This is the last post in my series on deep listening. By now you have discovered that listening is not only about hearing words, but that there are multiple ways of listening in order to understand how others experience the world. I call that the ‘world of others.’ I have learned that everybody has a different way of [...]
It was so nice to see both familiar and new faces at the Parentology Community Meet-up. As the online community manager I see virtual notes from our community members everyday, but don’t often get a chance to connect face to face. There was a fair amount of ground covered in the meeting, but I wanted share a [...]
We are very happy to report that the Khaleej Times wrote an excellent article about Parentology this week. It is copied below. The article was written by Afshan Ahmed and we think that it does a fantastic job of describing what we are all about. Have a read. You can see the original article [...]
In 2008, Paulo Coehlo gave a speech to UNESCO about child soldiers and other terrible abuses of children. Our Parentology Blog is not about these kinds of issues (although they are very important); however, in his speech, Paulo Coehlo tells a story that I think is relevant to how we interact with kids. Here is [...]
Gonan (co-founder Parentology) brought this story to my attention this week and I wanted to post it on the blog with a few comments. It is a very powerful story from Paulo Coelho’s blog, attributed to Khalil Gibran. The story is a simple and poetic examination of how important it is to allow children to [...]
Anyone who has spent time with a toddler knows that learning to say, “No!” is a fun and empowering for them. Raise your hand if you know a toddler who went through a phase when they said “No!” to everything… But, although it’s easy to learn to say “No!” as a (relatively) self-centered two year [...]