Written by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl for Time.com. When we read in the newspaper that a child in New Jersey has died from neglect from an untreated broken leg, or that a child in Florida’s protective services could just disappear without a trace, or that molestation of children has been covered up in yet another diocese of…
Category: Peaceful Parenting
What Is Normal?
Written by Darci Walker for Core Parenting. Join any group of parents and you will hear one universal question being asked over and over again. From the time our kids are born, until they move out of our daily sight, we are constantly looking for something to tell us that our kids are “normal.”Read the…
How To Make Parenting Awesome
Written by Ariadne for PositiveParentingConnection.net. Parenting isn’t quite predictable, easy or always fun but it can be an amazing journey. Here are 10 things you can do everyday to make parenting awesome: Accept imperfection: Parenting is a huge opportunity to accept that everyone makes mistakes and that these mistakes are a chance to learn together,…
Difficult Questions and Lies: 4 Reasons to Tell the Truth
Written by Ariadne for PositiveParentingConnection.net. Let’s be honest, many parents lie, some occasionally, others quite often. The reasons vary, like being afraid to set a limit or saying no, avoiding complicated topics like sexual education, death and illness or simply not knowing what to say. Parents also might lie about social situations or support fairy…
The Invisible Reality
Written by Alex R. Knight III for Strike-The-Root.com. Let’s try to unmask and decipher a few things right now, and to make things a bit easier, let’s also take as our example a topic that is front and center stage politically at the time of this writing. In order to get there, however, we’ll have…
Maintaining Connection and Attachment Beyond Babyhood
Written by Kelly for Positive Parenting Connection. Attachment parenting is often associated with babies and very young children. But what happens when your baby is too big for a sling or your preschooler has weaned? Does attachment parenting have to stop? Not at all. The basis of attachment parenting is getting tuned-in to your child,…
Parenting Across The Ages
Written by Darci Walker for Core Parenting. So often we can’t see beyond the current struggle. And we think that if we can just figure out how to “deal” with this particular challenge, we will be home free. We will have arrived at the top. But this journey actually never ends. And when we make…
You Can Be The Parent Your Child Always Wanted
Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. Kids like to get their way. But there’s something every child wants even more: Someone who loves you, no matter what. Someone who doesn’t yell when you make mistakes. Who loves you even when you’re mad or whining, who listens and empathizes …even when you’re wrong, even when…
How Siblings Bond
Written by Kelly Bartlett for Parenting From Scratch. The importance of a secure parent-child attachment is not a new revelation; this is what sets the foundation for all future relationships a child will have in his life. But there is also something to be said for security between siblings. A connected relationship between brothers and…
Are you Damaging Your Child by Demanding Obedience?
Written by mudpiemama for AuthenticParenting.info. In our current culture, parents are praised when their children are obedient – it’s a mark of good parenting. The quieter and the more obedient the child, the better. In truth, parents are doing a disservice to their children and to society when they demand that their children do exactly…