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Author Archives: Jo delAmor
Respecting Our Children
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor Beyond loving connection, my parenting and teaching style boils down to paying attention … Continue reading
Parenting As Activism
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor In this book we engage parenting as a form of activism. Or, more … Continue reading
Partnering with Your Children – Part 2
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor As parents we are guides for our children in many ways. We’re here … Continue reading
Partnering with Your Children for a Bright Future
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor The most powerful thing we can do for our children in these uncertain … Continue reading
Nurturing New Paradigm Qualities in our Children
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor “In a very real way we are writing our own future, the future … Continue reading
Reflections on ‘Business As Usual’…for parents
This blog post is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor Joanna Macy, wise eldress, scholar and root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, … Continue reading
Fielding your Children’s Emotions
This passage is an excerpt from the forthcoming book “Raising Children in the Midst of Global Crisis: A Compassionate Guidebook for Parenting in Turbulent Times” by Jo delAmor “When your children are experiencing challenging emotions, whether they want to talk … Continue reading
Raising Children for an Uncertain Future
“You cannot raise your children as your parents raised you, because your parents raised you for a world that no longer exists.” Gretchen Schmelzer The world is changing rapidly. We are living in uncertain times. To some extent the times … Continue reading
Making Time for our Bodies
The other day while I was having a conversation with a dear friend she expressed some frustration about how her new self-care routine is quite time consuming. She just came through a year-long health crisis that has left her in … Continue reading
The Shape of a Life
Early in the Speak the Spark program Leah asked us to get a long piece of paper and map out the story of our personal lives without using any words. A life story told entirely through symbols and images. I … Continue reading
