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The Center for
Nonviolent Communication®
It is a pleasure to feature the Center for Nonviolent
Communication, an international, non-profit organization founded
in 1984 by psychologist and mediator Marshall Rosenberg.
"Replacing hatred and violence with compassion", Dr.
Rosenberg and CNVC teachers have provided Nonviolent
Communication SM
training to enthusiastic audiences on five continents, including
many critically troubled regions. In these times of conflict,
from simple misunderstandings between friends to angry
confrontation, from disrespect toward children to child abuse,
from driver rudeness to road rage, and from diplomatic mistrust
to war, we desperately need the teaching that this organization
offers so abundantly and well.
Dr. Rosenberg's engaging workshops use giraffe and jackal
hand puppets to help illustrate the mechanisms of communication.
The giraffe, with its large heart and gentle nature, has become
the organization's metaphor for nonviolent communication, while
the jackal represents life-alienated consciousness and language.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is affectionately referred to as
"Giraffe Language."
The organization's website includes a history of the
organization, schedules of NVC classes and workshops, and books
and tapes on Nonviolent Communication for children and adults.
Several exceptional articles on parenting and nonviolent
communication have recently been added, and parents are invited
to join the CNVC parenting egroup.
Inbal Kashtan, in her excellent article "Compassionate
Connection: Attachment Parenting and Nonviolent Communication SM"
wrote that:
NVC shares two key premises with attachment parenting:
Human actions are motivated by attempts to meet needs, and
trusting relationships are built through attentiveness to
those needs. Both premises contrast with prevailing child
rearing practices and with the assumptions about human beings
that underlie these practices. Instead of focusing on
authority and discipline, attachment parenting and NVC provide
theoretical and practical grounds for nurturing compassionate,
powerful, and creative children who will have resources to
contribute to a peaceful society.
If you have an opportunity to attend a workshop, you are
fortunate. If any group can effect peace in our world and in our
homes, it is surely the CNVC. We enthusiastically recommend this
website and all of this organization's important work.
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