Positive Parenting

fighting
hiking snow

Once our babies are born, we don’t dare to think of all the things that could happen to them.  We have dreams and nightmares at night of these fears of them getting hurt.  We try to protect them any way we can. But that in itself, harms the child. Humans need to push themselves, we […]

second guessing

There are so many ways to parent out there- attachment parenting, cry-it-out, organic versus non-organic, that it can make your head spin.  Not one of these ways is the absolute best or worst way to parent (although you may hear differently from fanatics).    But one thing that any parent can avoid is second guessing their […]

most important tool

I have written about this before and I will write about it again.  Not only because it is wonderful, but also because I need reminders. Breathing is the most important parenting tool. I read a while back about meditating and parenting and I almost forgot about it since I couldn’t meditate before I had kids, […]

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Brother Twins

Saying “no” to our children is a hard thing to do, because the child doesn’t want to hear it and a tantrum will result later.   Tantrums have built themselves a bad reputation, and I have spoken earlier about avoiding tantrums; but they can be a learning opportunity.  A child who never tantrums, never learns. A […]

I am amazed at how many support groups and resources there are for Boulder Parents.  Each day, I come across a new one.   Here is my list so far, and I’m sure there are others that I haven’t found. Check them all out and then let me know if there’s one I forgot!   The […]

intuitive

Parenting was intuitive many many years ago.  In fact, the word parenting didn’t exist because it wasn’t a “thing”; it just happened.  People didn’t have discussions about parenting or whether what they were doing was right or wrong.  They just did. Nowadays, parenting is no longer intuitive, although many people will argue against that.  But […]

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