Editor’s Pick. Written by Kelly Bartlett for PositiveParentingConnection.net. Throughout our endeavors in positive parenting, the terms “natural consequences” and “logical consequences” are frequently tossed around. It is helpful to understand the differences between natural consequences and logical consequences, as well as to understand when a response is punitive. Parenting with Positive Discipline means striving to…
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Helping Children Learn To Overcome Frustration & Failures
Editor’s Pick. Written by Ariadne for PositiveParentingConnection.net. Growing up, children are bound to experience frustration and failure. Many parents are very quick to protect their child from any upsets in fear that it will scar their self-esteem, but often it is all that rescuing that may be detrimental. Moments of difficulty and challenge actually help…
Do You Fight In Front of Your Kids?
Editor’s Pick. Written by Laura Markham for AhaParenting.com. In the past, most experts reassured parents that there’s no harm in children seeing them fight, as long as the kids also see the parents make up afterwards. However, recent developments in neurological research challenge this view. Not surprisingly, it turns out that when children hear angry…
I Didn’t Sign Up For This!
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. My parenting has evolved considerably over the last two years. Where I’m at now is not where I thought…
Editor’s Picks
Since EVC launched, I’ve been sharing blog posts, articles, columns, and videos made by others that promote either voluntaryism, free markets, peaceful parenting, or radical unschooling. I originally shared them as “guest posts”, and since that wasn’t really accurate I changed to just “written by” with a link to read the full thing. This evolved again to…
Every Moment Counts
Written by Kelly Bartlett for Parenting From Scratch. All of our children’s experiences build foundational circuitry in the brain. New neural pathways form with each interaction and communication our kids have every day. So all those little moments that your kids will not remember from their early childhoods–the conversations, daily carpool rides, trips to the…
To Anyone With Kids
Writes Robert Phillips, on my book Everything Voluntary: I was already familiar with the Voluntaryist argument for anti-statism, freed-market economics, etc.–and this book certainly did them justice. However, the reason I picked it up was to read the essays on non-violent parenting and unschooling. I found it very compelling; and so, I highly recommend this…
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…
The Building Blocks of Peaceful Parenting
Writes Free Your Kids: Peaceful parenting is not permissive parenting. Our kids don’t run the house. We do not live in chaos and disarray. The fundamentals are self-ownership and the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). We teach our kids that they own themselves. No one should be permitted to encroach on their bodies or their property. The…
Breaking the Cycle of Destructive Parenting
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. Adulthood does not come suddenly upon a person.…