Learning About Your Child

We often think that because we live in the same house as our child we know them deeply. In this busy world, this is not always the case. Time has a way of getting away from us, and fatigue can be a challenge when it comes to interacting with your child. In this segment, you are guided to use mindfulness, observation, and communication to know your child more deeply.

Over the course of the next couple of weeks, look more deeply at who your child is – don’t look at what your child is missing, or how your child might improve. Don’t focus on perceived defects or weaknesses – there is plenty of time for that later, if we decide that going down that road can be helpful. Let’s look at who your child really is and let’s look for the potential that he or she possesses or exhibits at this time.

This blog is for...

This blog is for anyone who is responsible for providing support and guidance to a child. This may be your own child – or it could be your niece, nephew, or someone you take care of, or a student of yours. We will focus on ages 3 through 14, although much will apply to children who are also aged 15 through 18.

The Tao of Parenting

Tao of Parenting

~an active, holistic, proactive approach to parenting, rather than a passive approach that is a crisis-driven and reactive~

You love your child and want him or her to develop into someone who will be happy, able to take care of himself, become well-educated, acquire confidence, learn important skills, be courteous and polite to others, become emotionally healthy, be physically healthy, have good friends and get along with others. These things don’t usually happen by accident – and that’s where you come in.

This blog, “The Tao of Parenting,” will provide you with perspectives and ideas on how you can provide your child with the support that he or she needs in order to grow up to be a confident, successful, and happy adult.

This blog is the product of the combined talents and efforts of Greg Swimelar and Siripanya Sungroj – and they warmly welcome you to the kick-off of this blog.