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Conscious Parenting
The Invitation of Aware Parenting – How our babies and children help us…
Do you want to help your child be the most she can be? Do you want to give her all that you can give, so that she can bloom? Have you ever…
Suddenly Teens: Yesterday’s Amusement Park Adventures
Suddenly Teens: Yesterday’s Amusement Park Adventures
I regarded the shade plants that sat grouped on the floor, looking for long moments at their fibrous…
Birth and Becoming Human
“Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding…
I’m pregnant and I want to do Aware Parenting
Question:
Dear Marion,
I’m 4 months pregnant and I’ve recently found out about Aware Parenting from my close friend, who is on your…
The Aware Parenting Community
Last week I left my quiet hometown of Mullumbimby, in Northern NSW, and travelled to the big smoke of Sydney to offer four days of Aware Parenting consultations…
Me Time- A Can of Worms
Negotiating me time can be a tricky task that we face as parents. There are both blocks within us, and also in our immediate circles and wider society that…
Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment
Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment
Many parents recognize the harmful effects of physical and verbal punishment. They know that yelling, slapping, hitting,…
Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
1. A baby's first attempts to communicate cannot be in words, but can only be nonverbal. She cannot put happy feelings…
Outside the Box: Living TV Free
A few months before our son was born, my husband and I made the decision to get rid of our TV. Neither one of us considered ourselves addicted to TV the way…
Update on Home Birth and Independent Midwives
A Maternity services review was conducted last year and it was decided that in order to improve the options and standard of care available for women for…