May 2nd, 2010
Parenting Advice: Are You Enmeshed With Your Children?
Parents may enmesh with children when they want control over their children and they want their children to take responsibility for them. By over-involving themselves in their children's lives, they hope to tie their children to them in such a way that their children feel guilty over their parent's pain and responsible for it.
May 1st, 2010
What Is Child Honouring?
How we regard a child is the vital mirror with which that child's innate potential comes alive. Children who feel seen, loved and honoured are far more able to become loving parents and productive citizens later on. Child Honouring means seeing children for the creatively intelligent people they are, respecting their personhood as their own, recognizing them as essential members of the community and providing the fundamental nurturance they need in order to flourish.
Apr 30th, 2010
How to Deal with Teens with Attitude
Teens and pre-teens especially seem to have an “I don’t care,” or “Why bother?” attitude about school, homework and their other responsibilities, whether it be chores around the house or a part-time job. Do you find yourself asking your teen, “How will you ever make it in life if you don’t take these things seriously now?”
Apr 29th, 2010
The Conscious Parent: Taking the Anxiety Out of Separation
When it comes to human children, separation anxiety is looked upon as abnormal behavior, especially if it continues past the ages of one to two years old. The roots of this misunderstanding can be traced to our fierce belief in teaching independence without the knowledge or understanding of the child’s unique temperament or what is developmentally appropriate.
Apr 12th, 2010
How To Deal With Your Teen’s Growing Up Angst
One of the few common things that appear to cause so much anxiety to teens are the changes their bodies undergo. But anger is definitely not a suitable way of handling the confusion many parents feel as their children knock on the door of adulthood.
Mar 31st, 2010
Raising Kids: Modeling Good Manners
Children model their parents and will adopt good manners only if they them displayed in the immediate neighborhood. At every step of the way, parents are constantly showing their kids the right and wrong ways to behave. Bad language and aggressive behavior send the wrong messages to your highly impressionable children.
Mar 18th, 2010
Does Your Child Need Counseling?
For most of us who have grown up in India, the idea of seeking help for ‘special problems’ is anathema. This is even truer when it comes to finding professional help for our children.
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