“Our Mom wasn’t like other Moms.” a twenty-something daughter of my mentor recalled. “As kids, when we were doing something crazy, she wouldn’t yell. She would get so quiet.” “And she moved really slowly.” added the thirty-something sister. “We called it her strange calm.” “And I guess it worked because we were weirded out by …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Breathing, Calming down, Dealing with misbehaviors, Emotional safety, Kids and chaos, Mom calm, Parent calm, Self discipline, Self-management, Strange calm
Practicing Mindfulness in Family Life The sun is nervous as a kite that can’t quite keep its own string tight. Some days are fair, and some are raw. The timid earth decides to thaw. Shy budlets peep from twigs on trees, and robins join the chickadees. Pale crocuses poke through the ground like noses come …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Awareness, Breathing, Breathing to calm down, Discipline, Family mindfullness, Mindfullness, Mindfullness with kids, Presence, Self-management, Self-regulation, Spring Mindfulness
