Welcome to Essential Parenting!

My goals are to help you

• Become the best parent you can be
• Transform your house into a nourishing and restful home
  
• Help all family members grow into their full potential

Step one: Sign up to

Next, check out these wonderful FREE resources:

1. The Nuts and Bolts of Essential Parenting

• 5 minute outline
• 16 page handout

2. Engaged Level

• 5 minute outline

3. Loving Discipline

• 5 minute outline
• 19 page handout
• Loving Discipline Audio Class

4. Survival Guide for New Parents

• 2 page handout

5. A Letter to Conscious Parents

“Dr. Christopher White is as brilliant as he is compassionate. He offers a beautiful and integrative approach to parenting that will enrich your life as a parent, and nourish the internal life of your children. Dr. White brings humor, wisdom, and tremendous empathy to his work, and has deeply touched my own life as a mother, as well as the lives of my students. I give him my highest recommendation. — Dr. Shauna L. Shapiro, Associate Professor Santa Clara University, Co-author, The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness into Psychology and the Helping Professions

Why are these pages laid out as insights, key skills, and practices?

The insights are important because as we see things with fresh eyes, it changes how we feel, which in turn changes how we respond. These insights will help you see deeper than behavior, into the underlying mind and brain of your child where you can then address the roots of the problem, rather than mere symptom management.

The key skills are important because our behavior impacts our children, their behavior, and the quality of the relationship we have with them. As you develop these key skills, behavioral problems will dramatically diminish and you will begin to create a more harmonious and intimate household in which all members can thrive.

The insights and key skills are then followed by a practices section. This section invites you to try on a practice for the week and see how your life and home are impacted by the fruits of your labor. By trying to do better by our kids, we grow ourselves up in the process.

Enjoy these pages, and share them with your friends. Thank you for all the hard work and love you pour into your children.

Chris White M.D.

Start with the Nuts and Bolts