I'll Never Do to My Kids What My Parents Did to Me!: A Guide to Conscious Parenting

"I'll Never Do to My Kids What My Parents Did To Me!" A Guide to Conscious Parenting teaches parents how to interrupt negative family relationship patterns, and raise kids with a healthy sense of self. It is not just a cognitive method. Parents learn how to regain their own calmness and presence when they are aroused or upset. Identifying somatic or body reactions is a crucial part of learning how to manage reactions especially anger and frustration. We offer a wholistic system of parent education which teaches child development theory at the same time as teaching skill building. Socialize kids without breaking their spirit.

Dr. Eileen Paris and Dr.Thomas Paris are both married, family and child counselors who have been working with children and families for 24 years. Their professional lives have been devoted to working with children of all ages - from pregnancy through preschool and adolescence - and with teaching all types of parents, whether single, divorced or together how to understand the messages-- both good and bad-- parents learned as children and what messages are now being passed on to children. Their background includes experience teaching nursery school, working in the Head Start program, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Together they raised their son Seth, as a joint custody family.