Tag Archives: children

Benefit of the Belief

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": As parents, we’re all pretty used to being the ones most “in the know” in the family, right? We’re “the bosses”, “the head honchos”, “the leaders”, “the responsible parties”. Sometimes we don’t … Continue reading →

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I’m Thankful for… Spring Break!

Posted on April 4, 2013 by
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Felicitous Spring greetings to all! I just wanted to share with you some of the view from here lately. If what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words is true — then this is going to be … Continue reading →

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What's the Hurry, Kid?

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": It’s a classic story. Nearly every parent says, “Jeez, the time goes by so fast,” or some version thereof. We lament how quickly our little ones grow up. We attempt to latch … Continue reading →

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The Connection is Magic

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": Everything I talk about on this blog (and I mean everything) aims at, is founded in, and relies on developing and maintaining a powerful bond with our children. The bond is the link … Continue reading →

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The (Very) Bottom Line

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": My esteemed partner/lover/child-tender/magic-maker, Natalie, and I have been talking (as some couples do…) about parenting – and other stuff — for as long as we have been together. It is something we do, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Never Killed a Cat (nor Undercut a Relationship)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": The other day I wrote a post about letting kids express their curosity, and drive to explore, and entertaining as many of their questions as humanly possible – whether they are asking … Continue reading →

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Parenting Doesn’t Have to Suck

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

I’ve talked about this before in some detail, but when I read Glennon Melton’s year old article, “Don’t Carpe Diem“, about how hard she thinks parenting is, I was thrown once more into a theoretical tizzy, and tantrum-like even stomped … Continue reading →

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Roots and Wings

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": From where does your parenting come? Do you know? Have you considered what it is that motivates, informs, and drives you in dealing with your children? It’s a silly question really — … Continue reading →

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Fostering the "Why?"

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": “Previously, on A Beautiful Place of the World,”… I spent some time discussing the heretical idea of reconsidering our parental requests before and after we make them, and the idea of negotiating with our kids to … Continue reading →

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Losing “No.” and Finding “Yes!”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

I have written directly about a portion of the discourse I want to take up in this post in some detail before, and referred to this notion multiple times. Thus far, however, I have only closely considered the “no” side … Continue reading →

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I’m Thankful for… the Moment(s)

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Whoa it’s been a few busy weeks! And though it has been fun, and ideal in almost every way — between working, volunteering at our local (but international) documentary film fest, and some serious kid-play, I haven’t had time to keep … Continue reading →

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One X One

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": As many of you already know, we have three daughters in our home. They play together ceaselessly, and can subsist with very little external entertainment. In fact, it is most often rather … Continue reading →

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The Pinnacle

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": I have a dream. It isn’t about great political change or greater equality for all humans, exactly. And it isn’t about the evolution of humanity to our highest potential or the realization … Continue reading →

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Playing to Your Audience

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

In the last post, which incidentally was a reblog, I was discussing some of the unfortunate parts of our having to parent in front of the audience of other parents, family, and random onlookers in any social situation. I was … Continue reading →

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"Sharing is (S)caring" or the Art of Performance Parenting

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": It’s a little bit of a shame that we all have to parent on parade. It has its good sides, I know, but more often than not, the visibility of our children, … Continue reading →

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