Tag: conscious parenting

Right after our son’s second birthday, my husband raised his voice to me, and our son, Garrett, walked into the room, planted himself firmly in front of his father and said in the sternest voice he could muster, “No Dada. Stop it. You no yell at Mommy!” while holding up his hand in a ‘stop sign’ fashion. Our jaws dropped. “I am stopping it Garrett,” was all my husband could stutter. I was speechless. While all relationships are mirrors for our inner discord, our unhealed wounds, none are more so than the relationships we have with our children. Our children are our greatest teachers; and they have the power to transform us into our most awakened selves if we let them.

Chaos theory tells us that a force as tiny as the fluttering of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately affect the weather hundreds of miles away. In a dynamic system such as the Earth’s weather, minor differences in initial conditions can create unpredictable, far-reaching long-term results.

A child’s emotional life is just as complex as the Earth’s atmosphere. One childhood event can send ripples far into the future, even into the next generation.