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Heart Parenting
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To Educate the
Heart and Mind
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Parenting for the
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HEART PARENTING GUIDE

 

Parenting for the future of civilization...

Heart Parenting

THE MOST IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION WE CAN MAKE
by Helen Collier

Parenting has always been a challenge, but today perhaps more than ever before. We have to deal with many influences that affect our children that may or may not have been around when we were growing up. And certainly, things have been getting worse. Divorce, drugs, crime, school dropouts, single parenthood and teen pregnancy are just a few of the issues many parents must confront in their daily lives. It's no wonder so many of us feel overwhelmed. And aside from coping with the negatives, we have a very important responsibility in preparing our children for the future.

The most important contribution we can make for our children is the gift of self-esteem. Self-esteem underlies all achievement and personal effectiveness. It increases will power and helps a child develop his or her potential. In fact, self-esteem is the single, most significant key to successful living.

The way parents feel about themselves will be reflected in their children and every aspect of family life. It is important for parents to have a positive self-identity to instill self-confidence in their children, fostering in them a deep inner knowing that they are capable of accomplishing whatever they set their minds to.

Parents who want to improve their own self-image can promise themselves to act in ways that will make them feel more worthy of happiness and success. Studying or taking classes in parenting to develop competence is helpful. Our self-esteem rises as we begin to feel more competent. If we choose a seemingly easier path and avoid mental exertion, we set ourselves up for failure because as any parent can attest, parenting isn't easy.

How often have we noticed how our way of thinking can make or break our parenting skills? Accurate thinking requires an openness to learning and a willingness to self-observe. To think or not to think, to focus the mind or suspend it, are two basic choices we must face every moment of our lives.

It helps to ask ourselves the following questions when confronted with situations:

1. Am I being constructive or destructive?
2. Am I making sense?
3. Am I being fair
4. Am I being consistent?

As parents, the choices we make daily have a big influence on our children, and can either enhance or undermine their character development. I find that parenting demands daily rededication of heart and mind to helping children develop in positive ways. And there is no getting around the necessity of choosing, moment by moment, to act in ways that will increase our own self-esteem.

Helen Collier is a mother of four, a former model, actress, casting director, and corporate vice president. Helen has toured the United States with her Success Courses which include a parent-child seminar and classes for women. She has taught success classes to over 15,000 students in New York City and has taken her courses internationally to Canada, Norway and Russia.

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Teaching Values:
Uses accelerated learning methods and storytelling. Recommended lists of children's books and videos.

Family Safe Media: Find out what is wholesome and what is not.

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HIGHER GROUND
Children and youth, the family, America and the nations are all under fire.. It will take heroic effort and a higher way of life to turn things around.

HOME SCHOOLING WITH MONTESSORI
Articles will help you discover what the child needs to have available in the home environment for optimal learning.
AGE OF MONTESSORI
Affordable online training and a wealth of free information for parents and teachers – moving early childhood and elementary education forward.
MONTESSORI CHILD DEVELOPMENT COURSE
For parents, grandparents, teachers, mentors, childcare providers, and anyone who loves children.

TWIN FLAMES IN LOVE
Male and female energy comprise the whole of being. The spiritual union of Twin Flames results in creativity on a cosmic scale and can be seen to equate with the sexual union of father and mother, in the planes of matter, that results in the conception of the child.

LIFE OR DEATH
This is my perspective on the indwelling worth and unlimited potential of human life in the womb.

If you are contemplating abortion, this LINK will tell you what you need to know about the soul's coming into embodiment, karma and reincarnation.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY PREGNANCY
This is a detailed account of what is happening with the child's developing body during the first trimester of pregnancy. Also see "LEARNING in the Womb".
SPONSORING CHILDREN
Making all the difference in the lives of many precious children. $20 per month enables a child living in the New Jerusalem Children's Home to attend Montessori preschool.
DANGER!
Studies prove children are endangered by CELL PHONEradiation and they shouldn't use them.
Some INFANT DEVICES can kill or do harm.

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