Parenting Is Love in Action
'Parenting' is an action word. The word 'action' means to proceed, accomplish, fulfill, work and process. To process is to engage in a series of actions or motions involved in accomplishments. Processing and parenting require time and countless new beginnings.
Parenting is new everyday. Some days this newness is fresh and exhilarating, and some days this newness is heavy and frustrating. Parenting is a most dependable job… always there, filled with endless requests for intuition, originality, quickness and patience.
In my upcoming book Inspirational Parenting: Stories and Strategies for Parenting from the Heart, I discuss the importance of love and parenting as words of action. My book is about movement, inspiration and creativity within the parent/teen relationship.
Anyone can be a great parent, anyone! It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve felt overcome. If the sky seems dark and it begins to pour with rain, rejoice, for we shall learn to dance in the rain! Now let us put our love into action and accomplish great things together.
A Message from Kate
The word 'parent' to me is inseparable from words such as unconditional love, compassion and joy. It can also meet head-on with feelings of fear, doubt and frustration. The longing parents feel to have their children safe, happy and successful knows no limits. It is without words and everlasting. I had the honor of speaking with a mother devastated by the thought of sending her daughter away for treatment. She was a wonderful mother and a brilliant person. She had cried until she could cry no more. "I can't send her away, I just can't. I am her mother and I will not abandon her." For her daughter, it was a matter of safety; she had become her addiction and needed help finding her creative and beautiful self once again. My response to mother was as follows: "Let this next step in your daughters life be an extension of your arms. You are not abandoning your daughter, you are embracing her. You are doing what you have done since the day she was born." This she understood, and it was all she needed to hear.
It is an honor to work with teens and parents. I was once asked, "What is it exactly that you do, Kate?" I replied, "I inspire parents to love children unconditionally, and I inspire children to love themselves." I have spent the past fifteen years of my life doing this amazing work, and I will joyfully continue to do so.