by Sandi Schwartz | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The new little babies come into life knowing their value. They trust they are enough. Toddlers are certain that they are deserving of the best that life has to offer them and from their vantage point they expect to have it all! So when do we start believing that we...
by Sandi Schwartz | Aug 30, 2013 | Inspiration, Nuggets of Wisdom
Just about everything makes me think about parenting and relationships. Today it was the laundry. Since my mind works in metaphors I started thinking about the similarities and differences between laundry and parenting. They both are never ending and seem to run in...
by Sandi Schwartz | Aug 27, 2013 | Inspiration
I was sitting in the lounge area, waiting for my car to be washed when two moms walked in, each with a little boy. The children were about 3 years old. I could sense that a nugget was quickly developing. One mom was engaged in conversation with her child, explaining...
by Sandi Schwartz | Jan 26, 2011 | Nuggets of Wisdom, Young Children
Recently I was presenting a parenting seminar when a dad asked for help understanding his three year old daughter’s behavior at breakfast that morning. This is the way he described what happened: “…My daughter was sitting on my lap, eating her cereal, when I...
by Sandi Schwartz | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
You do not want your children to behave well because they fear you. You want them to make good choices because it feels good, because they want to and because they are in their own power when they do so. YOUR WORK is to shift the mind-chatter that takes their behavior...
