{"id":10837,"date":"2025-06-18T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/?post_type=interview&p=10837"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:42:37","slug":"are-you-with-your-child-now","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/hooponopono-asia.org\/en\/interview\/christine-leimakamae-chu\/are-you-with-your-child-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You With Your Child “Now”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How often are we actually cleaning and simply being present with each moment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever spent time with your child only to realize your mind was elsewhere, unable to fully focus on them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you’re preoccupied with something your parents once said about education, or you’re affected by how other parents perceive you. Maybe financial worries weigh you down, or you’re physically and mentally exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, there are countless things we must do as parents each day\u2014driving our children, preparing meals, helping them study, listening to their concerns, managing schedules. It often feels like modern parenting is a test of how efficiently and effectively we can manage these tasks. I\u2019ve experienced this myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that my two children are in university, I can say with confidence: the most important part of parenting is being present in the “now” as your true self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you feel irritated, that\u2019s a sign you’re off balance. When you are in balance, right actions naturally arise\u2014even if they don\u2019t match what you thought was \u201cright\u201d in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The version of yourself who\u2019s irritated or clinging to what’s \u201cright\u201d isn\u2019t truly a parent, or even you. It\u2019s a version controlled by memory, and that means you\u2019ve lost touch with your true role. And when that\u2019s the case, no matter how clearly you try to explain something, your child will only hear it through their own memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even while practicing Ho’oponopono, we\u2019re not just sitting still in silence. We speak, we act\u2014and that\u2019s okay. As parents, we have responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the crucial point is: Are we acting from love or from irritation? That\u2019s where the path splits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are capable of being \u201cpresent parents\u201d\u2014truly in the here and now. When our minds are clear and we are free from memory, we experience being with our children in the present moment, and what needs to be said or done through us naturally arises. Only then can children remember who they really are and learn what they are meant to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had I raised my children without Ho’oponopono, I would have missed many precious moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When cleaning, being with your child can feel as though time stands still. You are completely in the “now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the truth is\u2014that’s really difficult. We\u2019re often on our phones, driving, or talking with someone else. But children sense everything. They can tell whether you are truly “there” with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My son used to watch me carefully and say, \u201cMama, Mama,\u201d as if to wake me up. \u201cMama, be here with me.\u201d That\u2019s how attuned children are to their parent\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without cleaning, I don\u2019t think I could have truly been present with my children. Cleaning allows me to stay clear, to become a safe and steady presence for them. When a parent is simply present as their true self, the child can receive everything they need from Divinity\u2014wisdom, timing, talents, health, abundance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why, especially because this moment is all we have, the best thing we can do as parents is to clean our own experiences and do our best to stay as our true selves in this very moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace,
Christine Leimakamae Chu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christine Leimakamae Chu attended her first Ho\u2019oponopono class in 1998 and currently teaches classes in the United States and Canada. She is raising three children, working as an accountant, and practicing Ho\u2019oponopono daily in her parenting and in her work. Click <\/em>here<\/a> to read an interview with Christine<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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