Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self

Montessori Parenting is for all parents who want a happy child! Learn how to create a peaceful and loving home. This book shows parents in simple terms how to implement successful techniques to enhance cooperation. The Montessori Parenting approach is masterfully described in this easy to read book. Each chapter features review questions for reflection. Be a happy parent, live with a happy child! Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self has been honored by the Independent Book Publishers Association. We were recognized as a top book in the parenting category. Award winning authors Dr. Jim & Sonnie McFarland provide a groundbreaking contribution that transforms lives. They weave together important thinkers like: Dr. Maria Montessori Abraham Maslow Daniel Golman Mahatma Gandhi Sri Swami Rama Marshall Rosenberg Thic Nhat han Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi Adults learn how to work with children effectively. The Montessori Parenting book teaches techniques that help parents. Be a happy parent, live with a happy child! When we say Montessori Parenting , it is simply a term we use to describe a style or approach to working with children. It is not necessary to be familiar with the Montessori educational system. Everyone can reap the benefits outlined in this book. In This Book Learn To: Be calm and confident with children Constructively respond to children s behavior Help children develop inner discipline Enhance children s authentic nature Compassionately communicate with children Create environments that enhance children s natural developmental process When parents observe without judging great things can happen Our children are freed to open the doorway of imagination. They can thrive. Each chapter of Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self offers a Suggestion for Follow Through . This is the second prompt from Chapter Three, The Child s Authentic Nature . Did you miss any of the earlier posts in this series? Don t worry, click here to catch up. Today s Suggestion for Follow Through from Montessori Parenting: Unveiling the Authentic Self. Parents Observe Without Judging. Just watch! Record reflections in your Parenting Journal. parents need to look beyond the surface. When I remember to see my kid s Authentic Self, it is empowering. It gives them the opportunity to take charge. It opens the doorway of their own imagination. Let s look at a concrete example from my reflections on Parents Observe Without Judging. Recently my son got his Driver s License. In an effort to foster communication with his sister, I ve asked him to coordinate with her about getting rides. A couple of nights ago my study was disturbed by loud voices. My initial reaction was to break it up. Instead, remembering my Suggestion for Follow Through, I observed without judging. My anxiety urged me to take some deep clearing breaths. As my breath calmed so did my nerves. Right about that time an awareness of laughter came to my ears. It was mixed in with the strident voices. Why was I surprised? My children were working it out. They didn t need me to go rescue them and break it up. It was my own ego that felt the need to do that. Looking back there have been too many times to count when my ego did intrude. At these times my children were robbed of the opportunity to work it out independently. Not judging means keeping our own ego out of our observation as parents. Judgement is contempt prior to investigation. Of course this does not mean that there is never a time for parental intervention. Especially when they were younger it was more needed for me to intervene in their affairs. Even that night events could have gone differently. If the situation had become worse I would have asked them to bring it down a notch .