Tag Archives: controlling children’s behavior

The END of all Tantrums

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

A tantrum is generally defined as “a violent demonstration of rage or frustration; a sudden display of bad temper”. When you dig deeper, you’ll discover that a so called “bad temper” refers to a “persisting angry mood”. And if we … Continue reading →

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Spoil the Rod, Spare the Child

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": I feel a little funny posting about this — like, “surely everyone has figured this out” — but I have seen a number of posts on other peoples’ blogs, lately, about whether or … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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(Back to) the Basics V: Who’s the Boss

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

Today, I want to return to this (increasingly in-depth!) series on basic tools, perspectives, and approaches for Natural Parenting, Attachment Parenting, Cro-Magnon Parenting — whatever your favorite monicker. Before I do that, though, here are links to all of the … Continue reading →

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Re-consideration

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": Have you ever thought about how much you ask of your child(ren) on a daily basis? Have you ever (even once) stopped to consider whether or not your current request — or … Continue reading →

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"Stay[ing] Safe"

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": We all want our children to be safe, right? Of course we do. In fact, this simple drive is so much a part of being a parent that most of us wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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(Back to) the Basics pt III: Mirror, Mirror, Two Feet Tall

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

At long last, I am happily returning this week with a new installment in a series of posts I began last January called (Back to) the Basics for all of you new and renewed parents looking to invent, reinvent, or … Continue reading →

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“Encouragement!”

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

A week or so ago, Natalie and I watched the 2009 movie Couple’s Retreat with Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and a few other recognizable faces, including (though less recognizably) Carlos Ponce as the tantric yoga instructor, Salvadore, who teaches the … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Adventure Parenting pt III

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Welcome to the third and final (?!) portion of this post considering Jennifer Senior’s article in last summer’s New York Magazine, All Joy and No Fun (Why Parents Hate Parenting), which describes modern parenting as almost if not totally lacking in … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Adventure Parenting pt II

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

I began this odyssey with the simple assertion that Jennifer Senior’s article, All Joy and No Fun, in last summer’s New York Magazine casts a wan pallor over the nature of parenting, and moreover, that Senior’s un-fun version, although not the only … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Adventure Parenting

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

I almost wrote a post about it last summer, when I read the New York Magazine article, All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior, but I didn’t. I was already writing something else, and then something else, and then something … Continue reading →

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