Editor's Note: Our children are our future. Here is another video by Sir Ken Robinson illustrating our need to reform our present fixed beliefs about what is necessary to truly educate our children in this century.
Family & Parenting
by Kate Adams, PhD
 Children often tell researchers that no one listens to them when they want to talk about their dreams. Unfortunately, pressured schedules and a cultural disinterest in dreams mean that many parents take little notice of their own dream life, never mind their children's. Here are five reasons why parents might want to find a few moments to listen carefully to their children's nightly expeditions...
Editor's Note: Psychology Today expert, Kate Adams PhD shares some important tips on why listening to children's dreams is crucial to their sense of well being. Read this helpful article and take some time to share dreams with a child in your life.
Family & Parenting
Editor's Note: This short film by Louie Schwartzberg moved and inspired me. I especially enjoyed the beginning scene where a child describes the difference between her experiences of television and creative thought. This video is a good reminder for all of us to enjoy the present moment and to be grateful for the incredible lives we live.
Family & Parenting
by Alexandra Folz
 Weary children sleep late
school awaits
predictable moments
no longer apply....
Editor's Note from Carol Lawrence and Stacy Toten: Our friend Alexandra has a way with words. Besides the fact she's an author of Indigo's Bracelet, she has put together a poem of wild words, bizarre pyramid building that has fun dripping off every word. We were laughing and falling off our seats when we read her poem "Mediation on Spilled Milk". We love how she takes an every day event that could have been turned into a negative action and turned it into a learning moment and she allowed the artist in her to turn it into a positive event.
Family & Parenting
“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.”
~O. A. Battista
Family & Parenting
by Joanna Young
 Journaling can reduce anxiety in children and provides a way for them to express themselves when the spoken word may not be sufficient (or safe). By learning to write their feelings and deepest thoughts on paper they are learning to tune into themselves...
Editor's Note from Barbara Lazarony: Many of us remember our first journal, that special place that we could write down all of our feelings and wishes free from parents and teachers. Where we could spill out everything to crisp blank pages to our trusted confidante, our journal. Consider sharing the gift of journaling with another generation, your children, grandchildren or others; and encourage them to write and scribble to express themselves for fun and healing too.
Family & Parenting
by Shelly Birger Phillips, MA
 I took my very first solo airplane ride with my daughter last week and at first I was not sure how it would go. As I began to pack, I realized that I was really nervous about being stuck on an airplane alone with a toddler and for a couple of days I considered nixing my previous commitment to screen free living for my little one. I thought it might be easier to manage the trip if I brought along my husband’s iPad...
Editor's Note: Given all of the news about the detriments of screen time for babies and young children, we have a zero screen time policy for our toddler daughter. I almost changed that after realizing that I'd be stuck on an airplane with a toddler for a twelve hour trip (which turned into a 23hr trip).
Family & Parenting
by Papa Ed
 The joy of being grandpa. Sharing with your granddaughter the thrill of fishing.
Knowing she will someday share this gift with her children and grand children...
Editor's Note from Carol Lawrence and Stacy Toten: My husband Ed shares his thoughts about fishing with our granddaughter. He is filled with gratitude and joy for the opportunity to share with the next generation. He knows how important every moment is and strives to take nothing for granted. ~ Stacy Toten
Family & Parenting
by DeAnna L'am
 Do you feel in Balance right now?
When we Look at nature, balance is an ever-shifting, waxing and waning dance…
Editor's Note from Carol Lawrence and Stacy Toten: Anyone who has ever pondered what a solstice or an equinox are really about here's a great article by DeAnna L'am that breaks it down and puts it all into perspective. We couldn't help but give gratitude once again to mother earth for her selflessness that she consistently gives to us spiritual beings having a physical experience.
Family & Parenting
by Robert Nickell, a.k.a. Daddy Nickell
 Easter is just around the corner and Daddy Nickell has come up with some fun, new ways to celebrate this holiday that will build the family bond and keep kids busy all day long so the Easter candy lasts longer then a day...
A Note from ATH Supervising Editor, Sherri Carter: Here are some great ideas of how to celebrate Easter as a family, for all ages!
Family & Parenting
by Sheryl Paul, MA
 Ever since Everest decided to become a vegetarian a couple a months ago, his already high sensitivity has gone into overdrive. Once he made the connection about where our animal food comes from, his mind connected the dots and realized that almost everything in this world comes from something in the natural world, and that in order for some life to survive other life has to die...
Editor's Note from Sylvia Poareo: In this article, Sheryl provides explanations as well as wonderful modeling of how to lovingly attend to our children's grief and existential fears. As usual, she also reconnects us to how to be gentle with our own pain and fear (which in turn helps us attend to our children). I so appreciate her storytelling and insight!
Family & Parenting
by Sylvia Poareo, MSW
 A little girl who just became a big sister, is found in the baby’s room, leaning over the baby’s bassinet. She is overheard asking the baby in a whisper, “Tell me what God is like, I’m starting to forget...”
Editor's Note: In our information age, we all become over accustomed to looking outside of ourselves for answers. Children are naturally connected to their intuition and will remain so if supported!
Family & Parenting
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A client asks, “How can I help my child have good self esteem, when I don’t?”
The fact that she can recognize that this is a problem is the first step! So often, parents, particularly those that have personal histories to heal, focus intensely on helping their children to have the confidence they don’t. However, we cannot teach self-esteem...
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