The Conscious Parent

• Regulate your own emotions:“Our ability to self-regulate might have the biggest impact on who our child turns out to be compared to anything else we do”


• Connect with your kids


• Coach instead of punishing

your main focus should be on short-circuiting arguments, letting go of your wish to reach consensus, and taking advantage of opportunities to let your child practice honoring you.

If fully met in childhood, the self-importance typical of this phase of development will evolve into healthy self-assertion along with a recognition of boundaries. By the proper setting of realistic limits by the parents, the child learns that the universe does not exist just to cater to her every fleeting desire. It is precisely in experiencing th