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,…
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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…
Breezy Stevens Enters the Columnist Ring
Our talented graphic artist Breezy Stevens of “EVC in Color” has agreed to contribute a bi-weekly column exploring voluntaryism, radical unschooling, and peaceful parenting. She’ll be exploring everything voluntary. Her inaugural runs this Tuesday under the series title “Living with Wild Abandon.” Skyler.
The Missing Ingredient to Greatness
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. The common person alive today will live his…
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,…
Spring-Cleaning for Your Psyche
Written by Laura Markham for Aha! Parenting. We all feel at times like we aren’t good enough. Sometimes it’s because we’re in an impossible situation where there simply isn’t enough of us to go around. But often – regardless of the objective situation – we get stuck in negative thought habits. We beat ourselves down,…
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 Children Self-Owners or Slaves?
Children’s “rights”* is a topic of confusion and uncertainty among libertarians. I’d like to solve this once and for all, but not right now. Perhaps someday. Today, I only ask libertarians to consider the logical conclusions of either 1) children owning themselves and therefore possessing all the “rights” associated with ownership or 2) children are…