The Conscious Parent

When you are comfortable acknowledging your flaws and daily mistakes, not in a self-flagellating manner but in a matter-of-fact manner, you convey to your children that mistakes are inevitable. By laughing at your errors and readily admitting your insecurities, you remove yourself from the pedestal of wonder. Setting aside hierarchy, you encourage

conscious parenting goes beyond techniques aimed at fixing a specific behavior, speaking instead to the deeper aspects of the relationship between parent and child.

Children who grow up with an intrinsic sense of “rightness” become adults who forever carry the imprint of inner connection and, consequently, emotional sturdiness. They learn early that it’s their spirit that means the most in a relationship, and it’s this they will call upon to navigate their adult experiences. Operating from this intrinsic conne

For this reason, the parenting experience isn’t one of parent versus child but of parent with child.

For this reason, the ability to see—really see—our children separate from who we are is our greatest gift to them. Conversely, our greatest weakness as parents is our inability to honor a child’s path as it emerges.

Hence a conscious approach to parenting urges parents to address issues that are the hallmarks of consciousness, such as: Am I allowing myself to be led toward greater spiritual awakening through my relationship with my children? How can I parent my children with an awareness of what they truly need from me, and thus become the parent they deserve

The only meaningful way for parent and child to relate is as spiritual partners in mutual spiritual advancement.

When we are unable to accept our children, it’s because they open up old wounds in us, threatening some ego-attachment we are still holding onto. Unless we address why we can’t embrace our children for precisely who they are, we will forever either seek to mold, control, and dominate them—or we will allow ourselves to be dominated by them.

As much as conscious parenting is about listening to our children, honoring their essence, and being fully present with them, it’s also about boundaries and discipline.