This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor Beyond loving connection, my parenting and teaching style boils down to paying attention with presence and deeply respecting the kids in my care. If we’re paying attention with … Continue Reading →
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Parenting As Activism
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor In this book we engage parenting as a form of activism. Or, more correctly, what Bayo Akomolafe has termed post activism. It’s about responding to the needs of … Continue Reading →
Partnering with Your Children – Part 2
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor As parents we are guides for our children in many ways. We’re here to orient them to the world. We know some very practical things that they’ll need … Continue Reading →
Partnering with Your Children for a Bright Future
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor The most powerful thing we can do for our children in these uncertain times is to join them in facing this unprecedented time on Earth with honesty, courage … Continue Reading →
Nurturing New Paradigm Qualities in our Children
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor “In a very real way we are writing our own future, the future of our world, on the hearts and minds of our children. Let’s think deeply, love … Continue Reading →
Reflections on ‘Business As Usual’…for parents
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor Joanna Macy, wise eldress, scholar and root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, describes the situation we’re living in through the lens of a few different stories that … Continue Reading →
Fielding your Children’s Emotions
This passage is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor “When your children are experiencing challenging emotions, whether they want to talk with you about them or not, your response can make all the difference in the … Continue Reading →
Raising Children for an Uncertain Future
“You cannot raise your children as your parents raised you, because your parents raised you for a world that no longer exists.” Gretchen Schmelzer The world is changing rapidly. We are living in uncertain times. To some extent the times have always been uncertain. Throughout the generations, parents have never known what the future will … Continue Reading →
The Shape of a Life
Early in the Speak the Spark program Leah asked us to get a long piece of paper and map out the story of our personal lives without using any words. A life story told entirely through symbols and images. I loved this assignment! It was the perfect excuse to create with imagery again after an … Continue Reading →
The Multi-Myth with Michael Meade
In our October session of Speak the Spark we had the incredible pleasure of listening to Michael Meade, author of the recently released book, Awakening the Soul (among many others). What an amazingly warm, authentic, deeply rooted human being!!! I was completely enthralled for the full two hours of his sharing and felt deeply held in … Continue Reading →
