps a family meeting about dealing with such a situation would be a good idea.

Music - a Superior Tool for Brain Development

Whether you have high aspirations for your child in the area of music or not, learning and listening to music is highly advantageous for your child.

It is common for mothers of very young children to sing to them, in order to calm them at the end of the day, so that they go to sleep. Hymns and patriotic music are played in official occasions and conventions, to arouse patriotic feelings in people. Loud and fast music with strong tempo is played at parties, to motivate people to dance and “have fun”. “Romantic” type music is played in movies as accompaniment for romantic scenes.

Music has the power to change our mood and affect us in ways no other tool can. Read more