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Fixing up My Feed

May 21, 2010

After some confusion and emails from readers saying they couldn’t get my feed to work properly, I read Paige’s guest post on Lauren Wayne about why & how to set a blog up with a FeedBurner feed and I felt like the universe was sending me a message. That message was, “Fix up your feed [...]

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It’s the Little Things That Make it Worthwhile

May 17, 2010

“Mama?” “Yes, Beatrice?” “I’m sorry I screamed at you when it was time to leave today.” “Well, I understand that you were having fun dancing with the other children. It’s hard to leave places sometimes. Thanks for saying sorry.” *** This unsolicited, honest apology makes me feel the same way I did when I watched [...]

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Gentle Discipline 101

April 26, 2010

This post is written for inclusion in the Carnival of Gentle Discipline hosted by Paige @ Baby Dust Diaries. All week, April 26-30, we will be featuring essays about non-punitive discipline. See the bottom of this post for more information. Discipline is one of the parenting biggies, those huge issues that every parent comes up [...]

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Parenting by Trial and Error

March 21, 2010

Sometimes I feel like learning how to parent well is like learning how to swim, ride a bike or drive a car.  You can read everything you can get your hands on about the topic, you can understand the process logically, you can have a firm grasp of the concepts involved, but there is no [...]

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How To Deal With a Tantrum Without Having One Yourself

March 5, 2010

Responding to a child’s tantrum in an emotionally attached, calm way takes some practice, and the old ladies on the bus might think you’re not doing it right, but the benefits are worth the effort.

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Crying and Attachment Parenting

March 1, 2010

Critics of attachment parenting say that breastfeeding on demand creates a habit of “silencing” a chilld with food, but it’s actually surprisingly difficult to force a baby to feed when he’s not hungry. Even if it were possibe, attached parents are more likely to be emotionally available during times of frustration instead of looking for a quick fix.

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