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Curiosity Never Killed a Cat nor Undercut a Relationship (Re-Blog)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Originally posted on "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…

Losing “No.” and Finding “Yes!”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

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 →

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged alfie kohn, attachment parenting, auto-no, building connection with children, childhood development, children, controlling children's behavior, cro-magnon education, cro-magnon parenting, empathy parenting, exploration, natural drives, natural parenting, parenting mythology, using empathy | Leave a comment

“Stay[ing] Safe”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Originally posted on "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…

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged attachment parenting, building connection with children, children, controlling children's behavior, cro-magnon parenting, empathy parenting, exploration, modeling, natural drives, natural parenting, parent-child relations, parenting | 3 Comments

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Originally posted on "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…

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged attachment parenting, building connection with children, cro-magnon parenting, empathy parenting, exploration, family, kid world, modeling, natural drives, natural parenting, parent-child relations, parenting, using empathy | Leave a comment

Boredom Schmoredom (with Wood and Clay)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Can you guess what these are? Of course not, right? Well, they’re the Fimo People that Xi and Echo created the other day with the help of some unemployed wooden blocks they’d picked up from the living room floor. They’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Boredom Schmoredom, Parenting Ideas | Tagged attachment parenting, boredom in children, building connection with children, children, creative projects involving children, cro-magnon parenting™, exploration, kim john payne, natural parenting, parenting, play, teaching, unschool, unschooling | Leave a comment

Curiosity Never Killed a Cat (nor Undercut a Relationship)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

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 if the moon is really made of cheese … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged attachment parenting, attachment parenting is good for babies brains, building connection with children, childhood development, children, children are naturally curious, empathy parenting, exploration, modeling, natural drives, natural parenting, parent-child bonding, parent-child relations, parenting, teaching, the Continuum Concept, unschool, unschooling | 4 Comments

Parentisms: Play is for Parents Too!

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Today’s post is just a simple reminder. Play is good for our kids developmentally, cognitively, physically, and emotionally. It helps them grow, and assists them in experimenting with and discovering the nature of reality. It is actually more of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Parentisms | Tagged attachment parenting, attahment parenting is good for babies brains, building connection with children, childhood development, children, cro-magnon education™, cro-magnon parenting™, exploration, family, kid world, natural parenting, parent-child bonding, parent-child relations, parenting, play, play is learning, simple pleasures, unschooling | 1 Comment

When Sisters Marry

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Our girls share a very active fantasy life. There are dragons and faeries, princesses and princes, mermaids and mystics, and magic in the ether around them, folding into their daily lives and influencing them as they move from one … Continue reading →

Posted in Beautifulness, Boredom Schmoredom | Tagged children, children's imagination, creative projects involving children, exploration, gratitude, kid world, kids pretending, kids pretending to get married, make believe, natural drives, now, parenting, play, pretend, pretend wedding, simple pleasures, weddings, YES! | Leave a comment

Your Kid as Johnny 5

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

“Need input. Need input. Neeeed iinnnpuut!” Your child is an information and experience Hoover. She was born to devour data. He was created in just such a way as to be driven to gorge himself on life. And all in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged attachment parenting, childhood development, children, exploration, kid world, modeling, natural drives, natural parenting, parenting, play, radical parenting strategies, teaching, unschooling | Leave a comment

pt IV of: ‘Member When

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

‘Member when Echo was teaching me to play guitar? But then got drunk and passed out? No, not really — but she has shown her interest in the guitar from as soon as she could move her head. This was … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Member When... | Tagged children, exploration, music, simple pleasures | Leave a comment

Mapmaking 101

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Do you know what you want? Have you thought much about it? Is it something you think you even deserve to ponder? I ask this of my clients a lot. They then immediately begin whittling down the domain of such a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged being, exploration, law of attraction, life coaching, living, now, parenting | Leave a comment

Paradise is all in the Preparation

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

We went camping yesterday. It was a quickish trip — overnight, just about 40 minutes from our door — to Big Pine Campground, home of Montana’s largest known Ponderosa Pine (aptly named “Big Pine”). In addition to the large and … Continue reading →

Posted in Beautifulness | Tagged camping, children, essential oils, exploration, faeries, gratitude, kid world, now, play, pretend, simple pleasures | Leave a comment

The Confused Queen

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Here she is, folks, the (dreaded) COnfused Queen, with her ™ lovely white dress — the full-length formal one with the four pink roses on the bodice, and the wide, layered collar. Her pretty, smiling face belies her unkind intentions. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged "confused guy", children, exploration, faeries, kid world, play, pretend, radical parenting strategies, urge-purge | 1 Comment

Boredom Schmoredom (a continuing saga…)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

A couple of weeks ago, I inaugurated a new and ongoing ritual of sorts here: celebrating some of the things our girls invent out of their would-be boredom. I say, “would-be boredom” because Bella, Xi, and Echo usually skip the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boredom Schmoredom | Tagged boredom in children, children, creative projects involving children, exploration, kid world, kim john payne, natural drives, now, parenting, play, radical parenting strategies, simple pleasures, village life, YES! | Leave a comment

Faerycicles, Anyone?!

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

This is Izabella, the oldest sister. She is checking on the faery who is slowly freezing into a solid blunt cone of ice in the freezer today. This is a frequent game for the elder sisters. It has variable contexts … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting Ideas | Tagged "confused guy", agreement, children, emotional intelligence, exploration, faeries, kid world, modeling, parenting, YES! | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: exploration

Curiosity Never Killed a Cat nor Undercut a Relationship (Re-Blog)

Losing “No.” and Finding “Yes!”

“Stay[ing] Safe”

Boredom Schmoredom (with Wood and Clay)

Curiosity Never Killed a Cat (nor Undercut a Relationship)

Parentisms: Play is for Parents Too!

When Sisters Marry

Your Kid as Johnny 5

pt IV of: ‘Member When

Mapmaking 101

Paradise is all in the Preparation

The Confused Queen

Boredom Schmoredom (a continuing saga…)

Faerycicles, Anyone?!

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