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Parents
and Educators-
Is
Your Child Getting What She Needs to Flourish?
Relating
with your child can be a deeply joyous, fulfilling experience.
It can also be challenging, frustrating and painful when your
interactions with your child are difficult or you see your child
struggling with a behavioral or physical problem. Because being
a good parent or educator is so important to you, you may wonder
if you’re doing the best you can. (If you are an educator,
please go here.)
Our
culture doesn’t acknowledge or understand emotions very well.
Because of this, your child may be struggling with anxiety, stress
and concerns of which you are unaware. He may feel overwhelmed
with pressures to succeed and to do things the right way.
What
you do today dramatically affects your child and your relationship
with your child for the rest of your lives. The actions you take
and the words you say have a lasting impact on a child’s future,
her feelings about herself and about life, and the ease or
difficulty with which she creates a life she loves.
Today’s
children are not the same as yesterday’s children. Children born
today are much less willing to be compliant. They want the freedom
to be who they are and to follow their heart and their passions.
This explains why the old ways of doing things (often the way
you were raised) and the old structures are not working.
The Real Source of your Child’s
Challenges
I
have found that the source of most concerns parents have about
their child are emotional and spiritual in nature, even the problems
that seem to concern a child’s physical health. Parents love their
kids, but they get into trouble because the tools they have often
focus on the observable behavior and not on emotional, spiritual
wholeness.
Emotional,
spiritual wholeness is the state of being who you are, listening
to yourself and expressing your true self. Wholeness gives you
and your child a strong sense of personal identity and confidence
and the ability to live life with freedom, clarity, focus, joy
and love.
When
you learn to observe the signs of how your child is doing emotionally,
you powerfully nurture his well-being and awaken his natural
desire and ability to grow and flourish. Then parenting becomes
an exciting adventure filled with discovery and a heart-felt,
joyous connection with your child.
Read the Manual your Child Came
With
We
wish we could have a manual that tells us what to do, but ultimately
supporting children isn’t about saying and doing the right things.
I’m not going to tell you what to say and do in any given situation.
I want to give you something even more valuable—the way to read
what is really happening inside your child and the personal skills
to relate lovingly and effectively.
I
take the trial and error out of trying to understand what is
happening inside your child. You learn how to respond and
intervene with insightful awareness, and you fulfill your desire
to continuously improve the way you work with your child. When
you have an emotionally, spiritually healthy relationship with
your child, the challenging times become easier and the good times
so much sweeter.
People
come to me saying they wish they could get their child to behave,
but when I talk with them further what emerges is they really
want to enjoy parenting and profoundly yearn to see their child
grow and flourish. What I do is teach you a way to find the joy
with your child and to empower her to grow on her own without
having to work so hard. You relax and have a lot more fun!
Begin today to create a more emotionally,
spiritually healthy relationship with your child!
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"I find you
so inspirational! I’ve grown so much from your newsletters. You
help me step back and just take a moment You’ve given me another
approach to being a parent, a more positive one. I am passionate
about your work. Thank you so much!"
~~ Melissa, mother of three, ages 2, 4 and 6
I
guarantee I can help you find more joy, trust, love
and connection with your child.
If
you are ready to get going now, learn about my Parenting
with Joy Training.
Joy with Children
650.960.6895
16 Dorchester Drive, Mountain View, California 94043
Connie@joywithchildren.com
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