[Humanpowered] Parenting with an Open Heart resumes by focusing on meeting our own needs

[dave olsen]

As parents, we know that meeting our children's needs is our primary mission.

But what about our needs?

Although it's easy enough to refer to the airline's guidelines (put your own air 
mask on first), for day-to-day parenting, that doesn't really help much.

This Saturday night from 6pm to 8pm, Parenting with an Open Heart will focus on 
how we can meet the needs of both parents and children.  Let's call it "Healthy 
Parents, Healthy Children" in honour of two of my most trusted resources 
/Respectful Parents, Respectful Children/ and /Magical Parent, Magical Child/.

Please RSVP so I can prepare lots of healthy snacks: the seminar will be held at 
2105 Parker Street, our very child friendly location, at the corner of Lakewood 
Drive in East Vancouver Note that you enter through the gate off of Lakewood to 
the basement suite.

For more info, please reply to this email or visit:
http://humanpowered.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/parenting-with-an-open-heart-returns-to-east-vancouver/

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Warmly,
dave/
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Parenting with an Open Heart: a seminar series for all Parents, Caregivers, and 
Parents-to-be: for info and session dates, please visit/ 
/http://humanpowered.wordpress.com <http://humanpowered.wordpress.com/>

Movie and Theatre lovers who know a saner world is possible may enjoying reading 
and sharing their thoughts on Reel Life, Real Ideas: Movies and more... 
<http://reellife.wordpress.com/>

Hit by a car at 60 km/h (40mph), a pedestrian has an 85 per cent chance of being 
killed; at 50 km/h (30mph) s/he has a 45 per cent chance of being killed, while 
at 30 km/h (20mph) the risk falls to 5 per cent. Source: British Parliamentary 
Advisory Council on Transport Safety (1996) //_Taking Action on Speeding_//

If you are expecting a baby soon...
...read Ina May Gaskin's insightful book, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, packed 
full of birth stories and her experience of helping deliver over 2,000 babies!
...consider Natural Infant Hygiene (aka Elimination Communication) and reduce 
the expense of diapers (and much more)...check out http://www.diaperless.org and 
http://www.natural-wisdom.com

Did you know that in Scandinavia...
--> there are laws protecting children from all forms of spanking and bullying, 
even from parents
--> these laws do not imprison or punish parents but instead raise awareness 
(http://www.empathicparenting.org)
--> the elderly are able to remain at home thanks to programs that provide free 
meals, free transportation, and free care/

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