One of my favourite memories of parenting has been sharing my love and appreciation of nature and our part in it. It is important to me that my children are raised in an environmentally aware home. Equally so that they know that their existence depends on the health of the environments around them. So...
The year has started so gloriously that I am absent from my computer. Its a good sign – something to be grateful for. But time to give back has come. And to share an idea for families that might be joyous is this idea that I have begun for 2013. It came from pondering...
Attachment Parenting International’s Eight Principles of Parenting is well known to those in the AP community. As I read them a few weeks ago, two of them struck me as excellent ideas for how to reach other women. I started my blog with a zeal to speak out for those whose voices are...
Parenting involves doing so much for children. It’s also about teaching children how to do things for themselves and others, and more importantly, how to continue learning and growing long after their parents have gone! What a privileged position parents are in – to facilitate and observe their children every day as they...
“Beautiful?” I ask “I am here beautiful” he replies “Oh, ok. Are you hungry beautiful?” I say “Yes. Beautiful” he answers…… This is a typical conversation I am having of late with my almost 3-year-old son Rocco, and I am delighted. It is amazing how positive and light the day is when adding that...
The power of Thank You People often say to my children “Gosh you have such good manners,” or “You are so polite,” or “I like the way you say Thank You.” This politeness certainly hasn’t happened overnight and we have by no means ‘drilled it into them’, but instead we have tried to...
1) Water: Keep up your fluids drinking as much water as possible to replace the water you loose through sweating. Your body is 60% water and your skin is the largest living organ in your body, so replacement of fluids is necessary. 2) Balanced diet: A balanced diet can sometimes be hard, and some...
This is a copy of a letter I wrote to explain how TNP works. It became such a good explanation of the way we work that I wanted to share it with you all. All identifying details have been removed. Hi XXXX, I will give you some info on TNP, on how we work...
Sometime during the past three years in my new role as a parent, I have discovered a previously unknown passion for creating childrens birthday parties. I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it is that I love most, whether it be the bite-sized, happy-feeling-inducing party food; the colourful and whimsical decorations (what’s not to love about...
In my head I hold a picture of exactly how my birthing room would have been. At home, in what is now the girls playroom, the windows covered, the light dim, music playing. My husband by my side and the three of us spending our first night as a family in our own bedroom....
*From Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages by L.R.Knost available March 2013 It’s been said that it takes twenty-one days to make or break a habit and that change comes easiest and lasts longest when it’s undertaken in small, bite-sized chunks. Those same principles apply when trying to transform...
I heard the news, but it was Convoluted. Something, somewhere hurt. I was the mother running along the street to her child, willing them to be safe. To be alive. Fragments of a mother In her, In me. Running Crying Screaming As she heard the news. Children. Shot. Dead. No! Not my child. My...
There is so much misinformation about breastfeeding. Well intentioned people in our lives share urban myths and personal thoughts as though they are fact. People who know nothing of breastfeeding or babies speak with such authority that it is hard not to accept their words as truth. When people speak so confidently we might...
The other day, in our homeschooling group, I happened across a conversation between two mothers regarding stranger safety and how to protect our children and teach them to protect themselves. The one mother had a small daughter, who she described as trusting, while the other said that no matter what, they had to be...
Most of the loveliest things I hear these days come out the mouths of mindful children. I just finished a session with a lad who tells me when he gives his Rainbow energy to others in the world he closes his eyes and see a computer screen. On the screen are the names of...
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