Parenting With Teacher Nancy

Dealing with the Corona Virus turns parenting up a notch, or for some, too many notches. This is a difficult time. The New York Times recently had an article, Parents Need Stress Relief, Too .  These are the coping methods they suggested: 1) Give yourself grace. 2) Don't judge coping styles. 3) Remember sleep hygiene. 4) Timebox your worries. 5) Social distancing doesn't mean you should stop being social. 6) Help others as much as you can. I'd like to add a couple more things to this list: 7) Stop reading about parenting.  Enough already. Follow your gut. Since you're reading this, you've read plenty.  Now just do what you feel works for you and your family. Too much information about parenting is anxiety inducing.  I know this from personal experience.  Yes, there is always more, or something better you can do, but go back to the first suggestion on this list: Give yourself grace. Just give lots of love and affection, don't worry what others might thi...

There are no face-to-face classes at CCSF for now. Please see the official  CCSF Announcement , or see below in CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT section. This is a historical time, dealing with Covid-19.  It's a time when we are considering our own health, the health of of others, and even life and death.  For many of us, whose schedules have emptied because of cancelled gatherings, meetings, parties, sports events, work... there is possibly some time to take stock in what is most important. Spring time is the time of year when we also think of growth, blooming, and what is flourishing, and the time every year when I bring up the family vision and mission.  A vision and mission help us make choices with a purpose.  In the book,  Becoming The Parent You Want To Be , by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser, they write how this framework can guide our parenting.  "Creating and holding a vision is critical to us and to the health of our families.  When we know what we ar...

CCSF is still open. There will be face-to-face classes until the end of the instructional day, March 12.  Please see the official  CCSF Announcement . Children love to be  philosophical , they ask the incessant why questions, the questions we should always be asking ourselves. Why is the word the way it is? Why are we here? Why, why why?  It's important for parents to give our children these foundational ideas as a cornerstone to build their own family narrative. Spirituality defined in the article below as   an  "Inner belief system that the universe and all people are connected in ways we cannot see." This can be helpful for your child see beyond themselves, find meaning and purpose, and gain an understanding on how the world is inter-connected.  The author also includes practices/rituals that will help grow a worldview in your family. Beyond Belief: Raising a Spiritual Kid -- All children need to know that there's more to life than "me, me,...