Parenting with Awareness: Enlightening Our Children and Ourselves

Parenting with Awareness blends old-age wisdoms, new-age concepts, and child development research to create a unique approach to parenting that honors the integrity of childhood.

Whether you are just embarking on your parenting journey or a seasoned parent, thought-provoking ideas will present a new way to explore life and approach parenting that will create children who are self-empowered, self-disciplined, and self-motivated.

In today's competitive society, many parents feel they are solely responsible for molding their children's intelligence, talents, and success. Children are pressured to excel, rushed between activities, resulting in a frenetic way of life, leaving families stressed and exhausted. Schwartz draws upon her thirty years of teaching and personal parenting experiences to give parents insights into an alternative approach.

Brain research has proven that children learn through experimentation. This book offers playful ways to teach children to embrace life with all of its wonder and potential through hands-on activities that are creative and fun. These inspiring projects coincide with guided conversations that teach children self-awareness and self-reliance while offering them opportunities to develop the essential qualities of trust, intuition, passion, gratitude, confidence, compassion, courage, morality, and patience as they strive to become successful, loving human beings.

Author: Marcie B. Schwartz
Publisher: Marcie B. Schwartz
Published: 02/12/2024
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9798989598502

About the Author
Schwartz, Marcie B.: - Marcie has been enchanting young children and educating their parents for the past 40 years. She attended Clark University, earning degrees in special education and psychology, and went on to pursue her graduate studies in early childhood education at Tufts University and Wheelock College. Parenting with Awareness evolved from her experiences in teaching hundreds of parents and children in the Marcie and Me parent child program she created. The book offers a unique parenting philosophy that honors the integrity of childhood, with the goal to create children who are self-empowered, self-disciplined, and self-motivated. Marcie's picture book When Someone Deeply Listens to You, is the culmination of her certification in poetic medicine. Marcie carries her skill and enthusiastic style into poetry circles she designs, to meet the needs of numerous populations. These include children, diversely abled adults, parents, and seniors. Because children learn through experimentation, both books contain creative hands-on activities and guided conversations to teach their vital message. Marcie lives with her husband in Massachusetts. When she isn't writing she may be doing numerology readings, photographing treasures of Cape Cod, or riding her bike along the bike path over the Sippewissett marsh in Falmouth, Massachusetts. She is the proud mother of two sons and three stepchildren. She is adoring her role as "Mimi" with her grandchildren. Marcie is available to organize an interactive workshop for your school or organization or to speak about her unique parenting philosophy. Follow Marcie on Instagram @marciebschwartz20 or email marcie@marcieschwartz.com.Ptak, Andrea L.: - My company name, Communicating Words & Images, defines my philosophy. The words-the message-matter. The visuals-the typography, layout, images, and colors-all work together to enhance the message.From 1974-81, I worked for a variety of firms in the communications industry, including a local newspaper, three advertising agencies, a corporate in-house agency, and a large commercial printing company. This experience gave me the skills to strike out on my own in 1981, when I opened a six-person, full-service design and photography studio in San Antonio. In 1993, with my industry fully revolutionized by the computer, I moved to Seattle and downsized to a home office. This technical background and 40+ years of experience give me the perfect blend of old-school knowledge and digital technology to ensure that my work meets a high level of quality.As a designer, I excel at text-intensive projects like books, in addition to complex publications for non-profits and professional organizations where much of the content comes from staff and volunteer writers. My left and right brains work in tandem to organize the materials and produce a finished product designed to guide the reader through the text and images. My typography is top-notch as I give a great deal of attention to details like kerning and text flow. You'll find no widows, orphans, rivers, or strings of multiple hyphens in my work.