It’s Sunday again! (I totally missed last week, the whole family was sick, glad that’s over!) Here is what I’ve been reading this week: Parenting Authoritarian parents whose child-rearing style can be summed up as “it’s my way or the highway” are more likely to raise disrespectful, delinquent children who do not see them as… Continue Reading
Hitting, pushing, shoving and biting are common ways for preschoolers and toddlers to deal with their emotions. Strikes and bites are often happening because something inside the child, some feeling, like a hiccup, just needs to get out. It could be frustration, upset, sadness, anxiety, fear or a mixed bowl of emotions. What can we… Continue Reading
It is sharing Sunday again, this week I am sharing some links related to preschoolers, mindfulness and finding more joy in parenting. Happy Reading! “Imagine kindness and compassion driving the way we raise our children and treat others! How would this happen? It happens when the adults in the lives of children become mindful themselves.”… Continue Reading
Toddlers don’t really mean to be making trouble, they spend their days trying to understand and discover their environment, their place and space in the world.
Often, it’s hard to know how to best handle the messy, sassy, yucky situations. Time outs are so popular in the toddler years, yet just placing a toddler in the corner or on a naughty chair is unlikely to prevent a re-occurance as toddlers will not really learn by pouting all alone Continue Reading
Welcome to the 3rd Sharing Sunday! This week I have focused on nutrition: From the Mother Chronicle: A wonderful post about the need to normalize breastfeeding and an excellent explanation on how the language used to describe and encourgage breastfeeding professionals can make a difference. Maybe you have already heard and signed this petion to… Continue Reading
It’s madness out there in the parenting forums and pages! I was browsing through a discussion forum the other morning and noticed a question about Jumperoos and saucers. A parent was asking for a recommendation and if in general these things were ok to use. As I glimpsed at the replies there were brand recommendations,… Continue Reading
Happy Sunday! In the second round of Sharing Sunday – here are a few articles and posts I came across in the past week that I really enjoyed: Love From Parenting from scratch: Children need encouragement, a lot of it, not to be confused with praise…Here is a great list of encouragement phrases to use with children… Continue Reading
Last week I read an article in Healthland/Time about Parents Spanking Their Kids. Very honestly, I did not find it surprising to read about parents that admit to using corporal punishment because I am very aware that it happens, across all socio- economic levels and different cultures.I do however find it unfortunate both for the… Continue Reading
Welcome to the January 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Experiments in Natural Family Living This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have reported on weeklong trials to make their lives a little greener and gentler. Please read… Continue Reading
Each sunday I will be trying to share some of the articles, links or blog posts I have come across in the previous week. My Categories this week: Life, Love & Laughter Life: One of my sisters found this article in the New York Times that talks about The Joy of Quiet –by Pico Iyer. Fantastic… Continue Reading