As our fantasies of how wonderful parenting will be come crashing down around us in the presence of a child who causes us to repeatedly "lose it" in the most embarrassing ways, a window opens onto a fundamentally different understanding
of the parenting journey.
 
Conscious parenting is centered in the “growing up” of the parent.

The conscious parenting journey leads within, as—in response to the way our children mirror for us our emotional immaturity—we awaken to our own authentic essence, with which we have long been out of touch.

As we connect with our own inherently powerful presence, the dynamic between parent and child undergoes a transformation in which we abandon the traditional approach of domination and enter into a partnership with our children that becomes the heartbeat of spiritual growth for both parent and child.

When we parent consciously, o children impact us as much as we influence them.

By serving as our spiritual guides on the journey into our own essence, our children empower us to become the kind of parents they deserve. We parent them not from our own egoic neediness, but with real presence that both commands their respect and invites their self-development.