TAO School of Liberation

Although the days you spend with little kids can seem long, never-ending, and extremely exhausting, time actually flies, and the years go by very quickly. Every day brings new growth, new milestones, and new wonders, but the challenges of juggling our adult lives often prevent us from fully appreciating the nuances of childhood. The parent child bond is unique and it must be enjoyed and nurtured.  Healthy parent child interactions can help to keep a family together and happy. We have been told time and again that spending quality time with the child is important so most parents believe they need to take out an hour two and schedule time for their children. While it is good to make time for your children it’s important to remember that parent child interactions go beyond the scheduled two hours.  In fact quality interactions may happen when you are taking your child to school, or on the way to the dance class. Here are a few tips to help you in your interactions with your...

Have you thought about how independent your child is? Can he or she manage to be by themselves for a while without adult supervision? In an age where a two year old can navigate a smart phone, surely, children can learn how to butter toast or find their way to the house they live in. Yes your child is more capable than you think. But in today’s tech savvy, gadget driven world it can be easy for children to lose out on some practical skills. Also, as parents we tend to focus on the academic success of our children.  Teaching them basic tasks like doing the laundry, managing money, making a simple meal can be equally essential to their success. Without certain life skills even adults find themselves at a disadvantage. So how soon should you start teaching your children life skills? You can begin teaching a child age appropriate skills as early as two years. Before your child leaves home to go to pre -school, they must learn how to put away their toys, be able to feed themselves...

Are you struggling to get your kids to listen to you without having to yell or nag or lose control? Well you may not be the only one grappling with this issue. All parents at some point or have had to face tantrums, melt downs and power struggles with their children. The good news is that these issues can be addressed and they need not be stressful and they are far easier to handle than you think. Positive parenting is an approach focused on developing a strong, deeply committed relationship between parent and child based on communication and mutual respect. Here we teach a child just not what he/ she should be doing but also why he/she must do that.   The aim here is to discipline a child without breaking the spirit of the child. It involves training a child to learn self-control and giving them the tools they need to become thoughtful people. So how can you practice positive parenting? Think of your children as individuals and not as personal property . Acknowled...

Teaching a child to be ethical is perhaps one of the many challenging tasks of parenthood. There comes a time when children lie or cheat and this is only human. It then falls upon the parent and the adults in the life of the child to instill a system or code of ethics that will help the child grow into an honest, caring, respectful adult. And this has to be done because children need to understand that ethical behavior is fundamental expectation of living in a peaceful society. Also children who learn to be empathetic and take care of others tend to develop strong interpersonal skills.   And research has shown that happy and successful people display a higher emotional quotient/ interpersonal skills.   Learning to collaborate, picking up the ability to take responsibility for oneself and others are all qualities that can be developed in early childhood. Here are a few guidelines on how to raise caring, respectful, ethical children: Focus your efforts on building a lovin...