Conscious parenting requires a parent to be strong enough in themselves that they do not require their children to live within the parent's ego bubble.

“But when we have a child who we want to have grow into their own authentic spirit, that takes that we are so strong in ourselves that we don't need anyone else to be in our bubble.”

A parent's primary task is to cultivate the strength to allow their child to grow into their own authentic self without imposing expectations or conditions.

“The bottom line for me is the question I always ask is, "Can I give you permission to be more of who you are without risking my love?"”

Parental regulation is the foundation of parenting, and parents should look inward at their own emotions instead of trying to control their children's behavior.

“my reactivity was coming from my own fear of feeling ineffective as a parent and when I saw that, it really helped me to sort of shift the way that I was thinking about his behaviors because the way I viewed it and I know this is true for so many autism moms is that we feel like the solution is fixi”

A parent must do their own personal healing and remain empowered to serve as a positive model of adulthood for their child.

“And what I realized is like if I'm empowered and actualized, then that is the best for our son to see. If I'm feeling defflowered and demotivated and small and minimized or feeling like sad, then my son will see this is what the feminine looks like.”

Parents should prioritize regulating their own emotions so they can hold space for their children's feelings instead of trying to stop them.

“And so I think that step one is always clean your own house. You start a meditation practice. You learn how to feel your own feelings. And then you have more capacity to be in it with your children.”

Effective parenting requires being present and establishing a connection through dedicated daily one-on-one time without commands, questions, or directions.

“Special time. It's magic. And 20 minutes a day, do something with your child child wants to do that's reasonable you can do in 20 minutes so it's like not take me to Nordstrom's. And during that time, no commands, no questions, no directions.”

Permissive parenting techniques taught within some spiritual communities can lead to children disregarding authority and lacking necessary boundaries.

“And it wasn't until one day I just went, you know, I'm gonna scrap all this and I'm gonna do I'm gonna follow my instincts and I'm going to be a man. I'm going to I'm going to what the result of it was this is my kids discovered that their dad is not to be messed with. And as a result, they felt saf”