Even though we all come from diverse parenting traditions and often rely on a variety of parenting techniques when raising our own families, we share the common desire for our children to be authentic and to carry a deep sense of love and belonging within them. We also want our children to know that their imperfections are not inadequacies, and that they don’t need to fear being ashamed or feeling unlovable if they are different, or when they are struggling. In this workshop, Brené Brown offers us 15 guideposts to discovering the gifts of imperfect parenting, a style of raising children that acknowledges, and even celebrates, imperfections in children and parents alike. We practice what we want to teach our children and acknowledge that we can’t give them what we don’t have. As we learn to cultivate courage, compassion, and connection in our own lives—and embrace the imperfections of our efforts—we discover how to communicate these gifts to our children and engage fully in the parenting journey. Recommended reading: Brown, I Thought it Was Just Me (but it isn’t). Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, educator, writer, and activist, is a member of the research faculty at the University of Houston, where she has spent the past eight years studying shame and compassion and how these emotions affect the way we live, love, parent, and work. Brown is author of I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t). brenebrown.com |
