Let your child teach you. Practice mindfulness in the presence of your child. Be there, undistracted. Forget the meal plan, the clothes shopping cart, messenger. Watch and listen to your kid, play with her. Let her be your guide.

Try to connect with your inner child. It is challenging to release the child within and be the care-giver at the same time. The two roles are exactly the opposite in their essence. While the parent of a young child is usually quite contained, obsessed with meal prep, sleep-and-eat schedule, and maintenance of a neat home, the child is free, spontaneous, messy. How to be both at the same time? I believed that when with a child, one awakes the child within, however it turns out to be the opposite. I am becoming the parent which I didn’t always like (I love and respect my parents immensely, still I don’t want to copy them, but find my own style, be playful and funny while still autoritative and responsible. How?! Going to find out)