Comments on: Childhood is Now http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/childhood-is-now Wisdom to thrive by Thu, 17 May 2012 10:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa Z http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/childhood-is-now#comment-11265 Lisa Z Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:14:06 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/childhood-is-now#comment-11265 Wow, great article. I feel Ms. Leo has got it right on! I have often thought similarly about our culture and kids. I hope we in Western society are able to bring about a change back to having extended family around, to living closer to our needs and not just wants, etc. Wow, great article. I feel Ms. Leo has got it right on! I have often thought similarly about our culture and kids. I hope we in Western society are able to bring about a change back to having extended family around, to living closer to our needs and not just wants, etc.

]]> By: Chrsty http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/childhood-is-now#comment-11262 Chrsty Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:18:34 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/childhood-is-now#comment-11262 "Sometimes we can’t hear our children’s needs because our own needs are screaming so loudly" When asked if I want to have more kids I always think, well if my Mr right walks into my life and I have acheived my hearts desire why not. I really enjoy kids. But till that time, till the day when I feel less needy myself I hardly thing my hearth would be the most welcoming for other children. But what to do? We can't make the kids magically disapear until we've got out acts sorted out and the pressures off. What I've found which makes the day flow a lot better now (I'm a full time stay at home mom with no relations about to help and dad is a hardworking man) is, following my destiny. In however small way I can now. Just admitting to my self that "well there are other things which drive me and bring me to new heights", and working towards that helps the day go a lot better with the kids. Dropping the other preoccupations which demand my time and bring me no way close to my dream follows. Just focussing on that and child minding (and all which comes with it) makes my day flow nicer now. And for me destiny drives me to sing and write songs and that, as funny as it may seem, has transformed my time with the boys. Composing doesn't take half as long as writing a book does and that frees up lots of time. I am not anxious that they go to bed so I can have time to write anymore. I bring a pad along while they go rollerblading and jot down things there for example. I sing while we go walking (and I have to be careful what I sing too because they sing it right back to me word for words pitch for pitch- that's our singing lessons!) We had a pretty amazing experience one day to a song I had wriiten called I Stand Naked. Well I got all excited about it and while singing started to take my clothes off. The boys were singing the lyrics too behind me. They wasted no time in whipping their clothes off and all three of us were gyrating in front of the mirror singing I stand Naked in your eyes. So my advice is to spending quality time with your kids in way that both of you benefit is to follow your destiny and finding a way to include them in the experience. My boys are the first two people I've met who really don't mind me singing the same song over and over again. And they have memorised all the lyrics to all my songs and the three year old asked me one day after singing 'I've tried reaching you with ESP' Mummy what is ESP? It certainly enriches the lives of our kids. Just seeing us excited about a project which they too can learn a bit from makes room for a great household athmosphere. “Sometimes we can’t hear our children’s needs because our own needs are screaming so loudly” When asked if I want to have more kids I always think, well if my Mr right walks into my life and I have acheived my hearts desire why not. I really enjoy kids. But till that time, till the day when I feel less needy myself I hardly thing my hearth would be the most welcoming for other children.

But what to do? We can’t make the kids magically disapear until we’ve got out acts sorted out and the pressures off. What I’ve found which makes the day flow a lot better now (I’m a full time stay at home mom with no relations about to help and dad is a hardworking man) is, following my destiny. In however small way I can now. Just admitting to my self that “well there are other things which drive me and bring me to new heights”, and working towards that helps the day go a lot better with the kids. Dropping the other preoccupations which demand my time and bring me no way close to my dream follows. Just focussing on that and child minding (and all which comes with it) makes my day flow nicer now.

And for me destiny drives me to sing and write songs and that, as funny as it may seem, has transformed my time with the boys. Composing doesn’t take half as long as writing a book does and that frees up lots of time. I am not anxious that they go to bed so I can have time to write anymore. I bring a pad along while they go rollerblading and jot down things there for example. I sing while we go walking (and I have to be careful what I sing too because they sing it right back to me word for words pitch for pitch- that’s our singing lessons!) We had a pretty amazing experience one day to a song I had wriiten called I Stand Naked. Well I got all excited about it and while singing started to take my clothes off. The boys were singing the lyrics too behind me. They wasted no time in whipping their clothes off and all three of us were gyrating in front of the mirror singing I stand Naked in your eyes.

So my advice is to spending quality time with your kids in way that both of you benefit is to follow your destiny and finding a way to include them in the experience. My boys are the first two people I’ve met who really don’t mind me singing the same song over and over again. And they have memorised all the lyrics to all my songs and the three year old asked me one day after singing ‘I’ve tried reaching you with ESP’ Mummy what is ESP? It certainly enriches the lives of our kids. Just seeing us excited about a project which they too can learn a bit from makes room for a great household athmosphere.

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