Ourselves / Our Children - the most important job in the world
Doing our own Inner work is a gift to ourselves and those we interact with. We can adjust our attitude as necessary for greater physical, emotional and spiritual health, and deeper more meaningful relationships. With understanding comes compassion for ourselves, our parents, and even our enemies. As we stretch toward compassion we strive to be an individual example,
a more effective conduit, for what we want to see in the world. With compassion we can rise above the urge to get mad at anyone for how they unconsciously behave toward us, now or in the past. We don't get mad anymore, inside or outside, we just get more effective. It's never too late to help ourselves, our parents, our children or our grandchildren to communicate, heal and find solutions to better
relationship.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
-- Kahlil Gibran
Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment
in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.
-- Gary Smalley
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who tread on their toes.
-- Chinese Proverb
Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening.
Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world.
They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind.
-- Queen Rania of Jordan, Hello Magazine
For Parents (or re-Parenting ourselves)
The following organizations help parents raise emotionally healthy children. What if... you had experienced such support. Reading this material is healing - we can lighten our emotional load by understanding and contrasting what we actually experienced growing up, keeping in mind love and compassion for our parents, who did the best they could given the level of awareness they had at the time.
Roots of Empathy
Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression and violence among school children while raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy.
Circle of Security
The Circle of Security Project is an innovative, first-of-its-kind early intervention program designed to alter the developmental pathway of parents and their young children.
Wisdom Commons
Exploring, Elevating and Celebrating our Shared Moral Core
Talaris
The mission of Talaris is to advance knowledge of early learning and the importance of parenting in the first years of life. Important new research.
Zero to Three
Zero to Three mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.
Parent Map
Parent Map is a trusted source of information that connects parents to community resources in the Seattle area.
Promoting First Relationships
Promoting First Relationships is a prevention program dedicated to promoting children's social-emotional development through responsive, nurturing caregiver-child relationships.
Parent Trust
Parent Trust offers a variety of educational and support services for families in Washington State.
Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand helps parents acquire the skills they need to build and rebuild close connections with their children.
The Mindful Parent
Mindful Parenting is a contemplative practice through which our connection to our child, and awareness of our child’s presence, helps us become better grounded in the present moment
For Business and Public Policy Leaders
Here is the scientific proof for the benefits of compassion, and practical steps that leaders can take for compassion in community and business.
Greater Good Magazine
Fuses ground breaking scientific research with inspiring stories of compassion in action. It provides a bridge between social scientists and parents, educators, community leaders, and policy makers, toward becoming a more benevolent society.
National Conference of State Legislatures
NCSL’s work on birth to age five early childhood issues is funded through the Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Pre-K Now
The evidence is irrefutable: High-quality pre-kindergarten saves taxpayers money; improves children’s cognitive, social and emotional skills; decreases the need for grade retention and special education services and helps to close the achievement gap
For Educators
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
A multi-disciplinary collaboration of scientists and scholars from universities across the United States and Canada designed to bring the science of early childhood and early brain development to bear on public policy decision-making.
Committee for Children
Evidence-based programs for preschool through grade 8 that teach children skills to stay safe from bullying, violence, and abuse. Second Step social and emotional learning curriculum reaches over 7 million children in 25,000 schools around the world.
Developmental Studies Center
Schools can and do make a difference in how students develop as citizens and as whole people. Students who feel connected have less problem behaviors than their counterparts who feel disconnected from their school.
When Peace is the Prize
This partnership program between Seeds of Compassion and the Seattle Times’ Newspapers in Education program uses the Nobel Peace Prize as a lens through which to view the history of compassionate action in our global community.
National Child Care Information Center
Recent scientific discoveries demonstrate how a child's earliest experiences and relationships affect the way his or her brain is organized. Quality care of young children is key.
Channing Bete
Research-based and proven-effective PATHS program, a violence-prevention curriculum that promotes social and emotional learning, character development, bullying prevention, problem-solving abilities, all required for positive relationships today.
For Clinician Continuing Education
Lifespan Learning Institute
Accredited to provide continuing education for physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and certified counselors.