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Inbal answers a parent's question about praise and offers a perspective on how praise translates into the NVC framework.

In this brief audio snippet, CNVC Certified Trainer and founder of the CNVC Parenting Project, Inbal Kashtan, explores observation in contrast to interpretation, and leads an exercise in observation skills.

In this brief audio snippet, CNVC Certified Trainer and founder of the CNVC Parenting Project, Inbal Kashtan, offers a profound insight that can change how we see and relate to our children.

 Connection requests focus on the quality of connection between people instead of on any particular strategy or solution. While the core motivation for a connection request may be connection with the other person, varied internal states and needs may help guide us toward different types of connection requests. Self-connection and understanding of our motivation in making a connection request can therefore greatly support our capacity for discovering and articulating what specifically we want from the other person that we believe may contribute to connection.

Learn to tell needs from strategies in parenting with two simple questions for clarity.

See how to better connect with children’s needs, especially when they resist or react to requests.

Discover how self-empathy fosters healthy, supportive relationships with children and others.

Explore whether bribery works for compliance and learn five common motives behind our actions.

Learn the difference between true requests and demands, and why honesty matters with children.

Understand what drives children’s behavior and why their actions may feel annoying to parents.

Inbal Kashtan reflects on poverty and how empathy can help build a peaceful, inclusive world.