Zen Parenting: The Art of Learning What You Already Know Book

	Foreword	7
	Introduction	9
	Guidelines for Zen Parents	12
	A Brief Summary of Zen Buddhism	13
	About "Living the Lessons"	15
Chapter 1	Beginner's Mind: Today Is Everything	17
	Zen Points of Interest	19
	Zen Experts Are Inside	21
	Zen From the Mouths of Babes	24
	Zen Means Accepting What Is	27
Chapter 2	The Inadequacy Trap	29
	Letting Go of Anticipation	31
	The Zen Master	34
	Zen and Self-Condemnation	37
Chapter 3	Humor Transforms	41
	The Zen Dinner	42
	Zen Raspberries	44
	Zen on a Heavy Day	46
	"No, I Won't Get Dressed"	48
Chapter 4	Balancing the Opposites	51
	Zen Attention: Continuity vs. Change	53
	Zen Fullness: Empty vs. Full	54
	Zen Magic: The Ordinary vs. Extraordinary	57
Chapter 5	Zen Discipline	59
	Zen Butterflies	61
	A Zen Look at Three Tries and Still No Success	63
	The Freedom of Zen	66
Chapter 6	Work Is Zen	69
	Zen Desserts	70
	Zen Jobs	73
	Life Is Work--Hooray!!	75
Chapter 7	Zen During Divorce	79
	The Troubled Times	80
	Children of Divorce	82
	The Zen of Divorce--Endings and Beginnings	86
	The Ex-Spouse	89
Chapter 8	Hellos and Goodbyes	93
	The Zen of Death	95
	Zen Death Mask	98
	Anna's Zen Story	100
	Corey's Zen	103
Chapter 9	Now and Zen	107
	Zen at the Grocery Store	108
	Zen = Natural Laws	111
	Hospital Zen	113
Chapter 10	Day-to-Day Parenting	117
	Keeping Promises	118
	We Are the Role Models	121
	Rewarding the Good	124
	Living the Adventure Now	126
Chapter 11	Zen Psychology	127
	Not Taking It Personally	128
	Zen and Mind Clutter	131
	The Zen Mission	133
	Football Zen	136
	Bibliography/Resources	141