Happy fathers day to all the conscious dads out there! Demon Wrestling Being a dad is a very challenging experience. In order to be the kind of father that I […]
Read moreTeaching Ethics to Children
Discussion Is Better Than Criticism I often discuss ethical issues with my daughter. She wants to know what is right, what is wrong – and why. Whenever such issues come […]
Read moreProtecting Our Kids From the Negative Effects of Media Messages
Media Maladjusted Madness If only we could close children’s eyes and plug their ears to 98% of what the world is telling them we could be more sure they would […]
Read moreEvery Thought We Think Affects Our Children’s Self Image
Personal Training is Essential to Conscious Parenting Part of the work I do as a parent, in fact a lot of the work that I do in trying to be […]
Read moreMy Daughter’s Wisdom – Part 1 of many
Harry is Getting Old A few years ago on the way to the home depot, I was talking to my daughter about sadness. Our hamster was getting pretty old and […]
Read moreStrong And Soft At The Same Time
Being Strong And Soft At The Same Time. As a martial arts and self-defence teacher I have to teach my students a complete range of reactions to different situations. There […]
Read moreThe feeling behind the words is as important as the words themselves
The Quality Of The Yes Saying YES in parenting is so powerful and significantly underused. I’ve always suggested 10 yeses for every no, but I actually believe the effective […]
Read moreHow Work With Your Anger And Stop Yelling At Your Kids
We Can Choose To Change Kids can be a handful. I know this believe me! Life is busy, full of stress and challenges. Even the nicest of us can […]
Read moreLook For The Positive Elements In Negative Behaviours
A mother asking for help. Her 3 year old is starting to behave in a really difficult way (she said AWFUL) He throws his food and milk all over He […]
Read moreThe “Debate” on Spanking
A young person in high school was going into a class debate about spanking. They are against spanking, but find themselves in the minority. They asked for some ideas that […]
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