Education
by juarry · updated 18d ago
Education
- Raising children has come to look more and more like a business endeavor and less and less like an endeavor of the heart. We are overly concerned with “the bottom line,” with how our children “do” rather than with who our children “are.” We pour time, attention, and money into insuring their performance, consistently making it to their soccer game ... See more
from The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine
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- The three keys to peaceful parenting:
- Regulate your own emotions:“Our ability to self-regulate might have the biggest impact on who our child turns out to be compared to anything else we do”
- Connect with your kids
- Coach instead of punishing
from Dr. Laura Markham: Peaceful Parenting [The Knowledge Project Ep. #52] by Farnam Street
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Don’t tell them what to do and how to do it, rather engage them in a conversation to invite them to share how they see and feel about things.
from It's Just My Nature! A Guide to Knowing and Living Your True Nature by Carol Tuttle
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- Let us be different in our homes. Let us realize that, along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.” The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them—loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them
from How to Talk so Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber
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- In this anxious inheritance from my mother and my grandmother, I’ve both under- and overcorrected. Most of what I provide to my kids is nurturance, care and a soft lap before bed. I have excellent paid help to address many of their practical needs. I indulge them a lot. They participate in zero extracurriculars and do not have great table manners. ... See more
from Opinion | The Lies Mothers Tell Themselves and Their Children by Elise Loehnen
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I want to start something different: I want my children to feel good inside, to feel valuable and lovable and worthy, even when they struggle. And this starts … with re-accessing my own goodness. My goodness has always been there
from Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
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