This past week as I was getting my usual daily allowance of news (online) and doing a little light research for work I ran across this article on parenting in the “Healthland” section of Time Magazine. From reading its title – “Does Having Kids Make Parents Delusional?” – I (mistakenly) thought it was an article…
This week’s guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part Two in a series on Compassionate Parenting. We all want a more compassionate world, but how do we help to make it that way? Guiding the next generation in compassion ensures a better future for…
This week’s guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part One in a series on Compassionate Parenting. To parent with compassion is to feel what your child is feeling and to respond out of strength and well-being with a caring heart and mind. One…
I am learning that parenting gets more difficult, in different ways, as my children grow and develop. Whereas in the early years I was sleep deprived and physically exhausted, now that they are growing beyond toddler”dom” – I have regained my former energy and zip (well, maybe not all of it, but pretty close to…
Is Your Kid A Food Snob? Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy A few weeks ago I was researching preschools and childcare in the area. During my search, I had a wonderful conversation with the director of a preschool about giving your child a (um) “golden palate.” In other words, how do we raise up…
Please visit Midwife for your Life, Stacey Curnow’s blog for my guest post this week:Two More Ways Yoga Can Make You A Better Parent or cut and paste this link: http://www.staceycurnow.com/blog/2010/05/two-more-ways-that-yoga-makes-you-a-better-parent/ Enjoy!
A few weeks ago I was invited to write a guest blog about yoga and parenting. Read the full blog here. Here is a continuation of my blog on yoga and parenting, with two (more) ways yoga can help us all be better parents: Two More Ways that Yoga Makes You A Better Parent 1….
Read my guest column today on How Yoga Can Make You A Better Parent, at the blog of Certified Nurse Midwife, Stacey Curnow. Enjoy!
I first began to explore the concept of minimalism when I became old enough (and strong enough) to move my bedroom furniture around. I must have been somewhere around 8 years old. I would flip through the pages of the Sears and JC Penny catalogs (remember those?) and be inspired by the endless photographs of…
This is part two of a conversation on Women and Mother’s rights, How Far Have We Come? Rose Kennedy, mother of 9 children, including President John F. Kennedy said, “I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was as fully interesting and challenging as…
As a collective planet, our greatest concern should be our children. Confusion from the Traffic Jam on the Super-Highway of Information From parents to extended family to school administrators and teachers, everyone needs to be a living example for the next generation’s healthy habits. As type II diabetes, obesity, and other diseases that used to…
When I look at my children, I feel different things. Let’s be honest, we don’t always feel warm and fuzzy when we see our kids, especially when they are covered in poo, magic marker, syrup, or a combination of all three – and part of that concoction is on the sofa and walls. Sometimes, when…