When they witness their parents going through a tough divorce, or saying and doing things that show their parents are no longer in love with one another, kids begin to question
how unconditional their parent's love really is.
Not exact matches
It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from «doing to» to «working with»
parenting — including
how to replace praise with the
unconditional support that children need to grow into healthy, caring, responsible people.
• The need to exercising self - compassion as you process emotions • Emotional purging in a conscious way to move to an easier
parenting journey • Moving passed mindfulness and consciousness to peacefulness • Functioning as a peaceful human being • Moving from «doing» to «being» • The value of peaceful presence, free of emotional trigger, for your kids • Modelling ownership of behavior for your kids • Peacefulness as a practice that takes time • Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways in your relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions • Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up in your own home to make a difference in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself • Unconditional love — what does that l
parenting journey • Moving passed mindfulness and consciousness to peacefulness • Functioning as a peaceful human being • Moving from «doing» to «being» • The value of peaceful presence, free of emotional trigger, for your kids • Modelling ownership of behavior for your kids • Peacefulness as a practice that takes time •
Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways in your relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions • Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up in your own home to make a difference in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself • Unconditional love — what does that l
Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways in your relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning
how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions • Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up in your own home to make a difference in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself •
Unconditional love — what does that look like?
Responsive
parenting is truly a picture of God's sacrificial,
unconditional love in that, as we respond to our children where they are, («This is
how God showed His great love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners [emphasis added]» Romans 5:8) comforting their cries, guiding their choices, providing for their needs, encouraging their individuality, we are, moment by moment, day by day, sacrificing our lives for them.
Unconditional parenting asks you to create a
parenting plan or a family doctrine that supports the needs of all members, to set forth the «rules of the house» - the guidelines that children and
parents agree on together about
how family members should be treated and
how tasks will be divided.
This book helps
parents to know
how to express their
unconditional love to teens, and to deal with some of the problems which sometimes occur during the teenage years.
And while most
parents would say they want to raise compassionate kids, they might be surprised to discover just
how little they're actually modeling the behaviors they hope to pass on — qualities such as
unconditional love, gentleness, forgiveness, patience, gratitude, humility, and more.
I think Arthur never received
unconditional love from his
parents and so did not know
how to love his own son unconditionally.
It is the job of the
parents to provide what Carl Rogers calls the
Unconditional Positive Regard - or acceptance without judgement - to encourage their child to discover and develop those things that make him special and to teach him
how to use those strengths and abilities to impact the world in a positive way.
So,
Unconditional Positive Regard,
Unconditional Parenting, and Positive Psychology and Positive Parenting - all rooted in Humanism - believe that the most important part of parenting is to meet your child's needs, help him find his strengths and passions, and teach him how to use those «virtues» to be future minded, independent, and «self - actualize
Parenting, and Positive Psychology and Positive
Parenting - all rooted in Humanism - believe that the most important part of parenting is to meet your child's needs, help him find his strengths and passions, and teach him how to use those «virtues» to be future minded, independent, and «self - actualize
Parenting - all rooted in Humanism - believe that the most important part of
parenting is to meet your child's needs, help him find his strengths and passions, and teach him how to use those «virtues» to be future minded, independent, and «self - actualize
parenting is to meet your child's needs, help him find his strengths and passions, and teach him
how to use those «virtues» to be future minded, independent, and «self - actualized».
Hope you get as much from it as I did Elona — «
Unconditional Parenting» and «
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen» were complete perspective changers for me.
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How does the
parent express
unconditional love through time spent with the adolescent, affection, and acknowledgement of the adolescent's milestones?
Parents can influence
how effectively their child develops congruence and self - worth - and ultimately actualization - by giving
unconditional positive regard.
Third, I'm thankful for «love;» that He grants through the love of family; specifically for: a God - honoring
parent - in - laws that taught me
unconditional love (as my biological
parents did not), a God - honoring wife (whom He used to teach me
how to accept and give love), and a precious child, whom I get to share the love of Christ with.