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The awakened family : how to raise empowered, resilient, and conscious children / Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.

By: Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017Description: xiv, 348 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399563973
  • 0399563970
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Awakened family.LOC classification:
  • HQ 755.8 .T8165 2017
Contents:
Part One: A new awakening. Learning a new way ; How the culture sets up parents to fail ; The invisible triggers of our reactivity -- Part Two: Our parenting myths. Myth #1: Parenting is about the child ; Myth #2: A successful child is ahead of the curve ; Myth #3: There are good children and bad children ; Myth #4: Good parents are naturals ; Myth #5: A good parent is a loving one ; Myth #6: Parenting is about raising a happy child ; Myth #7: Parents need to be in control -- Part Three: Understanding our reactivity. Raising the real child ; What's really behind our reactions ; Transforming fear into consciousness -- Part Four: Transformative parenting skills. From expectations to engagement ; From mindless reaction to mindful presence ; From chaos to stillness ; From role to no-role ; From emotions to feelings ; From enmeshment to autonomy ; From judgment to empathy ; From discipline to enlightened boundaries ; From the battlefield to the negotiation table -- Epilogue: Shedding skin, shedding light -- Appendix: Thirty daily reminders to build consciousness.

Originally published as The awakened family : a revolution in parenting: United States of America : Viking Penguin, 2016.

Part One: A new awakening. Learning a new way ; How the culture sets up parents to fail ; The invisible triggers of our reactivity -- Part Two: Our parenting myths. Myth #1: Parenting is about the child ; Myth #2: A successful child is ahead of the curve ; Myth #3: There are good children and bad children ; Myth #4: Good parents are naturals ; Myth #5: A good parent is a loving one ; Myth #6: Parenting is about raising a happy child ; Myth #7: Parents need to be in control -- Part Three: Understanding our reactivity. Raising the real child ; What's really behind our reactions ; Transforming fear into consciousness -- Part Four: Transformative parenting skills. From expectations to engagement ; From mindless reaction to mindful presence ; From chaos to stillness ; From role to no-role ; From emotions to feelings ; From enmeshment to autonomy ; From judgment to empathy ; From discipline to enlightened boundaries ; From the battlefield to the negotiation table -- Epilogue: Shedding skin, shedding light -- Appendix: Thirty daily reminders to build consciousness.

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