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“to enter into a state of pure connection with your child, you can achieve this by setting aside any sense of superiority.”
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Emowering Our Children
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Emowering Our Children
“It’s not possible to move from one activity to the next at blinding speed and be reflective at the same time. The more complex and demanding the work we do, the wider, deeper and longer the perspective we require to do it well. It’s almost impossible to do that when we create no white space in our lives.”
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“Once you accept your children’s basic nature, you can contour your style to meet their temperament. To do so means letting go of your fantasies of yourself as a certain kind of parent and instead evolving into the parent you need to be for the particular child in front of you.”
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
“My child isn’t my easel to paint on Nor my diamond to polish My child isn’t my trophy to share with the world Nor my badge of honor My child isn’t an idea, an expectation, or a fantasy Nor my reflection or legacy My child isn’t my puppet or a project Nor my striving or desire My child is here to fumble, stumble, try, and cry Learn and mess up Fail and try again Listen to the beat of a drum faint to our adult ears And dance to a song that revels in freedom My task is to step aside Stay in infinite possibility Heal my own wounds Fill my own bucket And let my child fly —Shefali Tsabary, PhD”
― Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work... and What Will
― Out of Control: Why Disciplining Your Child Doesn't Work... and What Will
“Our children pay a heavy price when we lack consciousness. Overindulged, over-medicated, and over-labeled, many of them are unhappy. This is because, coming from unconsciousness ourselves, we bequeath to them our own unresolved needs, unmet expectations, and frustrated dreams. Despite our best intentions, we enslave them to the emotional inheritance we received from our parents, binding them to the debilitating legacy of ancestors past. The nature of unconsciousness is such that, until it’s metabolized, it will seep through generation after generation. Only through awareness can the cycle of pain that swirls in families end. T”
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
― The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children
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