He peeked into the window at the community center. His eyes were darting back and forth, his brow was furrowed, his face red. He didn’t look happy. When he burst into the room, his mom was greeted by a loud and somewhat angry demand: “Take me to dad’s house now!” Talk about button-pushing! At this point, it would have been
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We’re really adjusting right now. School has let out and my older son is now home for the summer. We’ve had some pretty big ups and downs over the past week as we all work toward our new normal. Summer provides many opportunities to learn those things we all still need to learn: regulating ourselves (calming ourselves down) after stresses
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They were up on the ropes course at MOSI. My son was about 9 years-old at the time and he was fearlessly navigating the twists and turns and the narrow spots with ease about 30 feet off the ground. I was down on the ground observing, seriously in awe of his fearlessness and skill. He saw her first. She looked
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Several years ago, I was struggling with my 11-year-old son’s transition to school in the morning. I just wanted him to get up and go to school! He loved his school and I really couldn’t understand what the problem was with getting there on time. He was so slow in the morning and it was eating up my morning work
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In the other room, a volcano seemed to be exploding. I quickly realized it was my 13 year-old son who had just gotten very frustrated with his iPod and launched it across the room. I was on the phone with a client and my husband was out of town. Seemed like an impossible situation just then. I wrapped up my
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“I’m scaring my kids,” she said as she sat in my office one summer day. “What scares me the most is that I don’t know how to make this different for me or for them.” This is a common theme I hear from parents. They’re feeling completely spent, whether they’re going through a rough patch with their spouse, have just
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The baby was only 3 days old when I received the phone call. It was from a dad and I always know I’m working with a great family when dad is on the phone for the new mama who needs breastfeeding support. And it probably also means that they’re in distress. The new baby girl, Sofi, was chomping at the
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“He drew a circle that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had wit to win. We drew a circle that took him in.” I sang a song in church this past Sunday called Circle. I’d never heard it before it was given to me, but I fell in love with it the moment
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Hi Rebecca, I’ve been meaning to email for a week or so, to give you an update on Timmy’s world since the telling of his birth story. We haven’t told the story for about a week now, but that feels fine – I think both Timmy and I are feeling in a good space right now, either partly or solely
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All behavior is a communication. This is one of the guiding principles of Consciously Parenting. In fact, it is the first principle because it is really important to understand. Our children are constantly telling their stories to us through their behavior. In fact, they’re also telling parts of our stories, too. The question is, are we listening and can we
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