Teens Live In A World Of Their Own. Neither fully autonomous adults nor carefree children! They are expected to have the responsibility of an adult, but are given none of […]

Here is a note I wrote for parents of a new-born baby. They asked me for ideas of how to interact with their brand new being in the first days. […]

Obedience is Less Important Than You Might Think I understand that obedience feels like an important and even necessary thing to develop and maintain in kids. It seems like without […]

Children Are Naturally Generous and Kind Contrary to the common belief about young children I do not believe they are egocentric and selfish. Many people say that they are only […]

Collaboration and Communication My tendency as a parent is always to make decisions using collaboration and communication. I bring the pros and cons of any situation to the table; we […]

Talking to Babies Young children, even babies, can respond to much deeper communication than people generally realize. I have startling experiences in deep communication with young children. Not just with […]

“NO” Feels Like a Denial of Their Natural Selves Part of the reason kids flip out when they hear no is that they don’t understand why they’re being told no. […]

How Can I Get My Kid to Stop Hitting? A mother mentioned that her 1 1/2 year old has started hitting mommy and daddy when he’s upset. They have tried […]

  I feel so thrilled that I got to share some Conscious Parenting ideas with a group of amazing people today at G Day Toronto. An empowerment conference for young […]