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Quote of the Week
"There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children." -- Marianne Williamson
12 Tips To Transition To Peaceful Parenting
"What is a Peaceful Parent? A parent who commits to regulating her own emotions, instead of taking them out on her child. A parent who commits to not using violence or shame to control her child, and instead uses connection and coaching to motivate him.
Why Peaceful Parenting? Because it works, from toddlers to teens. Peaceful parenting raises a child who WANTS to behave. Strict Parenting raises angry kids who lose interest in pleasing their parents. Permissive parenting raises unhappy kids who test their parents. In both cases, the child resists the parent's guidance and doesn't internalize self discipline. Positive parenting -- sometimes called positive discipline, gentle guidance, or loving guidance -- is simply guidance that keeps our kids on the right path, offered in a positive way that resists any temptation to be punitive. Studies show that's what helps kids learn consideration and responsibility, and makes for happier kids and parents. [...]
Shifting your parenting approach is a big transition, and you can expect some bumps as you and your children learn new patterns of relating. It doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. In fact, what's happening is that you're healing old hurt feelings so they stop driving new bad behavior. When your child acts out, he's showing you feelings from the past when you punished or yelled. It takes extra compassion from you, but your empathic response will heal those hurts so you can all move on." We offer you this article by Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids, which offers practical tips to help you make the transition to more peaceful parenting, which in turn will help us all to raise happy kids. [read article]
Reading Corner
 Title of e-Book: One Minute a Day to Inspired Parenting
By: Dr. Laura Markham
Stages: Newborn-Teens
Why? This e-book is designed in bite-sized inspirations. Read a nugget each day, or dive in at random and trust that the page you turn to will have exactly what you need at that moment. Each moment gives us a new chance to change directions. Even if we change our reaction to only a few things that happen today, we’ll find ourselves heading in a new direction. Before we know it, we’re in a whole new landscape. -- Publisher
Recommended by Cubs Editors
Be The Change
They say practice makes perfect :) Choose a few tips mentioned in the article this week that you would like to put into practice in your life. Add a reminder in your calendar at the beginning of each week that highlights one aspect of peaceful parenting you would like to be mindful of that week.
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