Mindful Parents often want to know what to do and say to their children in specific situations. There are alot of parenting books, blogs and websites out there telling us. But does this one size fits all parenting philosophy really work?
Nov 282011
In this post I want to talk about openness of mind, and how this can lead to more creative and harmonious family relationships. We often are so stuck to our own ideas, so afraid of being wrong we stubbornly defend our position to the exclusion of really listening to another persons opinion, point of view [...]
Nov 142011
In this post I want to talk about, how most of us as parents, beat ourselves up when we get things wrong, mess up or want to do things over again with our kids. Its a common symptom to feel bad when we are less than perfect as parents. We feel guilty, we talk negatively [...]
Oct 172011
There are many different theories on how to bring up kids out there, from extreme control and authoritarianism, to extreme permissivness and neglect. Most parents fall somewhere along that line. But if you consider a radically different view point for a moment, there is another way that most people don’t even know exists. I like [...]
Oct 102011
Are you friends with your kids? I bet some of you are uncomfortable with that statement… Parents aren’t friends with their kids right? Because then they would disrespect us, or take advantage or any other number or negative consequences from us being overly nice or letting go of control? Do you treat your children with [...]
