Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett. There is frequent roughhousing around here. Not involving me… it’s not really my cup of tea… but my husband and our kids. John is rarely averse to having a good tumble on the floor with kids tackling him from all sides, rolling over and over each other, fits of…
Category: Peaceful Parenting
Beyond Attachment to Parents: Children Need Community
Editor’s Pick. Written by Peter Gray. I’m all for natural parenting. The basic premise of such parenting, at least as I view it, is that you trust your children’s instincts and judgments. For example, you recognize that a baby who is crying is a baby who needs something, and you try to figure out what…
Guiding My Children Responsibly Without Imposing Rules
Editor’s Pick. Written by Sue Elvis. We don’t make rules in our family, so how do my children know what is right and what is wrong, if they aren’t guided by clearly stated limits? Do I believe my own quiet example of appropriate behaviour is all that is needed in order to influence my children?…
Help Your Child Develop Self Control
Editor’s Pick. Written by Laura Markham. We can think of self-discipline as the ability to manage ourselves to reach our goals. In Walter Mischel’s Marshmallow experiments, he tests how long a child can resist eating a treat, if it means she will then get two treats that she really wants. In other words, does the…
The Incredible Power of the Whisper
Editor’s Pick. Written by L. R. Knost. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a whisper is worth two thousand when it comes to parenting. In the same way that the instinctive human reaction to someone raising their voice is to raise our voice one octave higher, to out-shout the shouter, to over-power…
No Sharing Required
Editor’s Pick. Written by BigDaddy MamaBear. Do you share your car with others? Your cell phone? Your favorite necklace or pair of jeans? Your engagement ring? That one-of-a-kind heirloom your grandmother passed to you? Do you share your credit card? Your stash of old X-Men comics? How about your partner? Would you willingly share any…
The ‘NO’ Zone
Editor’s Pick. Written by L. R. Knost. The life of a small child is comprised of a daily onslaught of tempting surfaces begging for the artistry of a crayon, tall places crying out to be scaled, lovely little objects in need of a mouth or nose to visit, and dozens of other alluring glass and…
How to be a Good Parent
Editor’s Pick. Written by Jennifer Andersen. Parenting is hard! Many of us want a quick and easy solution to ensure that our children have the best life possible. We wonder how to be a good parent. Here are some useful ideas. Read the full thing at OurMuddyBoots.com »
What do Kids Really Want? Kindness from Parents
Editor’s Pick. Written by Shawn Smythe. If I may speak for some of the children I’ve come to know, we can skip the video games, scooters and skateboards. The gift most children really want is parents who treat them with kindness and respect. Congruously, parents say they want the same from their kids. What most…
How Physical Affection Helps with Discipline
Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett. A group of fifteen moms and dads were gathering for their weekly parenting class, when one mother shares a moment from the previous week. “My daughter had a fit the other day when I told her it was time to get in the car.” Every head in the room…