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Resource Review: Nurture Shock

June 7, 2011

It’s never easy to have your assumptions turned upside down, but if you’re paying attention and willing to do some questioning  it can be a profound experience.  NurtureShock is one of those books that has the power to profoundly change the way you think about parenting by presenting the science behind common parenting assumptions. Bronson and [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: A Year of Parenting Books

December 16, 2010

Can it really be the nearing the end of the year already? Launching The Parent Vortex was one of my Resolutions for 2010, and I’m amazed that almost a year has passed since I started writing here. Over the year I’ve read and reviewed lots and lots of parenting books. Many of them are about [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman

December 9, 2010

In an age of widespread divorce and troubled kids, many parents want to make sure they raise emotionally healthy, connected children but don’t know how to do that. John Gottman, Ph.D. has synthesized the results of years of academic research and parenting to produce a guide to the emotional health and well-being of children, Raising An [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Parenting During the Holidays

December 2, 2010

Ah, Christmas. Once a season dominated by parties that involved quantities of mulled wine and my boss dancing on the table (yes, that really happened), these days Christmas is more of a season of wonder, delight and high excitement on my daughter’s behalf, and a little more stress and high expectations on my behalf. Parenting [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: The Creative Family

November 25, 2010

For me, a big part of having a happy family life is the creative projects we do together. Discipline is important, but often everything looks a little brighter and everyone is getting along a little better when we’ve got interesting things to make and do. In the spirit of focusing on where I want to [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Parenting Community

November 18, 2010

This week’s resource review is a little late because I’ve been busy organizing and hosting a homeschooling playdate at our house.  It’s one of the ways I’ve been working to build a network of supportive, like-minded parents in my face-to-face life, and we had a blast!  Our house was full to bursting but I met [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Critically Evaluating Parenting Advice

November 11, 2010

A couple of interesting things happened this week. First, I got a wonderful email from a reader who said, “I was surprised to see that you gave a positive review to The Happiest Toddler on the Block. It didn’t seem like a child-friendly approach to me!” Secondly, Erica Jong published a controversial essay about Attachment [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: All Ears

November 4, 2010

This week, I realized that I feel much calmer and happier as a parent when I’m not trying to give my daughter advice all the time. I know this probably isn’t big news to many of you, but it is a lesson I continue to learn and re-learn over and over.  I often feel compelled [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Motherisk Provides Drug Safety Information for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Moms

October 28, 2010

Being pregnant is uncomfortable.  The protuding belly stretches, joints loosen and ache, and the heartburn, oh, the heartburn.  Let’s not forget the nausea, exhaustion, swollen ankles, varicose veins and skin discoloration.  At least my hair looked good. However, if a pregnant woman has an illness, chronic health condition, addiction or mental health disorder during her [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Notes on Night Weaning and Toddler Sleep

October 21, 2010

When it comes to breastfeeding at night, it often seems that there are only two choices parents can make: Nurse on demand day and night, until the baby/toddler/child stops requesting it Stop nursing The truth is that while these are the two main categories of choice when it comes to night time parenting, the shades [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Raising Your Spirited Child

October 14, 2010

Do you watch other children at playgroups or in the schoolyard and wonder, “why is my child so different from those other kids?” If your child seems like “more”, it is possible he has a certain temperament that makes him a spirited child. What is a Spirited Child? A spirited child is one who is [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: Kellymom

September 30, 2010

When I was pregnant with my first baby, I stumbled upon the kellymom website while surfing baby forums one night.  I found the animated gif of a correct latch, and watched the baby latch again and again.  I didn’t do a whole lot of other research on breastfeeding because I was so completely focused on [...]

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Resource Review Thursday: The New Speaking of Sex

September 23, 2010

When it comes to teaching children about sex, parents can carry a lot of baggage from their own experiences learning about sex. Whether you are embarrassed, uncomfortable or simply don’t know what words to use and when to start talking about sex with your children, The New Speaking of Sex [Northstone Publishing, 2005] by Meg Hickling, [...]

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