Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers
Children  are our future, and the values of now are the values they will bring  with them when they rule the world. Axness advises readers on thinking  for the future. *Parenting for Peace* is a strong pick for parenting  collections, very much recommended reading. --Midwest Book ReviewMarcy Axness's efforts to educate our world are vital to our evolution! I'm so glad she's telling the growth-or-protection story because simple fundamentals are where the truth is.-- Bruce H. Lipton, author,Biology of BeliefandSpontaneous EvolutionDr. Axness has distilled compelling evidence from the fields of  attachment parenting, preconception, and consciousness research into a  readable, inspiring and hopeful book about what we really want to do as  parents: raise peaceful people. Parenting For Peace gives us a roadmap.--Peggy O'Mara, editor-in-chief,MotheringMarcy Axness lays down the simple but profound principles and practices  required to raise generations comfortable in their hearts and happy with  themselves. A tranquil revolution of the soul and of the home that  would benefit all humanity.--Gabor Maté, author,ScatteredandIn the Realm of Hungry GhostsI know of no one so well equipped educationally, intellectually, emotionally and intuitively to speak to our times.--Joseph Chilton Pearce, author,The Biology of TranscendenceandMagical ChildMarcy Axness' book has a beautiful message supported by sophisticated  understanding of the underlying science. I have borrowed her remarkable  translations of findings from our NIH-funded projects in my own  lectures.--Curt Sandman, fetal brain development researcherMy first impression of Parenting for Peace was like  King Joseph’s comment to Mozart, "too many notes," to which the young  man replies, "which ones shall I omit?"The core principles that Marcy Axness elaborates—Presence, Awareness,  Rhythm, Example, Nurturance, Trust and Simplicity—are superb. Like a  tuning fork, each resonates as a particular ‘state’ in the adult and it  is this state that the child attunes herself to.Axness has collected tons of insights, from many fields, all designed  to crack open and release the false hopes and false fears most of us  have about ourselves. If there is a ‘cosmic egg,’ it is our self-world  view, our social-cultural identity and the labyrinth of habits of body  and mind that reincarnate these shell-like qualities, moment by moment,  year after year, generation after generation. There are moments when  Presence, Awareness, Example, Nurturance, Trust and Simplicity express  something more, infinitely greater and outrageously more sensitive and  intelligent than the ‘eggs’ we pretend to be.The  key is sparing our children the need for that heavy, self-centered,  defensive-reflexive, knee-jerk armor in the first place, which can  unfold by not needing it in their primary relationships--that is, with  adults, their parents. Adult development ALWAYS precedes child  development and this new treasure nudges all of us along the way.Too many notes? Not one.--Michael Mendizza, co-author of Magical Parent, Magical ChildMarcy Axness is making a huge contribution to the improvement of parenting with this book!--Stephane Goldsand, director/producer of Leap Before You LookParenting for Peace is one of the best books I have   read in years and it's a PARENTING book for Pete’s sake! I never read   parenting books any more, but this one is so much more than just a   parenting boo; it is an actual in-your-hands recipe for world peace   starting from within the home.--Bryan Post, Founder and CEO of the Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy