Birthday Blog 2015 The Innocence of the Newborn When I look at a newborn baby I see a purity and innocence that moves me deeply. I try and remember that […]
Category: Parenting
I Believe In You and I Trust Your Strategy
I believe in you and I trust your strategy Giving everyone the evil eye A short while ago I had a pretty intense eye infection. My eye was red, watering […]
The Freedom to be Free
The Freedom to be Free The Closing Circle I was at an event yesterday that concluded with a Group Circle. Usually we sit around the outside of the room and […]
Turning A Dirty Candy Wrapper Into A Thing Of Great Beauty
Turning A Dirty Candy Wrapper Into A Thing Of Great Beauty Kids Form Their Self-Image From Our Reflection Of Them The other day I was talking to my mother about […]
Raising Kids Is Like Growing Watermelons
Raising Kids Is Like Growing Watermelons Have you ever seen one of those cubed shaped watermelons? The way they make them is to grow the fruit in a cube shaped […]
Join With Your Kids In What Is Meaningful To Them
Join With Your Kids In What Is Meaningful To Them Teens and Their Music I remember when I was a teenager how important music was to me. In fact most of […]
Being a father is more than just having a kid
Being a father is more than just having a kid I want to be more I want to be her hero. I want to be magic. I want to be […]
Eat your food, there are kids starving in India
Eat your food, there are kids starving in India Today I was chatting with my good friend Zahra, the yoga goddess. (www.yogagoddess.ca) She was asking me about how I respond […]
Helping Kids With Their Fears – (Connection rather than Correction)
Helping Kids With Their Fears (Connection rather than Correction) A Little Girl With A Big Fear I was in the doctor’s office today waiting for an appointment and the office […]
Feeling Out of Place
Feeling Out of Place Surrounded by friends who love me Tonight I went to the weekly contact jam. It is social dance gathering that I have been going to every […]