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Tag Archives: disruptions to natural parenting
Time-Outs Aren't Worth Your Time
Reblogged from "A Beautiful Place of the World": I’ve noticed in several different places on the internet in the last couple of weeks various writers, parenting experts, and parents, discussing the proper use of time-outs. And I just have to … Continue reading
Parent-Centered Parenting
The other day, I cut and posted an article that I’d gotten hold of from some fellow parent-bloggers in India. It was discussing research into four different styles of parenting. One of the comments I got back really struck a … Continue reading
Parents are Human, Too
Generally speaking, we parents like to think of ourselves as the adults in our relationships with our children, right? Unfortunately, this perspective often binds us to the idea of being “right” all the time, or being the ideal version of … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting Ideas
Tagged admitting mistakes, building connection with children, disruptions to natural parenting, empathy parenting, life, modeling, natural parenting, parent-child relations, parenting, parenting mythology, perfectionism in parenting, teaching kids about apologizing, teaching kids about social living, using empathy
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Cockeyed Behaviorist Dogma Continues to Lose to Neuro-Science and Cro-Mags
Last week on Facebook (yeah, that’s right, *FB*), there was an article circulated through my network of friends and colleagues, entitled “Science shows up Supernanny: A mental health expert warns that fashionable advice to ignore your child’s tears may cause … Continue reading
Things that make you go, “D’OH!” (The Socializer)
Round two of this theme has me wishing I had the choir here in front of me, so I could preach right to them. Those who agree will likely be on their feet in a matter of moments with an … Continue reading
Posted in D'oh!
Tagged "nuclear family", achievement, child rearing, childcare, children, daycare, disruptions to natural parenting, education, failing education system, Malcolm Gladwell, open letter to president obama on education, parenting, pedagogy, preschool, public education and childcare, school, teaching
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