Geek Habitat

” I’m taking this opportunity because I have a captive audience: you. I have been touched by the recognition and validation of the role of parenting in the person Miles has become. If it isn’t obvious already, my life is devoted to love and its manifestation. The best way, I have discovered so far, of responding to my pain is to surrender to love, to the vast ocean of boundarilessness love. Often, that brings relief.I read an article once in MOTHERING MAGAZINE many years ago when I was studying to be a mother. It made a huge impact on me, shaping my platform for mothering. It identified four key ingredients in an effective mother/child relationship, but I think it applies to any relationship and love in general. I want to tell you them now as they have guided me in my parenting years, and have become even more important as I shelter my two vulnerable children. They are: PROTECTION; NOURISHMENT; STIMULATION; AND CHERISHMENT. I could write about each one more fully as I have meditated and reflected on each quality. Each, one no more than another, is essential - in equal measure - to the development of a child into his/her full potential. Each is a requirement of the parent, though some come more easily to each one of us, in order to provide the safety and encouragement, the roots and the wings, that allow the child to develop into a person of responsibility, extension, and self love.No one has asked me what my view of parenting is, but I’m telling you. I hope that young parents who are reading this site will take to heart the critical role that parents play in raising children who are at once filled with self respect and respect for others: a tricky balance. ”

Source: Miles Levin’s mother, Nancy, on his CarePage