An energetic vibration is pulsating across the globe. The planet earth is transforming. The world as we know it is undergoing a massive alteration. In short, change is in the air.

You can see this transformation in weather patterns and climate changes. You may be presently experiencing it through the current financial down fall, stock market instability or global recession. Certainly, the winds of change blew through the recent presidential election as both parties attempted to convince the electorate that they were the party best suited to bring change.

And now the United States has a new president-elect. A new cabinet is being created. A new direction in being charted. New policies are being formed. Change is all around us. So let’s just sit back and enjoy it.

Better not. The change the world is presently calling for is not about policies enacted or decisions made by government officials. The change that is needed today has nothing to do with who is the white house. It has to do with who is in your house.

Significant change will not come to the world from political officials or from government policy. If it comes, it will come from us and from what we teach our children. The world is calling for a new parent, one that sees the role of parenting as sacred and is committed to raising responsible, caring, conscious children.

As parents, we cannot sit idly by and watch the world cry out for change without examining what we do with the important responsibility of parenting. In order for our planet to survive we must change the way we raise children. The planet earth is calling for new inhabitants and we, as parents, are the ones best suited to respond to that need.

It is now time for us to change our parenting. It is time to bring to the earth what it desperately needs, uncommon parenting. We must learn to parent like no one else so our children grow up to be like no one else.

Are you willing to change? If so, please consider making the following changes to your parenting:

1.  See your parenting role as that of being one who inspires, rather than one that rules.  Raising a child is more about drawing out what already exists in a youngster than it is about putting in to fill perceived deficiencies. Inspire your children to be who they desire to be and help them find their own passion for life.

2.  Parent with an open heart. Hold your children accountable for their actions and choices with gentleness and love. Implement consequences consistently and allow your children to experience the related, respectful, reality-based consequences that flow directly from their action.

3.  Create a shared control environment. When children see themselves as in control of whether or not they experience consequences or outcomes, they are empowered. They learn to see themselves as the cause of what happens to them. They realize they personally create the results which show up in their lives by the choices they make. It is therefore, the children who need the power and the control for discipline to be effective.

Consequences are not used to control, to manipulate, to demonstrate power, or to get even. Attempting to use consequences for control crosses the line and becomes punishment.

4.  Stop making children wrong for their behavior. Making children wrong for their behavior is counter-productive to raising responsible children. Blaming and fault finding don’t help children learn how to make different choices and behave differently in the future. Fixing the problem is more important than fixing blame. Together, join in the search for solutions and model for your child that you value solving problems more than you do assigning blame and handing out punishments.

5.  Recognize that children are in our lives to teach us. Recognize that your children are in your life as much so you can learn from them as they are so they can learn from you. Be open to the lessons your children offer you and honor them for helping you learn and grow.

Will you do what it takes to become an uncommon parent? Will your listen to how you talk to your children and adjust your language? Will you examine your attitude and seek a demeanor of acceptance and tolerance? Will you explore your thoughts and become open to thinking differently about your children’s behavior? Will you stretch your belief system and grow in a deeper understanding of love and compassion? Will you give yourself the time to learn how to parent like no one else? Will you be the change our world so desperately needs?

Thomas Haller and Chick Moorman are the authors of Teaching the Attraction Principle to Children: Practical Strategies for Parents and Teachers to Help Children Manifest a Better World. They are two of the world’s foremost authorities on raising responsible, caring, confident children. They publish a free Uncommon Parenting blog. To obtain more information about how they can help you or your group meet your parenting needs, visit their website today: www.uncommon-parenting.com.