Resting is fine. Waiting can be good. Stretching out at home and being still might be the best response to much of life.
Find some peace |
photo by Karen James
Resting is fine. Waiting can be good. Stretching out at home and being still might be the best response to much of life.
Find some peace |
Creativity and intelligence are seen in the ability to use a tool or an object for something other than its intended purpose. If you see your child (or your cat) doing something "wrong," set rules aside long enough to consider principles. |
Sleep is important. Curiosity leads to discovery and to new connections. Shade can come from things other than trees or roofs.
Let your mind leap and frolic.
Peace and calm help learning. Stress and pressure never help learning. If you set your priority on learning and peace, it makes other questions easier. |
As my kids get older...I'm seeing more vividly the results of parenting choices, not just in them, but in their more conventionally parented peers, as well. Generosity begets generosity. —Caren Knox |
Your kids will learn to respect you when they come to understand from experience what respect feels like to them.Sandra Dodd:
It can't happen all at once, but without taking the first steps, and the next, it will never happen.
Look up and smile. |