Parenting Toddlers

1. Understanding Toddlers Autonomy in action Creatively compiled by Michael Farnworth, Ed. D.

2. Please Read: “A Dream” by Jeffery Holland

6. Who is going to have their needs met? ADULT CHILD NEEDS CONFLICT OF

21. A test of health for mothers... Allowing your children to dress themselves....

26. List 5 qualities that you really admire in yourself and that you would like to pass on to your children... record these in your journal.

27. Now list 5 qualities that you dislike in yourself and that you would rather not pass on to your children... Record these in your journal.

30. The more contempt a person has for them self the more dangerous they are to their children…

31. “You can drive the devil out of your garden but will find him again in the garden of your child.” Heinrich Pestalozzi

32. Much of what parenting is about is the transfer of energy from one generation to the next... (Food, religion, sexual stuff, sports, education, etc.)

36. Childhood is an immersion in neediness...And

37. A needy child is considered, in this culture, a bad child with his or her behavior considered the “worst” when they are the most needy.

39. “ Looking back, I'm not sure I could put words to what I was feeling. I know I didn’t want to impose my moods on her or even let her know I was having some uncomfortable feelings. I never much liked having to ask for anything...It’s easier to take care of these kinds of things myself.”

51. Projection is the process where by you attribute and assign your children to act out this “imaginary child” you have created in your mind. You will want your children to fulfill your dreams and will use “psychological force” to make them behave.

54. How can a child ever feel good about themselves, if they never seem to measure up...To your fanticiful expectations of them!

56. Listen to a song... Perfect By Alanis Morisette

80. Love is an energy and children can feel its absence...

82. The End

94. Listen to a poem... By Goldie D. Ivener

95. The inner soul is buried by the outer shells and further smothered by conformity to physical beauty that the culture dictates. Attempts to break through these layers of shells is accompanied by ridicule, criticism and personal attacks.

96. Children are permitted, at times, to express their inner souls but soon the family and education train them to conform, to regurgitate the party theme. The measure of maturity is determined by this conformity, so, the so called productive years reflect what others have dictated.

97. The successes achieved are tangible items like dollars, besting your rival, big houses, nice cars and climbing the ruthless ladder. The soul becomes atrophied at times of crises and illness crying out for some recognition, for some connection with other inhabitants.

98. At times this is accomplished but for a fleeting moment, for when the crisis or illness is over once again, the soul retreats to its niche hibernating until the next crisis occurs. So the culture prevails dictating to us, who accept with various degrees of resistance what is expected of us.