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About Ben Berman

Ben Berman’s first book of poems, “Strange Borderlands”, won the 2014 Peace Corps Award for Best Book of Poetry and was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. His new collection, “Figuring in the Figure”, explores the transformative (and perplexing) experiences of becoming a father. He also writes a monthly column for Grub Street Writers about the overlap between writing and parenting: https://grubstreet.org/blog/author/bberman/. He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Boston area. You can visit him at www.ben-berman.com.

A Simple 10-Minute Routine That Will Make You a More Mindful Parent

by Ben Berman.
(This article is part of the Mindful Parenting series. Get free article updates here.)

how to be more mindful - MainWe recently had another family over for dinner when my three-year-old decided to pass around her latest “art project” – a piece of construction paper that was supposed to resemble a fruit roll-up.

One by one, our guests put down their forks and politely examined her art, praised it, even pretended to eat it.

Why is it so wet? I asked when it was my turn.

I dipped it in the toilet, she whispered.

I probably should have leapt right into action, hauled our industrial-sized tank of hand sanitizer up from the basement.

But I just sat there, toilet water dripping from my hands, the writer-in-me already imagining what a great story this was going to make.

Writing Makes Us More Mindful

When Sumitha invited me to write a guest post for this site, I was immediately filled with existential angst. I’ve always found the articles on this blog to be enormously helpful, but poets aren’t exactly known for offering highly practical or actionable advice.

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