Monthly Archives: March 2010

‘play dead’ to really feel alive

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What do you do when when a six-year-old sheathed in plastic armor points a large shiny silver plastic laser gun in your direction and shouts… “Dissolve Creature!” as he pulls the trigger?

Naturally… you drop down dead in a puddle on the floor, that’s what!

So that’s exactly what I did. Despite the fact that I had a 10 month old on my hip and another at my feet.

Another six-year-old and a four-year-old ventured near with swords at hand and some ridiculous things on their heads for who knows what reason, and began poking me to check my level of deadness. (not to mention one of the twin babes sitting there bawling and the other curiously trying to poke me in the (thankfully) closed eye)

As I laid there inert (I can do that part for an amazingly long time, long enough that the three marauders went to the next room to confer and the crying 10-month-old stopped crying) I suddenly had a brainstorm…

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Zero Worry Parenting – really?!?

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My friends over at Zero Worry Parenting are just about to launch the coolest 6 month course in ‘parenting’ that I’ve ever heard of… and the deadline for enrolling is looming soon!

If you’re not on my mailing list (which can be easily accomplished by providing your name and email over in the sidebar —–> :-) then you may be unaware of the fun, free tools we’ve been sharing over the past week or so.

OF course, there’s the wonderful Owners Manual you can grab by clicking on the Zero Worry Parenting banner at the top of my blog.

And here’s another fun tool I want to share. It’s a brief quiz designed to help you find your child’s (or yours!) personality type. Actually you can use it for anyone and you just might be surprised to discover a thing or two that you hadn’t quite considered. And that discovery could help you relate more effectively. You can find that Personality Tool HERE!

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School is not a fashion show!

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I ‘heard’ something on twitter yesterday that made me stop in my tracks…

“Why do schools do such stainy activities? It’s not like we’re sending them in scrubby clothes! #yeesh”

WOW! From my perspective, I salute the schools actually encouraging “stainy activities”!!!  It tells me that they are engaging children, allowing them to experiment and actually LEARN something.

I realize that it’s taking time for schools to understand the obvious… words don’t teach… life experience teaches!

So doesn’t it make sense that we celebrate the schools that are providing life experience… which inevitably leads to messy things? After all, we live on a big dirt ball!

Maybe our kids would be better off if we did send them to school in ‘scrubby’ clothes. I know that during the years I was operating my childcare I asked parents to bring their children in their scrubbiest clothes. That way, none of us, including the children, had to worry about the occassional stain here and there. In fact, I kept a box of  pre-stained clothes readily available for any child worried about soiling the clothes they wore from home.

The kids seemed to love it and so did I… that way the focus of our day could be directed to satisfying our curiousity and exploring our world instead of worry about keeping our ‘special’ clothes clean and stain free.

Imagine if we adopted this notion in our schools. Think about the benefits and savings…

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You’re not the boss of me!

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If you have a child over the age of two… then it’s likely you’ve heard that line at least a time or two.

“YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!”

On the surface it may simply be a response from a child resisting what they’re being asked (or told) to do.  Yet I ask you to consider another perspective…

Whether spoken to a sibling or a parent… it’s a good indicator that a child is on the verge of feeling over-powered by someone. And even a young child realizes that there is something ‘off’ about that.

Even a child knows that it is the job of each of us to be the boss of ourselves!

So, if you hear that line coming at you, instead of pushing against it and creating resistance as you may be tempted to do… why not pause a moment and consider how well you are doing when it comes to being the boss of yourself.

Being the boss of yourself means you take responsibility for your own thoughts, your own alignment, knowing the powerful, positive impact your alignment has on all of your relationships.

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Discover the thrill of your creation

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If you’re going to really appreciate the ease of ‘downstream’ parenting, it seems only fair I share with you a perspective, which happens to be my current perspective… around the idea that there are Universal Laws, guiding you in creating the life (and relationships) you most desire.

If the idea that YOU are doing the creating is a new one to you then you may initially feel a bit of resistance. Yet if you’ll hang with me a bit you may discover an understanding that serves you well.

I’m not trying to guide you towards mansions or opulence or even totally contrast-free relationships with your children. In fact, if I’m trying to guide you toward anything it’s the knowledge that the stream of well-being is there for you to do with it whatever you choose.

There is a significant energy shift going on in the world as a whole and in each of us individually. It’s a vibrational increase. As we step into this higher vibration we’re going to discover some of the “tools” that used to serve us simply won’t work anymore… and… being the creators we are – new tools… or new ways to use old tools will surface.

Several years ago a movie, The Secret, was released and the way it took hold of people is a great example of evidence of the new tools. It’s a movie that shared information about the Law of Attraction.

Of course, there is nothing ‘new’ being shared in the movie… and despite talk of the information being ‘hidden’, if we tell the truth we have to admit it was all pretty much hiding in plain site and has been available for a long, long time.

Today we are vibrationally receptive to the information; And poised to take responsibility for and learn to manage our vibration. And learning to manage your own vibration really is the name of the game. :-)

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What’s your story?

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I had a different topic in mind for a blog post today but I just got off of an interesting coaching call which has led me down another path.

Let me explain a bit about the conversation. We weren’t talking about ‘parenting’ per se… instead,  we were talking about something that can be impacted by parenting.

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One Odd Old Owl

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I love kids…

I love books and reading…

So it will come as no surprise that I love reading books with and to children. I’m pretty picky when it comes to selecting books for children, even though I’m aware I’m a shamelessly promiscuous reader in general. Really… if there are WORDS in my vicinity,  I simply can’t resist reading them!

Frankly… I encourage that kind of promiscuity. And I’ve come to realize that one of the best ways to do so is by being selective about the books I choose for children.

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Are anatomically correct terms okay?

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I read a delightful and amusing post today, All Your Pink Parts, over at The Dirty Mommy Club blog.

Stephanie talks about the all-too-familiar experience of our young children blurting out their understanding of all sorts of new vocabulary words in the most public places. ;-)

It got me wondering… what’s with the ‘discomfort’ around our children being very matter-of-fact about being able to name ALL body parts?

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Parenting in the Vortex – Abraham Hicks

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Today I’m sharing a recorded segment of Abraham responding to a parents statement that she wants to be the best parent she can be.

I love the wisdom of Abe’s response so along with this YouTube video clip, Parenting in the Vortex,  I’ve included below it an ‘imperfect’ transcript. ;-)

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