Parenting From Your Heart: Sharing the Gifts of Compassion, Connection, and Choice

Inbal Kashtan

Sep 2004 · PuddleDancer Press

About this ebook

The tenets of Nonviolent Communication are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the home, in these booklets on how to resolve conflict peacefully. Illustrative exercises, sample stories, and role-playing activities offer the opportunity for self-evaluation, discovery, and application.Helping parents to connect compassionately with their children, show them love, and offer guidance even in difficult moments, this practical booklet describes how the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process can transform parenting to promote peace for generations to come. NVC-based parenting tips and ten practical exercises to foster trust, improve cooperation, and inspire open dialogue are included.

About the author

Inbal Kashtan was the parenting project coordinator for the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Her work on parenting has been published in Mothering and other magazines. Inbal founded the NVC Parenting Peer Leadership Program and was the first to create an NVC Family Camp. Inbal also co-founded BayNVC, the BayNVC Leadership Program, and the BayNVC Diversity Project. After living with cancer for several years, Inbal passed away in 2014.