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Inspired Parenting Online MagazineVol. 1 No. 1 - June/July 2001 Wholisitc Parenting for an Inspired LifeBy James Venis Do I smile enough? That seems an odd question for parents to ask themselves, but it is one of many such probing questions that Dr. Caron Good, author of Nurture Your Child's Gift, suggestions parents ask themselves when evaluating their skills as wholistic parents. Read on... Children Need More OxygenBy Caron Goode Have you noticed a higher incidence of asthma occurring in both children and adults these days? Polllution, particularly in large cities and industrial cooridors, is causing an increase in respiratory illnesses as high as 50% in some areas. When the quality of our air is poor, we tend to breathe shallowly, and we absorb more toxins in the process. Rapid or shallow breathing leads to poor oxygen supply, respiratory disease, fatigue or heart disease. Poor breathing also robs us of energy and mental alertness. Read on... Putting Spirit Back into ParentingBy Caron Goode In my book, Nurture Your Child's Gift, I asked if you were willing to join a parenting revolution in the way that you view and interact with your children. Can you view parenting with mindfulness, as one of the joys that you chose in this life - to provide guardianship and direction to a new soul seeking expression of its dream? Read on... Book Review - The Good SonReview By Anna Stewart The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men by Michael Gurian, best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys and A Fine Young Man On an after-dinner stroll in a small Colorado town, my two young sons and I passed a group of teenage boys. They wore the current uniform of today's teens with their short hair and baggy shakis. Even before we reached them, I could hear their competitive talk, trying to one-up each other and teasing with words and little pushes. Read on... Parent with Passion - MessinessBy Rebecca Woulfe As children learn how to live, it is important for parents to allow and even encourage them to make mistakes. To punish children for making mistakes will keep them from growing. Helping them recover from mistakes will let them know that they are loved, that they are human, and that the world is a safe place. Read on... Mother Arts - Letting GoBy Anna Stewart From the moment they are conceived, the process of letting go of our children begins. Even in the womb, they are not our possessions but rather our guests. The first kicks excite you. Then you try and have someone else feel the baby and he doesn't move. Read on... Inspired Grandparenting - To Shriek with DelightBy Elaine Williams After a remarkable four-week journey to India this past winter, I returned home to Michigan, where I was greeted with shrieks of delight from my 6- and 3-year-old granddaughters. Their older, 8-year-old sister, was also happy to see me but much more restrained in expressing her emotions. Read on... MindBody Connection - Imagine Being an Inspiration to Your ChildBy Donna Packard It all begins with Imagination! The World Book Dictionary tells us: "Imagination is the ability to create new things or ideas or to combine old ones in new form; the power of forming pictures of things in the mind." Read on... |
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