The principles of Positive Parenting can help you feel confident in your parenting journey from the birth of your child, into the toddlers years and beyond. Each age and stage will come with it’s own unique set of challenges. To help you navigate each stage of your child’s growth, you can check our all of… Continue Reading
Review & Giveaway: The Other Baby Book
Full of encouragement, humor and how to’s and evidence based information: This ain’t your mama’s baby book. It’s The Other Baby Book. Today, I am sharing some thoughts on The Other Baby Book written by Megan McGrory Massaro and Miriam J. Katz. The authors are both first time moms who together, embarked on a mission to empower other…
The Positive Parenting Promise: Because Change Begins at Home.
To my child: I wish for you to live in a world in which peace prevails over violence. Because change begins at home, this is my promise to you: I promise to be a kind and loving parent. I will hug you, cherish you, listen to and respect you. I promise to encourage you, include…
Books & Play: Enhancing Reading Comprehension In a Fun Way.
Welcome to the March Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival: Discovering through Books This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival hosted by The Positive Parenting Connection and Authentic Parenting. This month our participants have investigated what role books have played in their lives. Please read to the end to find a…
Roughhousing & Preschoolers: Why it’s Great and How To Keep it Safe.
I walked into the pre-school yard the other day and saw a pile of boys rolling in the muddy grass. I recognized some shoes that belonged to my four year old and the bright red t-shirt of my five year old. This ball of boys just kept on rolling and tumbling and then all the…
Sharing Sunday
It’s Sunday! This week I’m sharing on Bilingualism, Circumcision and Acting Out. This is a very powerful story here from a young man and not having been give the choice over his circumcision. Beyond the Bris: Me But Not My Son: A Young Jewish Man Breaks Rank on Circumcision “No matter what, I can’t cut my kids….
Help – My Baby Will Only Sleep On Me!
***Today I am welcoming a guest post from Sam, creator of Love Parenting.org. Sam is sharing her personal journey from worries to decisions surrounding her first child’ sleep habits. *** One of the most common concerns I hear from new parents is that their baby will only sleep on them. On their chest, nursing or…
NO Diapers, Bottles,Cribs,Strollers or Daycare. Five Assumptions About Attachment Parenting Debunked.
Recently a few news segments, blogs and articles have reported on Attachment Parenting, making it seem a little bit…out there. “A new age way of parenting with no diapers, no cribs, no strollers, no daycare and no bottles” was how one news show summarized it. Now, I have been parenting three children based on the…
Grand Plans for Motherhood…Slammed and Revised
Like any first time mom I had grand plans about how I was going to welcome my child into the world, all the wonderfully earth-conscious, natural choices we were going to make…While I rushed though the grocery store in fear of a crying baby, looking slovenly and in need of a nap, other moms were taking their time, toting around a napping babe, hair washed and in clean clothes.
Sharing Sunday
It’s Sunday again! We started the day as we usually do on Sundays with pancakes & pajamas breakfast and spent the rest of the day playing. Love the weekend! Some great reads this week: Toddler Approved shares 8 Ways to Deal with Anger as a Parent. Lots of great tips, including resting, eating well and…
That Was Then…This is Now: 10 Things that Have Changed After Having Children.
From disposable income to disposable diapers, from going out to dance, to passing out on the couch – life with children is sometimes really different from what it was before children. Read on to discover 10 things that have changed meaning after having children.
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