Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Paradox and Inspiration 111: Paradox Parenting

This paradox parenting perspective might surprise you.

If disciplining your children is driving you insane, what James Lucas teaches in his article "Paradox Parenting" might help you formulate some strategies to overcome your struggles.

Paradoxes identified by James are - expectations versus tolerance, justice versus mercy, teaching through values versus results, authority versus shared power, "The Way" versus freedom, protecting their innocence versus exposing them to reality, keeping a distance versus connecting at the soul, conditional love versus unfailing love.

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