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Parenting
With Passion: Do What You Love the Children Will Follow by Dr. Lara Honos-Webb
What's
a mama to do with so many parenting philosophies to choose from and activities
available to keep your kids up to par? You can't possibly take your child to
swim lessons, music classes, soccer games, and boy scouts every single week.
In regards to parenting philosophies, most parents come up against the debate
of attachment parenting vs. mainstream discipline. There is no right answer
to these questions. If you are running your kids around, frantic with fear that
they will fall behind, they will learn to live a life motivated by fear. In
evaluating what you are teaching your kids, remember the cliché…
 Chakra
Baby: 7 Lessons for Holistic Wellbeing by Anita Revel
Pregnancy
intensifies a lot of things for a woman – it enhances the senses of taste
and smell, for example. It deepens her relationship with her support network
of friends and family. And, it heightens her intuitive connection with her body
and thus, her insights and drive to build a safe, empowered and happy life for
her and her baby. Thanks to my heightened intuitive awareness during my recent
pregnancy, I was able to connect with my growing baby on many different levels.
It wasn’t until I was “waist-deep” in a journey of profound
cleansing that I realized baby was communicating lessons in line with the chakras…
 How
to Unclutter Your Parenting – Part 2 by Chick Moorman & Thomas Haller
We are suggesting that parents throw out all the parenting techniques that do not work.
Clean out your tool box. Streamline it. Yelling, spanking, bribing, threatening, pouting, giving children the silent treatment, dispensing guilt, shaming, ordering,
criticizing, and nagging do not work. Punishing children into submission with an escalating series of consequences is also ineffective. Use of behavior management
charts colorfully decorated with stars and stickers, rewards, evaluative praise, or eloquent lectures are other misguided strategies often used by parents to
gain compliance. None of them work if raising a responsible, caring, confident child is your goal…
 HOW
TO RAISE AN INDIGO CHILD: A Complete Serialization by Dr. Barbara Condron -
Entrainment – Part 2, What Do Indigos Dream?
I have
taught many parents how to interpret their children’s dreams. Knowing
the language of mind gives you an invaluable window into your child’s
consciousness. The entrainment that comes from learning how to interpret the
meaning of your dreams, then using your conscious waking mind to fashion an
appropriate response to what you have learned, creates a complete cycle of energy
in your own consciousness. It produces a centeredness, an inner calm and authority,
that cannot be bought, borrowed, or bestowed. ??Entrainment is produced by awareness,
one thought at a time. It is invaluable for each of us, and is what every child
is seeking. Listening and responding to a child’s dreams tells you their
innermost thoughts, the ones that truly count. They tell you about hopes and
fears, desires and concerns. They tell you the level of soul awareness, and
whether it is being nurtured or stymied. ??Children’s dreams can tell
us when they are emotionally troubled, and…
MEDITATION FOR KIDS: The Season of Change by Jeannine Proulx
Guided
meditations are a wonderful way to calm the minds of these very high maintenance children. It offers them a story form that keeps them interested and aware,
while allowing them the freedom to create their own experiences and stories. Come join us as we offer this next generation the opportunity to create their
own world and their own lives! To set the scene, find a quiet, comfortable space and time. Bedtime or afternoon nap is ideal. Keep the lighting soft and still,
play soft music if you wish and read out loud slowly...
 INSPIRED
PARENTING: Top 10 Tips for Coaching Parents of a Contrary Kid by Dr. Caron B.
Goode
One of
most frustrating stages of toddlerhood can be when a child learns to master
the word “no.” Although on the surface it may seem that the child
is being defiant and difficult, a young child who is constantly saying “no”
is in a monumental phase of early childhood development. When parents aren’t
coached to recognize this stage for what it is, the result can be frequent power
struggles between parent and child. While it’s important for a child to
understand that the parent is the person of authority, it’s also important
to let a child engage in self discovery by allowing him to assert his feelings
and to learn that it can be okay to say no.
 RAISING
INTUITIVE CHILDREN: I Can't Explain My Intuition... It Just Is
by Tara Paterson
My greatest
confidence for trusting my intuition has been in the upbringing of my children.
In fact, I recently signed a contract with a publisher for a book I am co-authoring
titled Raising Intuitive Children. Where does my knowledge for this information
come from? You guessed it, my intuition, but would you believe I am still required
to back up some of what I know with credible resources! You can imagine the
irony…. The good news is as I apply these intuitive nudges with how I
parent my children; the evidence of what I receive reveals itself…
 Before
the Big Test by Carl Chew
The Friday before the week of the Big Test my school district sends a flyer home with each child.
The message: eat right, get plenty of sleep, and do your best.??The Big Test is designed to be definitive. It signals the students, teachers, schools, parents,
districts, states, and the federal government how everyone is doing. To be so definitive it follows that the Big Test is perfectly conceived, administered
fairly, and that the students have eaten right, had plenty of sleep, and done their best. ??Notice that the flyer did not say, the Big Test has been shown
to accurately assess children whether or not they eat right, get enough sleep, or do their best. In fact, the message clearly is, children who do not eat right,
who do not get enough sleep, and who do not try their hardest may not do as well?
 NEW
KIDS, OLD SOULS: The Freedom of Inner Perfection by Tigris Powers
I try to approach my children’s universe armed with the
wisdom and compassion I’ve gained over the years, for I realize that my precious children are no less fragile than tiny little insects. However, there
are times that I feel like a clumsy human looking down upon two beings that have come from a more graceful place. My mind wants to understand them, figure
them out, just like it did the ants. Though I am eager to show them the way, I don’t want to color their already brilliant view of the world. My spectrum
of color seems pale, washed out even, when compared to their effervescent rainbow. Like so many of the new children joining us on this planet, my children are
artists seeking to paint the world in a new light…
 Intuitive
Parents, Intuitive Kids: Be Genuine by Jennifer Crews, M.A.
If I
had on videotape what Carlos, a 4 year old boy taught me in just two hours,
a big secret to working with the new children would be unveiled and seen by
everyone. Unfortunately, I did not have a video camera and the moments instead
are captured in the digital constructs of my memory. Therefore, I am here writing
about the experience to share with you what I witnessed and how it pertains
to being a valuable tool in understanding the vibration of genuineness that
the new children are teaching us today…
Focus
on Health by Vinca von Muhlenberg, CHHC, AADP -This Month: Fruit
Eating
raw fruit in summer months increases its cooling effect, while baking in the
winter months neutralizes its cooling effect. Fruit in the form of juice is
a great choice for cleansing the body, but be aware that juice rapidly raises
blood sugar levels, sending you down an energy crash soon after. Frozen, whole,
pureed or juiced fruit can make great summertime cool down treats, such as frozen
grapes, banana-coconut smoothie popsicles or lime juice ice-cubes for ice tea!
Whether you are having fresh fruit for a light early morning breakfast, a mid
day snack or evening treat, enjoy nature's sweetness and when ever possible
buy organic! Here are a few summer fruits and some of their health benefits…
 To
Bee Or Not To Bee by John Penberthy, Illustrated by Laurie Barrows
Laced
with wit and humor and peppered with aphorisms, To Bee or Not to Bee teaches
that life is too important to bee taken so seriously, that the only way out
is in, that life is a journey from I to we, and that God cannot bee comprehended,
only experienced. Ultimately Buzz learns the greatest lesson of all—simply
to bee here now. The book’s 49 Chinese water color illustrations add a
delightful dimension of richness and entertainment. Now in 11 languages, To
Bee or Not to Bee is the Jonathan Livingston Seagull of the insect world…
 Adonai
is a Flower in My Heart by Wyatt Isaacs
Being a bar mitzvah is like growing a garden because you have to practice your Torah
portion a 100 times, like you have to water the soil. You also have to weed out all the things that get in the way of your heart. I plant seeds and love
to watch the little sprouts grow, like how we all started. I am so happy when the plants give fruits or vegetables, just like we all have something to give
in our lives. Sometimes I am bullied and feel invisible and left out. People judge me because I am different. Sometimes I don’t feel peace…but
I think mean bullies are in more pain than me. It is much harder to hurt someone than be hurt…
 New
Methods of Education Part 6 - Jean
Piaget's Constructivist Theory by Margaret
Seleme de Guevara
this month I will explore the subject of Jean Piaget’s Constructivist Theory.
Many educational theories have been based on Mr. Piaget’s theory. In this series of articles dedicated to the education of the new age we have seen different
methods that are better adapted to the new children, such as the Waldorf, Montessori, Freinet and the High Scope methods. More new methods are constantly being developed,
all of which are trying to incorporate some elements that awaken and work with children’s spirituality. But all the methods, even those that are now
being developed, contain some elements derived from the traditional methods, the ones that began seeking change since the1920´s. Jean Piaget’s
constructivist theory is one of the most important components of many methods, so we will end this series with a global vision of his theory...
To read the above article in Spanish click on the title link Nuevos
Métodos de Educación Part 6 por Margaret Seleme de Guevara
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