Conscious Parenting Book List

Here is a list of some of our favorite conscious parenting books.
Do you have any favorites you think we should read and add to our list?
Are you an author of a parenting book you would fit in with this list? We love connecting and sharing with parents and authors. We hope you enjoy reading these books as much as we did!

Enjoy!

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

By Dr. Shefali Tsabary

The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment By Deepak Chopra

9 Tips For Enhancing the Educational Experience of Your Child

Tips for Enhancing the Educational Experience of Your Child 

• Ask your child to identify three goals for the school year (Academic, Health, Financial).
• Sign up for a long term volunteer opportunity in their area of interest.
• Make sure your child’s learning happens outside of the school walls as well as inside (libraries, museums, clubs, etc.).
• If they have expressed interest in a particular career or field, provide them with exposure to the career or field as a reminder of the bigger picture and provide a mentor/support individual from the field.  Sometimes this also serves as a “reality check” in terms of career requirements and commitment.
• Take advantage of free academically supportive websites such as Khan Academy, The College Board

Parenting Coming Out Of The Dark Ages?

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We found this video so pleasing, especially since we reviewed Dr. Shefali's book The Conscious Parent in 2010 and hosted a live chat with her in March 2011. It's so magical to us that conscious parenting is finally taking center stage. Like we've said before we've raised our children this way starting 30 years ago. Since Dr. Shefali appeared with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday it is now getting the recognition that we feel is needed for our children, parents and society. 

We resonate with the words Sabrina Brightstar talks about in this video. She's right, we are all responsible for the children. Our beliefs, thoughts, ability to love ourselves and evolve does have an impact on today's children. We hope all you parents will take a look at this video. It is time to change the world by changing how we parent. 

Children Help Parents Evolve and Release OLD Parenting Programs

How does one help their children succeed in life? Guest Article By Kathleen Boucher

Congratulations to Kathleen Boucher. She recently was awarded the 2014 Book Of The Year award for her book A Simple Idea To Empower Kids: Teen's Edition and 2014 Preferred Choice Award (Kids Category) for A Simple Idea To Empower Kids: based on the power of love, choice and belief.

How does one help their children succeed in life? By teaching them to have a strong work ethic.

Wouldn’t it be great if each child born on earth came with their own unique instruction manual? How valuable would that be? And yet for all the books written to help parents, I have not found any that discuss work ethic. But hold on. I can hear you saying,” Wait a minute we are doing the best job that we can. We raise our children to believe in themselves, to take care of their bodies and their minds. We teach them to value their family, their friends and their community. We teach them to understand that to live in a country that is free is a gift not to be taken lightly.

Inside Every Dad Is A Little Boy ~ Happy Fathers Day!

(Randy Lawrence and Ed Toten skipping rocks.)

Happy Father's Day From Intentional Conscious Parenting 

Dad, fathers, pops, pa, step dad. Whatever name you call them they are essential to our families, societies, work force, etc.

We just could not exist without our precious dads. They bring and teach so much to our children and their families. The masculine energy vibrates through out our world in such a precise way whether it be chaos or untainted calmness it is a very welcomed energy.

Remember inside every dad is a little boy.

Children Don't Need Fixing - A Conscious Parenting Approach

Here are two short videos with Dr. Shefali with Oprah on Own. Both of them are really good and we wanted to make sure you had a chance to see them. Enjoy!!


A full on parenting approach. Parenting from a place of intunement.

Dr. Shefali Tsabary: Children Don't Need Fixing - Super Soul Sunday - OWN

The One Thing Children Want (That Money Can't Buy) - Super Soul Sunday - OWN

The Most Profound Children's Poem We Have Ever Heard!

This is the most profound video we have shared with our parenting audience. This video is narrated by Oprah Winfrey. Watch as many times as you want and allow it to soak in.
Kahlil Gibran camptures how interconnected we are with our children and yet how individual they truly are. They are their own free thinking growing evolving spirits. Enjoy!

"On Children" by Kahlil Gibran 

What did you think? Did this move you as much as it did us? Please leave a comment and tell us about it.

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Intentional Conscious Parenting Tip For The Day!

"It feels good to know that I am safe and I am loved." ~ Louise Hay

Just a friendly reminder children feel safe when you do. If you are nervous and anxious they are going to feel this. Whatever you put out they receive vibrationally, energetically and physically.

What If Your Child Has The Brain Of A Psychopath? Could you influence their life path?

(A picture of Carol's son Josh holding Marv when we was a puppy. 

No reference to being a psychopath!)

I recently saw a very intriguing episode on AC360. Anderson Cooper's guest was James Fallon a neuroscientist who's spent his career studying psychopaths and observing their character traits. He also examines their brains through brain scans. James Fallon is the author of The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain.

Here's the show I watched.


Video: Many presidents had psychopathic traits?

James Fallon found out through a brain scan of his own brain that he also has the brain of a psychopath. What really got my attention is when Anderson asked him why he thought he didn't turn out to be a serial killer.

"When we lose the permission to pause, we lose access to wisdom." ~ A Reflection On Words Of Wisdom From Lisa Grace Byrne

When we read the article, When we lose permission to reflect… By Lisa Grace Byrne we knew we needed to share it with you. Lisa touches on a very important issue about reacting. She reflects on the current situation in Syria as an example. Do you react in your parenting or do you take time to pause and think about your response?

Post by Intentional Parenting.

Parental Alienation And Its Consequences

We all know divorce can be difficult and devastating. We assume that, during the divorce proceedings, the Courts try to do what is in the child’s best interest by allowing both loving, fit parents custody. However, what happens when one parent manages to turn the children against the other parent? What if the father teaches the children to hate or fear their own mother or the mother criticizes the father to the extent that the children no longer wish to see him? This extremely harmful behavior is called parental alienation and some may think it is impossible, but let me explain.

My How Times Have Changed. The Evolving Role of Conscious Parenting.

We were recently reading articles in the summer issue of Pathways To Family Wellness Magazine. This issue surrounding "The Dad Factor. The Evolving Role of Conscious Parenting" kind of struck us funny and took us down memory lane. 30 years ago our parenting style was on the cutting edge. Stacy's mom thought she was out of her mind for considering home schooling, not to mention living a holistic life style. Years later her mother Sharron came around and apologized to her because she realized the importance of Stacy and her husbands choices and saw the benefits in her granddaughters and our two families lives. We were part of the parenting pioneers through-out the country at that time who were choosing a different path. It was quite unheard of for our generations who were raising children.  We were living holistically long before it was trendy. For instance, we were really good friends with an owner of a natural foods store. We would make our owns salves and grow our own medicinal plants. We had flourishing gardens in the dessert if you can believe that! We feel there's a time and place for western medicine but we mainly choose the natural paths and holistic practices. We have found working with natural paths very rewarding for they are fully knowledgeable at incorporating the mind, body, and spirit connection.

Are You Teaching Your Children The Art Of Forgiveness?

As a follow up to my post last week called Your Worlds Are Merging And Your Children Know It and my latest review of Penney Peirce's newest book Leap Of Perception: The Transforming Power of Your Attention I wanted to touch on the subject of forgiveness.

Penney shares some very powerful information surrounding forgiveness. She begins by sharing a quote from Joan Borysenko, "Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior, Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling victimized and martyred. Rather, it is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past."

This particularly struck a cord within me. I've always found it rather easy to forgive and move on. I'm not one to hold grudges. I know people make mistakes during their human experience. I'm also a Libra and have an innate ability to find the balance in every situation. On the other hand I've been around many who hold on tightly to their unforgiveness, judgments and anger. I've seen it first hand passed on to their children. Children sometimes assume the same limiting beliefs as their parents and take on their parents feelings and judgements as their own.

Your Worlds Are Merging And Your Children Know It!

I'm currently reading Penney Peirce's newest book Leap of Perception: The Transforming Power of Your Attention. One thing that really resonates with me is her take on how our worlds are merging. Really they've always been merging it's just now humanity is reaching such a point in their spiritual growth that the consciousness to understand this concept more is becoming reality. Children are more open and receptive to the unified fields. They are empathic and intuitive. When they first arrive in their new bodies they are fully awake. As they grow they are exposed to parental and societal beliefs which shift and change their perception. When parents allow children to be more free flowing in their thought processes and do not try and pressure them into believing only what the parent believes they are more likely to continue to share what they know from their unified connection. Don't be alarmed if your child knows things beyond your experience and connection. Your child may speak freely of a passed loved one like they are right there with you now because they actually are or your child may openly share a previous life, or a specific healing message for you. Whether you believe it or not I encourage you to keep your mind open and allow your child to be able to tell you anything. If you can keep the lines of communication open while they are little they will feel safe, unjudged and be able to come to you with their problems as they expand into adulthood. Trust in yourself, in your inner knowing. Listen to your inner feelings, thoughts and guidance. Enjoy the experience of parenting. There's reasons why your child "a spiritual being" has aligned with you in this life experience. Embrace it for all it's worth and enjoy the ride! ~ Carol Lawrence

The following quotes are taken from Penney's new book.

Safely Choosing the Right Babysitter for Your Child

Inviting a stranger into your home to care for your child can be a very stressful moment of your life. Worse yet is leaving your child at another person's house. The anxiety you could feel by allowing an outside person to babysit your child could cause a variety of health issues. How can you ensure your child's safety when looking for the perfect babysitter? Although nobody is perfect, there has to be a method in order to find someone who isn't going to rob you blind or take off with your child.

1. Thoroughness of History - Before hiring any person to babysit your child, you should review references of the person applying for the job. While a thorough background check can provide you with a great deal of information, the first thing you should do is find out if this person could be a viable candidate. In the event of hiring a high school student, contacting his or her parents to get information is always a good idea.

Raising Self-Empowered Thinking Children

(Rachel, Josh, Tony, and Sarah; holiday get-together, Rachel helping Tony get ready for Halloween, 

Family gathering during summer, Tony's birthday)

While raising our kids with the mindset of conscious parenting we purposely chose to teach them in a manner of thinking which enabled them to be self-empowered in their own thinking.  As we were fully aware we were raising adults and they would not be children forever. Everyday choices are a part of our society and soon would be theirs. As we guided them through their childhood and through their teenage years we were always focused on enhancing their already awakened intuitive skills.

The Power Of Positive Communication

The Power of Positive Communication

Destructive                                                                       Supportive

Rebellious                                                                         Independent

Demanding                                                                        Persistent

Irrational                                                                            Creative

Disobedient                                                                      Strong

Manipulative                                                                     Innovative

Obstinate                                                                          Not Easily Swayed

Resistant                                                                           Focused

Overly Sensitive                                                              Connected

Disrespectful                                                                    Honest

We have the opportunity to create our children with every word that we use to describe them. Many times the words that we use to describe our children are the same words that we secretly use to describe ourselves. These words leak out when we are feeling frustrated. It is helpful to notice when your emotions are getting raw, admit your frustration and choose to identify the situation in a new way. 

When you can't catch yourself, have compassion for yourself! We all do the best that we can in any given moment.  ~ Suzy Miller 

The Leverage Of Parenting From Alignment With The Grid

Abraham-Hicks: The Leverage Of Parenting From Alignment With The Grid

 

Feeling Blue?

Teaching Children How To Love Themselves

Have your child stand in front of a mirror and say loving things to him or herself.
For example, you can ask them to say, "I really love my eyes."
"I really love the way I smile." "I love myself!" 

You can stand next to them and say the same things about yourself as you look in the mirror with them demonstrating how to express gratitude for yourself.