…whispered quietly, ‘I feel like I don’t exist.’ Peter’s counterwill – which is the human instinct to resist pressure and coercion, and serves attachment by keeping children from being unduly…
Today I am preparing for a special event in our house – a celebration of the beginning of the Christmas season. This tradition that we started some years back involves…
…involvement in this work, so her comment was all the more compelling. I don’t think many Canadian parents would disagree with the idea that what a child needs most is…
…generation to generation with all their senses. In the weeks before the holiday, parents include the children in all the preparations, so that by the time the Seder takes place,…
…protective wing. Consequently, my first decision was to eliminate the unstructured peer relating that was getting my son into trouble. To this end, I committed to attending recess, not only…
…teens hyper-focus on who did what and with whom, all available in real-time. A minute-by-minute unfolding is conveniently and irresistibly available through our present on-the-spot technologies. It must be the…
…information. There is a lot coming in from the outside. But is there any room for things to come out from the inside? Do these activities make space for exploring…
…is in the activity, not the outcome. Most screen play does not qualify. One more word of caution. Thwarted togetherness is the fountainhead of our frustration, so don’t be surprised…
…2020, the first panel focusing on home education and the second on the school setting. In the first panel, Tamara Strijack and Deborah McNamara will join Gordon Neufeld to continue…
…yet glimpsing the seeming freedoms of adulthood that are just out of reach. Not there yet. And not able to hold on. I recall the complete overwhelm as my inner…