Children are not things to be molded but people to be unfolded. - Jess Lair Parenting Consciously offers parents stress-free solutions for raising their authentic child in a way that fosters and supports their true spiritual selves. It also teaches them ways to effect positive change in their child's behavior by changing the environment in which that child is raised. Are you willing to be that change? Parents, or those who work with today's authentic children, will take the following - and so much more - from reading Parenting Consciously: 1. Steps you can take, even before your child is born, to prepare yourself and your home to support a healthy growth environment.2. An understanding of how the way you show up in your life actually affects the way your child will show up as they grow.3. Simple tools to improve your communication efforts with your child.4. Alternatives to the pharmaceuticals prescribed to children diagnosed with emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders.5. Most of all, you will take away an inner knowing of what it means to be 'authentic' for your child and for you too. To be a conscious mom or a dad means respecting your children as individuals in their own right. Today's children are born as authentic, spiritual beings who chose this lifetime to be a source of inspiration for change to all those they encounter. They are teachers and "wayshowers" and want to be recognized for who they are instead of for who society thinks they should be. Parenting Consciously gives the reader the opportunity to relinquish control of their child and instead watch, learn, and allow these incredible beings to teach them how to live a truly spiritual life. Now is the right time for this book. Years ago, the primary readership would have been mothers balancing the many aspects of parenting, home life, personal and family health, and career. Today's families, however, no longer delegate child-rearing solely to stay-at-home moms. More than 50% of pre-school-aged children spend their days in childcare centers. Even though there are still traditional two-parent families with heterosexual moms and dads, the family unit in the 21st century is more likely to consist of a single mom, a single dad, a same-sex couple, or grandparents. Regardless of the physical make-up, all parents share the desire to provide the best possible environment for raising their child. Parenting Consciously is going to provide them with out-of-the-box solutions they can easily use to make their home and family environment the best one for nurturing their authentic child. It's not only children who grow. Parents do, too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself. Joyce Maynard