More Facebook trouble for conscious parents

gillyberlin / Foter.com / CC BY So you snap a photo of your child and post it to Facebook. Cute, innocent, and fun, right? Not so fast. Did you know that it is simple to find out exactly where your child’s school, playground, or even bedroom is? The Facebook and Internet pictures of children saga […]

Picking your battles: A conscious parenting dilemma

Check out the video below for an example of a conscious parenting dilemma. What I forgot to mention in the video, but is an important factor, is the fact that I don’t feel super strongly about the guideline of being 14 when you get your ears pierced.  If I felt strongly one way, this would […]

Courage, Authenticity, Alignment

aftab. / Foter.com / CC BY-NC Many people have seen this video, and was just reminded of it today as I spoke on the phone with a dear friend.  We were discussing all the music talent shows, like American Idol, the Voice, and America’s got talent.  I have to admit that the only season of […]

Disciplining our children on the Ricki Lake show

  On Tuesday, I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest on the Ricki Lake show, where the topic was disciplining your children. No matter what your stance is on public shaming, or spanking, this episode was a DEFINITE conversation starter. I had the privilege also of being part of a live video streaming […]

November is ConsciousParents.org Gratitude Month!

  woodleywonderworks / Foter / CC BY   As I have gotten older, Thanksgiving has surpassed Christmas as my all time favorite holiday.  The concept of gratitude, and being thankful, is far more important to me, than all the hustle and bustle and commercialism that seems to have taken over all the other holidays.   […]

Disaster preparedness family food strategies

This morning, I was interviewed on San Diego’s channel 6 news about disaster preparedness food strategies. Here are some of the main strategies: Plan for enough food and water to last a week Realize you may or may not be in your home, so you need to think about portability Remember baby formula Keep these […]

A mother’s intuition

fabiogis50 / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA One of the skills essential to conscious parenting is learning to tune in to your intuitive guidance system ( or otherwise known as mother’s intuition, your sixth sense, your gut instinct, etc.).  And by learning (or should I say honing) that skill, we can better help our children learn […]

Raising boys to men

Video streaming by Ustream Last week, I had the honor being invited to participate in a discussion following an episode of The Ricki Lake Show where the topic was how to raise great men.  It was an important discussion for parents of boys, and how understanding how boys are different than girls can help parents […]

Peer pressure and bully proofing your young children

    We will be launching a 4 part free video training series on this topic in the next couple of weeks – STAY TUNED!  Opt into our mailing list to sure to be notified of it’s release, or like us on Facebook. Educational programs about peer pressure and bullying are rampant.  Our society is […]

Sunscreen myths on San Diego 6 In the Morning

  Summer is here…and many well-meaning parents may actually be doing some more harm than good when it comes to sun safety.   While you never want to get burned – EVER – the sun is not the dangerous villain it is portrayed to be. What I’m going to share here in no way means […]