Monthly Archives: June 2009

Thought for the day…

What if early parenting is much more about wearing your “therapist” hat than it is about wearing your “educator” hat?
The work of early parenting is to create a container for the child’s emotional experiences. Through that, the child learns how to flow with all the feelings that naturally arise as a result of learning and [...]

Rethinking Babies

For a long time our culture has viewed babies in a limited way. Babies were seen as:
• Passive passengers in the womb and for some time after birth.
• Not possessing enough brain structure to express meaningful communication, learn, or maintain memories before they are able to speak.
• Unable to experience pain.
• Arriving as a “blank [...]