“It may comfort you to know that if your child reaches the age of eleven or twelve and you have a good bond or relationship, no matter how dramatic adolescence becomes, you children will probably turn out all right and want some form of connection to you in adulthood.” IfsKnowsWantMayChildrenMatterAgeFormTurnsComfortConnectionsOur ChildrenYour ChildrenDramaticTwelveAdulthoodAdolescenceEleven Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“If you want to enter into a state of pure connection with your child, you can achieve this by setting aside any sense of superiority.” IfsWantChildrenStatesAchievePureConnectionsOur ChildrenSettingSettingsYour ChildrenSuperiority Author:Shefali Tsabary
“Now when you transfer into the conscious parenting paradigm, you have to release those pressures and those fears... you actually think into the very ordinary but profound moment to moment connection to your children and you do away with those extraneous attachments to achievement or beauty or wealth or success. And while those things have their place, they don't overwhelm or override the life of the parent and child. Your life is actually suddenly liberated.” ThinkingChildrenMomentsLife IsParentWealthAchievementOrdinaryConsciousConnectionsPressureOur ChildrenProfoundReleaseYour ChildrenAttachmentParadigmLiberatedTransfersChildren And Parents Author:Shefali Tsabary
“Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections.” PeopleWantMeanDreamRealityGrowing UpKnowingGrowingChildhoodSkillsLetting GoConnectionsOur ChildrenAgingLimitationImperfectFulfilled Author:Judith Viorst
“Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsChildrenHelpingConnectionsOur ChildrenDepth Author:Yo-Yo Ma