The Conscious Parent

(Transforming Ourselves Empowering our Children)
Author: Dr Shefali Tsabary
Publisher: Namaste Publishing
(Pp 300, ISBN 9781897238455)

Dr Shefali Tsabary has beautifully blended the eastern philosophy with western psychology in this book.

An innovative parenting style suggested by the author pivots around “to recognize the child’s potential to spark a deep soul-searching leading to transformation in parents”. Instead of merely being the receiver of the parents’ psychological and spiritual legacy, children actually help in the parent’s development. Once parents start learning with their children, all normally seen power, control, and dominance behavior of the parent vanishes; instead, a mutual kinship and spiritual partnership guides the parent-child journey.

Dr Tsabary’s conscious approach to parenting sees children acting as a mirror of the parents’ forgotten self. Her approach urges parents to address issues of consciousness, through the book. She deliberates that “It isn’t our children who are the problem, but our own unconsciousness. Our unconsciousness is not our children’s to inherit, but ours to excavate”.

Overall, the book is worth reading for every parent, to not just address parenting issues but rediscover themselves.

- Anamika