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Category Archives: parenting group
Because we are wiser together…
Last week, 80 leaders in Chicago opened my heart and inspired me to dream a new dream about how organizing is possible in a city. The majority of these folks use conversation as a tool for invoking the wisdom of the people, and supporting the people in organizing themselves to see the change and action […]
Age Appropriate Skills for Children
Here’s a little article that I wrote for my school’s Alumi Newsletter. Did you know that your five year old is capable of taking out the garbage or sweeping the floor, your seven year old can help change the sheets on the bed or put dishes in the dishwasher, your twelve year old can cook […]
Educating for Wholeness
I recently updated Educating for Wholeness. There you’ll find perspectives from parents, teachers and students as well as learning activities that I facilitate with students and parents. Have a peek: What We’d Like to Learn Giving Information Rather Than Nagging Turning the Television Off The Value of Class Meetings Making Our Fraction of the World […]
What We’d Like to Learn
Another inspiring list generated in a recent parenting group: What we wish someone had taught us: Listen from the perspective of who you are communicating with. How to calm yourself when agitated or stressed. How to spell! How to be empathic and careful and conscious of the consequences of words. Be present – in the […]
Sibling limits
Each day I take a moment to reflect on how my day was, enjoying and savouring every moment with my children and trying to learn to deal with the new challenges they throw my way. Today I found myself thinking of the time when my 5 year old daughter Zoe came running to me whining […]