How child learns who "I am"

The most important learning a child receives is the reflection of himself he sees in his parent’s eyes.  If parent sees child’s innocence, power and goodness, than he will grow up being and knowing himself that way.  All future life choices and experiences will be based upon this view of himself.

The myth of attention deficit disorder

There is no such thing  as a child having an attention deficit disorder since the child is always attending to something.  It is only when we want him to attend to what he is not attending to that a problem seems to arise. But it is our problem.  It is not the child's problem that he is not interested in what his parents and teachers want him to be. Is it a disorder to not pay attention to what doesn't interest you?  In school, the answer to this question is "yes." Instead of schools taking responsibility for their irrelevance to the student's lives, they blame the students by creating an imaginary illness called ADHD.

Road less Traveled

There is a way to treat a child that will ensure that she grows up to be all she can be. This way requires that the parents want, more than anything  that their child be exactly as  she is, just as she was created.   This way, is the road less travelled. .  A path that can only be  traversed without the use of power, anger or criticism.   A path  based on the  utmost love, respect and devotion for our child’s  deepest Self.  And when we succeed, we discover that we are that same divine Self and we live in peace.    

Universal Mind

       Pigeons have an inborn knowledge of the stars so that they can navigate, and salmon are born knowing the complex geography of the planet's waterways. Animals,  plants and all living things seem to know everything necessary for survival.  But what about humans, the creatures considered to be highest on the evolutionary scale?  What knowledge are humans born with?  What knowledge do humans need?

        A core belief in our culture and in our schools, is that children are empty of knowledge, and that the task of school is to fill the child's mind with knowledge.  Could humans be the only creatures on the planet with no inborn knowledge?

         New paradigm parenting has as it's focus the child's ability to access Universal Mind, an aspect of themselves containing  all relevant knowledge.  This will develop automatically as parents learn to honor and respect this natural unfolding.  Education, therefore, will be realized to be a process wherein the child gains access to knowledge from within, instead of requiring an external teacher or teachings.
 
 

the inner curriculum

   Children naturally know how to learn all that is needed by remaining present in each moment.  Nothing needs to be added, but merely supported. This is the way walking and talking are learned and is the natural way that everything can be learned.  But how can children remain inwardly directed in school when they are forced to go against themselves to focus on personally irrelevant topics or tasks? In this way, schools prevent them from knowing themselves, and without self knowledge it is difficult to create a meaningful life.  It is harmful, therefore, to place a child in any environment that does not allow the “inner curriculum”to be of utmost importance.