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"Welcome to the Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting. As you will see on our website, we are dedicated to caring for children with the deepest of respect for their dignity as a full human being. We use the term "nonviolent" to signify loving children unconditionally, supporting them to grow into adults who know the meaning of caring for themselves and for others. We value the commitment parents, teachers and other professionals make to consciously reflect on the process of raising children."

"All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to maintain a perspective of empathy for ourselves and others, even under trying conditions." Marshall B. Rosenberg, Phd Nonviolent Communication contains nothing new. It is based on historical principles of nonviolence-- the natural state of compassion when no violence is present in the heart. NVC reminds us what we already instinctively know about how good it feels to authentically connect to another human being. With NVC we learn to hear our own deeper needs and those of others. Through its emphasis on deep listening-to ourselves as well as others-NVC helps us discover the depth of our own compassion. This language reveals the awareness that all human beings are only trying to honor universal values and needs, every minute, every day. NVC can be seen as both a spiritual practice that helps us see our common humanity, using our power in a way that honors everyone's needs, and a concrete set of skills which help us create life-serving families and communities."