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The Basics
Originally posted on "A Beautiful Place of the World":
For those of you who may be new to this blog, and therefore have essentially no idea from where I am coming, and what I advocate for parents and…
The Family that Schools at Home pt II
As I’ve continued to think about how best to present what follows, I have had immense difficulty containing what really is a fairly encompassing look at how we live our entire family life. As I pointed out in the first … Continue reading →
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Training Wheels for Toddler Negotiations
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 who are not yet developmentally capable of carrying … Continue reading →
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Tagged asl, attachment parenting, children, modeling, natural drives, natural parenting, parenting, parenting mythology, praise and punishment, toddlers, using empathy
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The Basics
For those of you who may be new to this blog, and therefore have essentially no idea from where I am coming, and what I advocate for parents and children and the relationships between them, I have decided to give … Continue reading →
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Tagged alfie kohn, asl, attachment parenting, children, elimination communication, emotional intelligence, essential oils, exploration, flower essences, homeopathy, joseph chilton pearce, law of attraction, law of attraction parenting, modeling, natural parenting, non-ownership, parenting, using empathy, YES!
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