…It is on the frontiers of human societies that processes have not yet been put in place, the innocent are not protected and harm is not anticipated. We are all,…
“There’s nothing to do! I’m bored!” is the battle-cry of children everywhere who are on summer vacation. Yet after weeks of counting the days for school to end, children are…
Telephone and notebook The phone rang at 9:30 pm. I looked at the call display and didn’t recognize the name. After a long and crazy day at work as a…
…his wishes for me. Earlier in my life there was no difference in our intentions but I now found there was no room in that relationship for me to discover…
…is not about what you do with your child, it is about who you are to your child [Neufeld]. Dr. Neufeld often discusses the importance of the simple energies of…
…summer is the time we intentionally try and make this kind of space for play in our lives. Yet, more and more, play is becoming endangered in our society. Now…
…More frustration is added if attempts to fix that problem do not work and that futility is not felt. Then there is the compounding frustration that happens if the release…
…did not always know if it made a difference. One day, when my son was old enough that we did not think it would affect him that his dad was…
…pretty black and white. I dare not sing lest someone find me off-tune. I dare not draw or paint or act or … well, anything that might show my lack…
This Winter, as the light dwindles in the Northern hemisphere and winter holidays approach, we here at the Neufeld Institute – faculty members and facilitators -would once again like to…