Conscious parenting is a philosophy that gives parents practical tools to calm, cultivate, and connect with children, applying ancient eastern wisdom to our hyper-active western culture.
Turning traditional parenting on its head, conscious parenting teaches that:
Instead of a fixed hierarchical relationship where the parent teaches the child, it is the child who reminds the parent of his/her forgotten joy.
Instead of worrying about the child’s future, the child awakens the parent to relish the present moment.
Instead of pushing a child to reach an arbitrary “potential,” the child is loved for who he/she is, not for what he/she may do.
All of us were once filled with the same joy, wonder and timeless presence our children enjoy before we were shackled by the fears and pressures put on by our own parents and culture. Let your child liberate you from these shackles, remember who you were before fear consumed you, and see the world with joy and gratitude through your child’s eyes.
“Pain is the portal to transformation, it does not knock politely.” —Lucy H. Pearse
