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No Bad Kids – Toddler Discipline Without Shame (9 Guidelines) | Janet Lansbury

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:01:25 -0700

No Bad Kids – Toddler Discipline Without Shame (9 Guidelines) | Janet Lansbury

To parents of small children: Let me be the one who says it out loud | The Actual Pastor

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:01:06 -0700

To parents of small children: Let me be the one who says it out loud | The Actual Pastor:

So true!

We know it’s true that they grow up too fast. But feeling like I have to enjoy every moment doesn’t feel like a gift, it feels like one more thing that is impossible to do, and right now, that list is way too long. Not every moment is enjoyable as a parent; it wasn’t for you, and it isn’t for me. You just have obviously forgotten. I can forgive you for that. But if you tell me to enjoy every moment one more time, I will need to break up with you.

Momma in Progress: Eight Tips for Flying With Young Children

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:00:56 -0700

Momma in Progress: Eight Tips for Flying With Young Children:

Brilliance!

I Want To Tell You About: My Stretch Marks | ourfeministplayschool

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:01:12 -0700

I Want To Tell You About: My Stretch Marks | ourfeministplayschool

Do French Kids Really Eat Everything? Find Out How I Made Mealtime Fun Again | BlogHer

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:01:10 -0700

Do French Kids Really Eat Everything? Find Out How I Made Mealtime Fun Again | BlogHer:

I hear about {affiliate link} this book from *everyone*, and I keep wanting/hoping we might implement these strategies. But also not wanting to disrupt my own bad habits. Hmm.

But, seriously y’all, I was skeptical at first about whether the tricks in this book would work for us. I have employed some aspects of attachment parenting, and one of them that I associate with the trend is to offer children choices and let them articulate their preferences and control aspects of their food world. If I had to pick one thing I’ve learned in the last week, it’s that the science does not agree; in fact, it suggests children aren’t capable of deciding what they should eat, and these decisions actually stress them out._

Heart Wanderings: To Chore or Not to Chore, That is the Question...

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:00:56 -0700

Heart Wanderings: To Chore or Not to Chore, That is the Question...:

Interesting idea of offering chore sticks for extra spending money.

How I feel about Tandem Breastfeeding » mama naturale

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:01:08 -0700

How I feel about Tandem Breastfeeding » mama naturale:

I believe in sharing honestly about breastfeeding, even the negative and ambivalent aspects.

Why I’m Promoting the Mindful Parenting eBundle

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:29:27 -0700

Why I’m Promoting the Mindful Parenting eBundle:

5 reasons to take a look at the Mindful Parenting eBundle.

A Look At Each Item In The Mindful Nurturing eBundle | Diary of a First Child

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:29:00 -0700

A Look At Each Item In The Mindful Nurturing eBundle | Diary of a First Child:

All 22 e-resources described!

Dulce de leche: Mindful Parenting eBundle Sale

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:28:34 -0700

Dulce de leche: Mindful Parenting eBundle Sale:

In the early days of parenting, I felt pretty isolated. It seemed as though nobody that I knew felt the same call in their spirit to parent by treating their children the same way they would want to be treated. That changed once I found Dr. Sears and Attachment Parenting International, connected to other moms online and found my community. And now I have an exciting opportunity to introduce you to some of my friends who amaze me with the work they are doing to help other families succeed in peaceful parenting.

S.A.H.M. i AM: To All the Nursing Mamas (Extended, Tandem, and Otherwise)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:26:08 -0700

S.A.H.M. i AM: To All the Nursing Mamas (Extended, Tandem, and Otherwise):

On the challenge, joys, and ambivalence of tandem breastfeeding.

Most times when you are having a hard time and you share your experience you get a supportive response. In my experience people are generally encouraging when I’m going through difficult times.

It’ll be okay. Keep trying. It will be worth it in the long run. You’ll get through this. One day at a time.

With tandem nursing or extended breastfeeding the response is different.

The very supportive people say, I don’t know how you do it, I couldn’t.

Everyone else says, Why don’t you quit? Cut her off. She’s had enough. If she’s old enough to ask, she’s too old to be nursing. If she’s potty trained she shouldn’t be nursing anymore. She doesn’t need it anymore. She needs real food.

I can’t think of any other challenge I’ve had in my life where, when I seek out support or need to vent about how difficult it is, people suggest that I quit.

City Kids Homeschooling: Why I Love The City

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:25:08 -0700

City Kids Homeschooling: Why I Love The City:

I love the city not for what it offers but for what it is: for its people, its perspectives, its progress.

Eight Ways to Find Local Produce (via Ergobaby Blog | Eight Ways...

Wed, 29 May 2013 11:01:08 -0700

Eight Ways to Find Local Produce (via Ergobaby Blog | Eight Ways to Find Local Produce) with lots of great links!

They Are All of Me: It's Parenting, Not Syphilis

Sat, 25 May 2013 11:01:24 -0700

They Are All of Me: It's Parenting, Not Syphilis:

I recently outed myself on facebook, saying that my husband and I are wanting to add an addition to our family and will soon begin trying to conceive. I have been telling people for months that I want another child, and overwhelmingly, peoples first response is “WHY???”

I’m a little confused when I am asked this. You’d think I had just expressed my deepest desire to undergo an unmedicated root canal - or contract a sexually transmitted disease.

S.A.H.M. i AM: What Happened When I Simplified Our Lives (Or, I got sick of cleaning up and decided to get rid of stuff instead)

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:08 -0700

S.A.H.M. i AM: What Happened When I Simplified Our Lives (Or, I got sick of cleaning up and decided to get rid of stuff instead)

KellyNaturally.com | A Good Childhood

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:01:30 -0700

KellyNaturally.com | A Good Childhood:

It’s one of the most difficult parts of parenting - shedding that rough sweater of negative childhood experience in order that you don’t pass that insufferable legacy along to your kids.

Fine and Fair: Body Image on the Playground: The Subtle Messages All Around

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:32:40 -0700

Fine and Fair: Body Image on the Playground: The Subtle Messages All Around:

When our children start hearing messages about body image starting in preschool or earlier, how do we instill a positive outlook?

So what do we do? What can we do? In a world where a Victoria’s Secret commercial asks, “What is Sexy?” and proceeds to answer its question with images of women who are all tall and thin with long legs and breasts that are somehow both large and perky, how do we teach our children that sexy is different things to different people, and that more importantly, sexy isn’t the only thing matters? Is it even possible to raise children, girls especially, who grow into adults who feel good about their bodies, even if they don’t fit the “ideal” image that is thrust in their face at every turn?

Via the Jezebel article on “How to Lose the Baby Weight in...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:16:41 -0700

Via the Jezebel article on “How to Lose the Baby Weight in Just Three Lighting-Fast Years,” Michelangelo’s Night is also the figure of a woman who’s borne multiple children. I love that the postpartum body was at least at one time normalized and honored.

I’m loving the musings in this article titled “How...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:15:00 -0700

I’m loving the musings in this article titled “How to Lose The Baby Weight in Just Three Lightning-Fast Years” at Jezebel about the postpartum body and how our culture doesn’t know how to deal with it.

It is a strange state, indeed: neither pregnant, nor out of shape, but showing a visible history of pregnancy. In spite of weighing more and looking different, I was never healthier than when I was pregnant and just after, in large part to the dynamic shift in lifestyle toward eating well and moving more. But we don’t connect health to physical appeal per se, as any healthy person who isn’t thin can tell you. And when a body shows signs of use beyond the sexual or athletic, we don’t seem to know how to respond to it.

In fairness, it’s worth noting that all this is just as shocking to the woman it’s happening to. Pregnancy is an intense transformation, childbirth an even more intense act. The recovery time is complicated and multi-layered. And what we are left with is a body that has created a child and often nourished it for a period of time afterward too. It’s easy to be proud of the act, but we follow that nod with an intense effort toward eradicating all signs of it.

(via Shannon/NatParNet on Pinterest)

Homeschool Writing Projects For Little Kids

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:01:13 -0700

Homeschool Writing Projects For Little Kids:

Easy and playful ways to encourage writing