By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a child with autism to raise the consciousness of the village.” ~ Elaine...
Category - Family & Parenting
Wake Up World’s articles on conscious parenting and family relationships.
It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are
By Mark Wolynn Guest writer for Wake Up World A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to articulate what happens to us. We not only lose our words, but something...
The School System: The Incarceration of Children
14th July 2016 By Razi Berry Guest writer for Wake Up World CAFOs, also known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, are confined feedlots in which animals raised for food products are kept in...
Decline in Childhood Play Related to Rising Anxiety and Depression in Children, Adolescents
By Christina Lavers Contributing writer for Wake Up World “We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing...
CDC Concealed Link Between Thimerosal and Autism for Over a Decade, Forced to Release Incriminating Documents
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World A long-held debate between pro- and anti-vaccination groups may finally be put to rest over the association between thimerosal —...
In the Absence of the Village, Mothers Struggle Most
By Beth Berry Guest writer for Wake Up World Dear Mothers, I’m writing you today because I can no longer contain the ache in my gut and fire in my heart over an injustice that you and I are...
A Stolen Life: The ‘Civilization’ of a Child
By Harry Krueger Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Train up a child in the way he shall go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” ~ Solomon proverb Knock on any door and...
“Kiddie Cocaine” – FDA Approves New ADHD Amphetamine Drug Disguised as Candy
3rd June 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Side effects include loss of appetite, insomnia, abdominal pain, emotional lability, vomiting, nervousness, nausea...
Why Education Must Come Back to Nature
By Will Stanton Guest writer for Wake Up World “Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can’t expect them to help protect...
Common Core: Surveillance, Standardization, and the Sexualization of Children
By Makia Freeman Contributing writer for Wake Up World Common Core is the set of educational standards for American children which first came onto the scene in 2009, after Obama took...
Addictive Behavior Related to Low Levels of Oxytocin, the “Love/Bonding Hormone”
By Christina Lavers Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The more we understand how nature works, the more we realize just how complex, intricately balanced and ingenious its systems are. One...
Leave a Better Generation for a Better World
By Purnima Ramakrishnan Guest Writer for Wake Up World “It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human...