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The END of all Tantrums
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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The Home PR Agents
Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": Ever thought of yourself as a Public Relations specialist? Well as a parent, it’s practical to think of it as part of the job. It may not seem like an occupation to … Continue reading →
Empathy Schmimpathy… Why Bother?!
There’s a change occurring in the world of parenting today. A gradual shift is taking shape and gliding toward new ways of envisioning and inhabiting the parent-child relationship. The old adages we grew up with — of children being seen … Continue reading →
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Parentisms: Reading You Loud and Clear
“Come in — come in — this is the infant brain — all systems are go and we are reading you loud and clear — copy?” The human brain is a wonder of the cosmos. It regularly performs feats which … Continue reading →
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What's the Hurry, Kid?
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 →
The Connection is Magic
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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Parenting Doesn’t Have to Suck
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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I’m Thankful for… Community
I just want to give a shout-out today to some of the truly awesome people and groups that I’ve had the pleasure to know and be involved with either virtually and/or tangibly in this global community of Natural Parents (there’s … Continue reading →
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Fostering the "Why?"
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 →
Losing “No.” and Finding “Yes!”
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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"Stay[ing] Safe"
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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Training Wheels for Toddler Negotiations
Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": As an additional part to the previous posts on the subject, I wanted to spend a little time discussing how to handle avoiding praise, punishment, and other coercive methods with little ones … Continue reading →
(Back to) the Basics pt IV: Take Some, Leave Some… Information!
Back to the (Back to) the Basics! If need be, you may check out the previous installments of this series here. Today, I wanted to move along to discussing another major aspect of nurturing the bonds we have with our little … Continue reading →
(Back to) the Basics pt III: Mirror, Mirror, Two Feet Tall
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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Tagged attachment parenting, building connection with children, children, controlling children's behavior, cro-magnon parenting, empathy parenting, family, modeling, natural parenting, parent-child bonding, parent-child relations, parenting, teaching, using empathy
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Building an Emotionally Safe Household
My highly esteemed partner, Natalie (that’s her, being the human pillow), wrote the article below for Mothering Magazine (before they went paperless…) and it so perfectly encapsulates the sum total of our approach to being with our kids through all of their emotions … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment parenting, building an emotionally safe household, building connection with children, children, cro-magnon parenting, development, emotional intelligence, empathy parenting, kid world, modeling, Natalie Christensen, natural parenting, parent-child bonding, parent-child relations, parenting, radical strategies
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