…to care, but not TO care. The good news is that caring can be restored, but this is a matter of healing, not learning. I talk about this in the…
…absence of adversity) would ultimately lead to emotional health and well-being. It turns out that neither hypothesis holds water. There are too many exceptions to create a rule in either…
…and take care of oneself rises to the forefront at the expense of rest, play, and further growth. The good news is much can be done to restore our rightful…
…renews my energy and confidence to figure things out myself. For humans to stand on their own feet, they need to feel well taken care of first. I worked for…
…profound. Greet your child first in the morning. Let them know how delighted you are to see them, how you checked on them in the night. Cuddle them or ruffle…
…Neufeld talks about these challenges in his Power to Parent courses, under the heading Discipline that Doesn’t Divide. He has recently made a new videocourse, Making Sense of Discipline, where…
…it. And then around it can go back to guilt and shame as well as more counter blame. You should have known better. I saw you do it. Violent video…
…of bullies with hardened alpha complexes. I explore this insidious phenomenon in my videocourse – Bullies: their making and unmaking. As the alpha complex became clearer to me, so did…
…partly because true play is fast being replaced by counterfeit play. What is so insidious about much of today’s so-called play (for example, video games, screenplay, recess play, and even…
…neighbours where I lived as a child as “Auntie Charlotte”, “Uncle Jim”, “Auntie Bee” and so on. The street was full of aunties and uncles and there was a sense…