August 21, 2020
Today we are grateful to the brilliant Yolanda Williams of Parenting Decolonized for sharing her wisdom as we launch our Parent Allies: Normalise feature. Normalise brings the focus on all sorts of different families who are living child rights in their homes because we recognise that too often in this online parenting world there is an assumption that the audience…
March 12, 2019
We welcome Natalie Christensen back to our Parent Allies website with open arms. Now, part of being an ally to our child is recognising that as the adults, we are the power holders and our job is to try and share this with our children. In part this means looking for as many opportunities to say YES to our children. But there…
This time round we’d like to introduce you to Miki Kashtan, author and teacher of NVC. Miki supports people to live courageously and authentically and creates tools for people to create lives together based on radical generosity. We love how this offering of hers opens the door more widely for how living with non violent communication can change our lives. NVC is not…
January 29, 2019
‘NVC guides us in reframing how we express ourselves and hear others. Instead of habitual, automatic reactions, our words become conscious responses based firmly on awareness of what we are perceiving, feeling and wanting. We are led to express ourselves honestly and with clarity, while simultaneously paying others a respectful and empathic attention. In any exchange, we come to hear…
January 14, 2019
I can remember the feeling I had when I turned the last page on Marshall Rosenberg’s book, Non Violent Communication. I wanted to buy a bus and travel around the country telling everyone about it, perhaps with a slide show or puppets or something, because I was utterly convinced this book could change the world. From being a social worker…
December 5, 2018
We are so grateful to Rebecca C for sharing her story here with us. It comes with a trigger warning, descriptions of childhood trauma. Love and courage to you as you read her story. The first time I remember disassociating from abuse I was eight years old. I vividly remember where my brain took me, to a play kitchen I had…
May 8, 2018
My children are upstairs in their playroom. Around ten minutes ago I heard one of them say “Let’s tidy this place! I can’t find a thing!” and the sound of toys being packed into boxes has been ringing in my ears since. It seems like the perfect time to sit down and write about getting kids to do chores! *smug…
March 14, 2018
One of the topics that comes up the most in parenting workshops and support groups is how to help your child brush their teeth. It’s a key one because it’s a daily occurrence and can be such a battle ground. It also touches on some of those bigger issues; what is our role as parents? Should we prioritise health over…
I was so angry yesterday I threw a chair. It flew off the deck and is still sitting there, beneath the plum tree. A marker of my rage. The kids were inside, and my husband and I were outside having a, um, very, er, intense, conversation. I threw the chair and we stormed off to our seperate corners. We didn’t…
January 23, 2018
The importance of the family There is no place more important or influential for a young person than their family. It is where they develop and grow, the base of physical and emotional wellbeing and where life-long relationships are forged. The family also presents a unique opportunity for young people to experience their human rights, as laid out in UN…