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All Along the Way an inspirational song designed to promote reflective parenting.  Every parent has the capacity to think reflectively," says Dr. Slade of the Yale Child Development Center. "Whether they do or don't is based on a lot of different factors- how stressed they are, how overloaded they are in life. Reflectiveness is something that comes and goes. If you're completely overwhelmed with feelings, you are less likely to be reflective."

"One of the reasons parenting is so difficult," Grienenberger says, "is that it involves two contradictory capacities - one is to be able to understand the connection between ourselves and our children, and the other is to remember that our child is a separate being." Reflective functioning, he explains, is about realizing there are two individuals - the parent and the child - that are highly intertwined, but are not the same.

Lyrics 
Sometimes at night as I watch you sleeping
I wonder if I'm really keeping
All the words that I've been speaking
Do I live the things I say?Although I know I make mistakes
I promise I'll do what it takes
To walk beside you
All along the way

I confess, I don't always know
What's always best to help you grow
But with a heart full of love in control
It's gonna be O.K.

We'll share the laughter, shed some tears
I promise through the passing years
I'll walk beside you
All along the way

As you dream I feel a sweet release
As if every missing puzzle piece
Will someday find its place with ease
All part of the whole

As the light falls on your perfect face
I feel covered over with love and grace
Cozy in that forever place
You traced on my soul

I kiss your cheek and as I'm turning
I realize it's me that's learning
As my love for you inside is burning
Every doubt and fear away

Till it's clear that it's been you that's teaching
My promise is I'll keep reaching
To walk beside you - All along the way

Tips for Parents

• After getting your child to bed, spend a few minutes reflecting on the day and your interactions with your child.  Were you tuned into your child's inner emotional states?   Were you aware of how your behavior affected her inner state?  Use this song as a way of getting in touch with the remarkable human being who is your child and the blessing she is to your life.

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