Controlling Parents – Reclaiming Unconditional Love

“How we feel about our kids isn’t as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.” Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting “I don’t have any regrets.” Some people make this remark, more often than not with an air of absolute certainty and self-sufficiency as if they belonged to …

Stand Properly!

“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could be better spent in more formal educational pursuits. Play is a necessity.” Kay Redfield Jamison, Exuberance: The Passion for Life “Let’s take a picture. Go over there.” The eight- or nine-year-old …