I recently read a thought provoking blog post from a former Parentology participant. In her post, she discusses the challenges that her children are facing with the educational practices in their school. In particular she writes about her son who is clearly a visual/kinesthetic learner, but is struggling in an environment that expects him to [...]
The ABC program Good Morning America recently ran an article about parenting with a very provocative headline, “Why Praise Can Be Bad for Kids.” The article reports on research findings revealing that children who receive unrealistic praise, “you got an A without studying, you must be brilliant!” tend to be less successful than children who [...]
I had the privilege to speak at TEDxDubai this year about conscious parenting. In my speech I drew a lot on Parentology concepts, but also introduced some new ideas. Here’s the video of my speech at the event. I invite you to share it with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. Enjoy! – Gonan TEDxDubai [...]
A major tenant of the Parentology philosophy is accepting and loving our children unconditionally which is why we spend a lot of time in our workshops and community meetings practicing how to respond when children misbehave or act in a manner that may make us feel uncomfortable. Most importantly, it is essential that parents “separate the child [...]
A list of the most important personality traits might start like this: love, kindness, intelligence, generosity, strength, confidence, humility and compassion. And there is certainly nothing wrong with these traits. But I think that there is one trait that is often overlooked and I believe it is a very important characteristic that we should foster [...]
One of the key mantras we repeat at Parentology is, “Children are naturally creative resourceful and whole”. The following video is a perfect example of this! Watch as researcher Sugata Mitra shows us the amazing stuff kids around the world are doing with computers by themselves without any direct instruction from teachers. Mitra’s work shows [...]