We're all going through similar situations and
listening to other parents share stories and work our solutions in our Ask the Educator Group Calls will get your started on the perspective shift it takes to start speaking consciously!
Be clear about what you want to say but also be ready to
listen to the other parent's views.
Likewise,
listen to the other parent's ideas and concerns, but if you can't reach a consensus, focus on parenting in your own home and allow the other parent to do the same in their home.
Listen to the other parent's opinion on this matter to make the best decision for your child.
Not exact matches
«Being
listened to, first of all, is a really key thing [for young people] and of course we can all play a role in that: as
parents, as friends, as uncles, aunts, teachers and
other professionals.
Praise God for the church nursery and Sunday school workers, for the young ones without babies themselves (and all of their energy), for the older couples who have raised their babies (and all of their calming certainty), for the
other tired
parents who take their turn so that they could perhaps
listen to the sermon next week.
For the next few years, I was engaged mostly with
parenting: working
to develop the cooperative spirit and patterns so necessary for a department of 20 specialists if we were
to listen to and learn from each
other in such a way that we could train graduate students together rather than at cross-purposes.
1 - Kids
listen to other people better than their
parents, she probably enlists their help and the go about it willingly 2 - Nanny doesn't live there, so
to her it's probably not that bad.
I have always stressed
to parents that they
listen to teachers and
other caregivers that they respect, and model the consistent, positive manner in which these professionals speak
to the children.
Hopefully more new
parents will
listen to those of us who love traveling with our kids and make it happen no matter the obstacle, and they will not be put off by those who say it just can't be done, or is too much of an inconvenience
to OTHER people.
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listen to panelists and keynote speaker Kathy Kastan discuss improving work / life balance.
I also think it's strange that people will let their children cry themselves
to sleep but so many
parents won't
listen to them cry during tummy time or during
other activities that they need
to grow physically or developmentally.
On the
other hand, we all appreciate someone who can
listen to us, respect us as individuals and give us a hug when things aren't going well, so the core concepts underlying AP are still quite relevant for
parenting adolescents.
Parenting [http://www.ahaparenting.com]- Our wonderful Language of
Listening ® coaches: Tracy Cutchlow of Zero
to Five [http://www.zerotofive.net] Lauren Tamm of The Military Wife and Mom [http://www.themilitarywifeandmom.com] Zuzana Macková of Mothering.cz [http://www.mothering.cz]- The Montessori community, someone on Pinterest, and a number of
other wonderful people whom I didn't know knew about us.
Other parents have found it easy
to subscribe and
listen through their tablets and phones (and the shows automatically show up on your phone as soon as they become available).
I keep saying if we (USDA, Food Service,
Parents, Teachers, Kids)
listen to each
other and work together, this can be done.
Sometimes
parents can disagree with each
other and still manage
to talk about it in a calm way, where both people get a chance
to listen and
to talk.
They said that in healthy families, there was mutual respect —
parents and children
listened to each
other.
Other works by this award - winning author include the children's picture books A Walk in the Clouds, Petey's
Listening Ears, and the soon -
to - be-released Grumpykins series for ages 2
to 6, which are humorous and engaging tools for
parents, teachers, and caregivers
to use in implementing gentle
parenting techniques in their homes and schools.
We've noticed anecdotally that children who's feelings get
listened to, (what Hand in Hand
Parenting calls staylistening) tend
to need less sleep and often drop their naps earlier than
other toddlers.
I agree
listening (non-judgmental) is key
to parenting, or any
other relationship bonding.
From creating menus, testing recipes and
listening to parents who need a little help in their lunch making...
to running the blog, meeting new people and empowering
others to do their best each and every day.
Make a concerted effort
to listen to feedback from
others about your
parenting and be extra reflective about recognizing the difference between what you needed as a child and what your child needs right now.
With my common sense in tact I spent the remainder of my time
listening to the celebrity speakers, gathering as much information as I could for myself and
other moms, filling my bag with incredible goodies and relishing being a part of this universal society of
parents.
In addition,
other radio users can easily intercept the signal between the
parent unit and baby unit, enabling them
to listen in on your conversations with your baby and even possibly hear
other sounds in your home.
If you feel something is «off» about your child's attachment
to you or her behavior,
listen to your heart and not
to other parents / friends or family members who are not experts in post-institutionalized children.
If your child wishes
to spend every Wednesday evening with their
other parent,
listen to their reasoning.
Even still, it's important
to know when you should
listen to your mom for
parenting advice, and when you should politely smile and nod while letting whatever she's telling you fly out of your
other ear.
I found myself better equipped
to do the adoption part of
parenting my children, just from
listening to other points of view.
Feeling supported, having someone, somewhere
to go
to for answers,
listening and talking with
other parents who were in the same trenches of new parenthood, was the hallmark of our Nan Tolbert Center experience.
The more that I
listen to other women and families describe their experiences with breastfeeding, I realize that breastfeeding successfully has much
to do with how much support a new mother is given by her partner, family, friends, and extended community (like
parenting groups, hospitals, etc.).
Parents and
other consumers are voicing loud opposition
to the unlabeled use of Lean Beef Trimmings in ground beef, and schools and stores around the country are obviously
listening and changing their practices.
And if you
listen to what
other parents say, expanding your family by one could more than double your workload.
I am no expert, and I don't pretend
to have the answers — I am just a
parent who is approaching the second anniversary of the stillbirth of her first son — but I do know the power of peer -
to - peer support, having a voice, and being
listened too, discovering
others who can say «me too», and being informed in the bigger picture of baby loss outside of your own story.
But there was much more value in letting my defenses down and
listening, really
listening,
to what
other parents did, how their babies slept, and how they felt as
parents.
Hand in Hand
parenting is all about supporting
parents to do this challenging emotional work, and one of the most powerful ways we can do this, is by
listening to each
other, by creating the safety and space we need for our own emotions.
The value of getting ourselves into «good
parenting shape» and
listening to each
other non-judgmentally
to ease frustration
This philosophy, termed «Attachment
Parenting» by its champion, pediatrician and father of eight Dr. William Sears (author of the popular child - care manual The Baby Book, among
others), sees infants not as manipulative adversaries who must be «trained»
to eat, sleep, and play when told, but as dependent yet autonomous human beings whose wants and needs are intelligible
to the
parent willing
to listen, and who deserve
to be responded
to in a reasonable and sensitive manner.
So what you are saying is I don't believe in teaching my children the word «no», nor do I believe in teaching them
to listen and mind me, there teachers or
other people of authority i.e. child care providers, grandparents, the law, there friend's
parents....
I started this blog
to share the message that
listening to tears helps our children
to fully express their feelings, so that they are free of the upsets that cause all those off - track kinds of behaviour, such as aggression, whining and all the
other challenging behaviours we have
to deal with as
parents!
There's one thing that makes Hand in Hand
Parenting different to almost every other parenting approach out there, and it's that we have a tool that is specifically designed to support parents, and it's called listen
Parenting different
to almost every
other parenting approach out there, and it's that we have a tool that is specifically designed to support parents, and it's called listen
parenting approach out there, and it's that we have a tool that is specifically designed
to support
parents, and it's called
listening time.
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It was finding
other parents,
parenting like this through Hand in Hand, taking a course, and getting
listened to myself that helped the most in figuring out what was right for me and my daughter.
That is
to create an environment where brand new
parents can come into our community if you will and start with one show and then just keep
listening to other shows as well as you need them.
In many cases, resentment can also build between
parents — one
parent feels like they have
to shoulder the burden of holding the child accountable, or being the «bad guy,» while the
other feels like the child doesn't
listen to them.
After a thorough researching,
listening to what
other parents say, and following my instinct, I got
to choose NoseFrida nasal aspirator, and I'm happy it doesn't fail me.
Now we're asking you
to spread the word and get «
Listen: Five Simple Tools
to Meet Your Everyday
Parenting Challenges» heard by
others that don't yet know about it.
This book is for the
parents who wanted
to breastfeed and couldn't; women who are conflicted about nursing and want
to make a truly informed decision about what
to do with their bodies; breast - feeding advocates and care providers who are willing
to listen to the myriad reasons that women may choose not
to nurse; and for people who are curious about the
other side of this worldwide baby - feeding frenzy.
Parents of babies that cry excessively are suffering sleep deprivation, going through massive life changes,
listening to a sound that we are biologically wired
to find stressful, feeling helpless, exhausted and wondering if it will ever end, at the same time as enduring
other fallout from the massive pressure that colic puts on family relationships.
Even if you don't see those particular behavior problems, or you think the
other parent is at fault,
listening is the best place
to start.