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What’s Parenting Style Got to Do With It?
I wanted to share this article with you all today. I am curious about your thoughts. I happen to think that it’s a bit too simplified, in that rather than four categories that all parents fall into, it is more … Continue reading
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A Moment of Silence Together
Our family lost a furry member the day before yesterday. It came as quite a shock, too, when Natalie reached her hand into the hamster house and found that Vanilla was not stirring. But that was followed by a feeling … Continue reading
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Tagged all loss is an opportunity to love, bonding, death, family, life
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Feeleez Giveaway!
(I am reblogging this for those of you who haven’t seen it yet.) Dear friends of Feeleez, We’d like to see Feeleez enjoyed by children everywhere. We’ve been in business three years now and with time we have collected a … Continue reading
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Tagged Feeleez, Feeleez Donation, Free Stuff, Natural Parenting Center, Talkfeeleez
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And About that Sinking Ship…
I recently responded in a comment to a couple of readers that I would “write more in another post” in further discussion of educating our children. I’ve decided to do that in at least 2 parts: first, I’d like to … Continue reading
I KNOW You Know A Publisher!
You may have heard me mentioned this before, but still my proverbial prince has not yet come, so I wanted to put it out there again… Natalie and I have three stellar books already finished and just waiting to be … Continue reading
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Tagged books by Nathan M McTague, children's books, illustrations by Natalie Christensen, picture books, picture books about helping children appreciate diversity, picture books about helping kids cope with fear of monsters, picture books about monsters, Some Monsters, Some People
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The Planet needs some Empathetic Parenting
I’m not sure what I am doing here today. I might have gone completely off the track of a parenting blog, but I cannot escape a certain feeling of parentalness when I look at the many pictures like these floating … Continue reading
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Tagged empathizing with others, protests in egypt, satyagraha, social empathy, using empathy
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Putting a Candle in the Window
Natalie and I recently watched the movie Everyday People. In it there is a scene in which a young man about to enter college, who is estranged from his father, is in a restaurant speaking to an older man who has … Continue reading
Mapmaking 101
Do you know what you want? Have you thought much about it? Is it something you think you even deserve to ponder? I ask this of my clients a lot. They then immediately begin whittling down the domain of such a … Continue reading
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Tagged being, exploration, law of attraction, life coaching, living, now, parenting
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Going to the Pick-
Hello friends. I just wanted to let you know, I am going to be “offline” for the weekend. Our family, including Natalie’s sister, is going to a music festival on a farm outside of Portland. Emily will be vending her … Continue reading
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New
It’s a new day, friends. You may have blown it hugely yesterday. You may have done or said your parenting worst. You may have acted in such a way that you think your parenting license should be revoked. You may … Continue reading
Hello world!
Greetings and Salutations! This is a brand new blog. And here you are on the ground floor of this loving work in progress! As I’ve already mentioned in the side bar over there —–> this blog will primarily be about … Continue reading
