Guest post by Richard Grossman. One of the most important psychological factors in raising a family is giving children “voice.” What is “voice”? It is the sense of agency that resides in all of us, that makes us confident that we will be heard, and that we will have impact on our environment. Exceptional parents…
Category: Peaceful Parenting
What You Teach Me
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In Relationships, Respect May Be Even More Crucial than Love
Guest post by Peter Gray. It is useful, I think, to compare and contrast parent-child relationships with husband-wife relationships. In both of these, respect is absolutely essential for the relationship to work. Love without respect is dangerous; it can crush the other person, sometimes literally. To respect is to understand that the other person is…
A Baby Cries: How Should Parents Respond?
Guest post by Jan Hunt. Imagine for a moment that you have been abducted by space ship to a distant planet, and you are surrounded by giant strangers whose language you do not speak. Two of those strangers take you under their care. You are entirely dependent on them for the satisfaction of all your…
A Little Extra Love, Just in Case
Guest post by John A. Taylor. It seems a pity that the human body cannot proclaim its emotional illness or health by raising or lowering its temperature. Even a minor cold is reflected by an increase of one’s temperature and, no matter how insignificant the illness, a fever will bring forth care and sympathy. But…
Fear-based Parenting
Change Your Mindset
The Joy of Sharing
Guest post by Scott Noelle. Imagine yourself back in the throes of puberty, and you’re madly in love with someone who doesn’t yet know how you feel… You’re at a park, enjoying an ice cream cone, when your would-be lover walks by, sees you, and smiles! You offer your beloved a bite of your ice…
Why?
Guest post by Scott Noelle. The next time some friend or relative warns you that your parenting style is too permissive, do what any self-respecting 3-year-old would do: Ask, “Why?”“Because children need limits.” “Why?” Most people who hold this belief have never questioned it. Those who are willing to examine it might notice that life…
How Could a Monster Succeed in Blinding a Nation?
Guest post by Alice Miller. Is it still possible in today’s Germany to escape the realization that without the mistreatment of children, without a form of child-rearing based on violence to inculcate blind obedience, there would not have been a Hitler and his followers? And thus not millions of murdered victims either? Probably every thinking…