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Articles:
Learning as Parents

In our parenting journeys, there are daily opportunities for growth and learning. In our commitment to move away from the dominant control paradigm in parenting, we can use these opportunities to push our learning even further.

I am done being a parent!
I am ready to give up being a PARENT in the ways our culture expects us to be parents.

Making Sense of the Nonsense of Childhood
How it just doesn't make sense to try and make sense out of the ways we disempower children.

Children are the Mirror
How children mirror those issues we need to face and how we can embrace the fear of looking inward.

Giving Appreciation
How we look outside ourselves to get our needs met and its impact on children.

Ghosts from the Past
How I learned from the ghosts of my past to be present in the now.

Engaged Parenting
How parenting in ways that respect and honor who children really are requires us to be on our own path of well-being and wholeness.

Individuality: Honoring the Inner Voice
Creating space for individuality and honoring our own and children's inner authority and voice.

Unconditional vs. Conditional Love
How conditional love and approval impacts our parenting and the children who share our lives.

Shifting Blame
When the need to blame others for our feelings comes up, this is an opportunity to go inward and learn.

Moving Out of the Cycle of Control
Letting go of control and moving toward co-creation with children.

The Illusion of Control
Reflections on how we only have the illusion of control even when we're trying to control.

Controlling Anger
Reflections on my feelings of fear and anger as an opportunity to grow.

The Cycle of Liberation
Explore how we can liberate ourselves from the socialization we received as children.

Emotional Control vs. Emotional Presence
How our emotional experiences from the past can create reactions that keep us from being emotionally present.

Fear and Intimacy
How we create barriers to parenting with an open heart and mind.

Rebellion and Freedom
How the rebellion of children against control can ultimately set us free as parents.

Resistance
Reflections on how my resistance to my "negative" feelings only allow them grow. How can accepting our feelings allow us to learn and grow as parents?

Is TV Subversive?
How letting go of controlling media access helped me to learn more about the children who share my life.

Self-Authorship and Parenting
Explore the ideas and research behind self-authorship. Self-authorship is living a life that is guided by your internal voice.

Praxis: Action and Reflection
Explore the importance of engaging in critical reflection as part of the learning process as parents.

Trust
Explore how our socialization creates mistrust and what would happen if we moved to a place of trust with children.

Rethinking Trust
Is your trust in the children who share your life conditional or unconditional?

Copyright 2009-2012, Teresa Graham Brett
Parenting for Social Change, Learning Enterprises, LLC

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