You need a license to buy a dog, drive a car, and even catch a fish but they’ll let just anyone be a parent.

So, get ready to learn why the best way to help your children is by helping yourself and prepare to see your sons and daughters as you never have before. In other words, whereas most parenting books aim to help parents control their children, “The Conscious Parent” aims to help parents control themselves. It is, instead, a book which attempts to redefine traditional childrearing by illuminating how parents can “capitalize on the emotional and spiritual lessons inherent in the parenting process” so that they can use them for their own development which, in turn, should help them parent more effectively. Shefali Tsabary is neither a how-to guide on raising good children nor another step-by-step manual to overcoming the usual challenges of parenthood. The pillars of the parental ego crumble as the parents awaken to the ability of their children to transport them into a state of presence.Endorsed by Oprah as “one of the most profound books on parenting she has ever read,” “The Conscious Parent” by Dr. Once they find their way back to their essence, parents enter into communion with their children, shifting away from the traditional parent-to-child 'know it all' approach and more towards a mutual parent-with-child relationship. Those willing to look in the mirror have an opportunity to establish a relationship with their own inner state of wholeness.

Shefali Tsabary's conscious approach to parenting, however, children serve as mirrors of their parents’ forgotten self.

To handle the behavior that results, traditional books on parenting abound with clever techniques for control and quick fixes for dysfunction. Parents unwittingly pass on an inheritance of psychological pain and emotional shallowness. Instead of being merely the receiver of the parents’ psychological and spiritual legacy, children function as ushers of the parents’ development. The Oprah-acclaimed parenting book that will change the way you raise your children.

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