All posts tagged "parenting"

  • modern motherhood
    Mothering in a Fractured Time

    By Tami Lynn Kent There are so many ways to mother a child. If we still lived tribally, bountiful mothering skills from across the generations would be shared collectively — an assemblage of knowledge and wisdom from...

    • Posted April 25, 2024
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  • home adjusted
    transcend mother’s guilt with sacha sterling

    I thought is was only me who felt the weight of the world as soon as the stick turned pink. It turns out, after talking with hundreds of women and mom’s, that the collective energy of mother’s guilt...

    • Posted April 8, 2023
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  • Reduce parental burnout ~ The five key principles to focused parenting
    Reduce parental burnout ~ The five key principles to focused parenting

    By Deborah Byrne Focused parenting is a term I use to describe parents who are as equally dedicated to understanding their children’s developmental stages as their own emotional states. Focused parents promote calm-assertive communication and act as...

    • Posted September 22, 2021
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  • mom crying child
    The Challenge and Blessing of Highly Sensitive Children

    Trisha Savoia Having a highly sensitive child can create a lot of frustration and challenges.  And if we don’t learn how to effectively and compassionately deal with the situations that arise out of their sensitivity, the challenges...

    • Posted June 9, 2014
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  • happy parent
    If You’re Not Happy, Neither are Your Children

    By Trisha Savoia We all want to be happy; we all want the same for our children.  It’s simple.  So, why does this simple desire elude so many of us? Why?  Because we don’t do what makes us...

    • Posted April 10, 2014
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  • Easter Eggs
    THE 4 FOODS TO AVOID IN YOUR EASTER BASKET (AND 4 AWESOME ALTERNATIVE IDEAS)

    From our Partners at Naturally Savvy. This Easter season, parents around the world will soon be prepping colorful plastic baskets on behalf of the beloved Easter Bunny. Yet in today’s junk food society, assembling the makings of...

    • Posted April 7, 2014
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  • parenting
    7 Ways to Handle Parenting Disagreements

    By Trisha Savoia We’re human.  We’re not always going to agree with our spouse’s methods of parenting.  The upside – it’s important for kids to see their parents work out their disagreements, and for them to know...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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  • I want my kids to be themselves but
    i want my kids to be themselves, but….

    By Trisha Savoia. One of the main things I want in life is for my children to grow into and retain their sense of self.  It’s what I’m very aware of in how I handle situations with...

    • Posted February 25, 2014
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  • mom and daughter
    do you react or respond to your children?

    By Trisha Savoia. “The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.” ~Alfred Brendel. How you respond to your children, as well as your life, is dependent on the time, space, and pace you give...

    • Posted February 9, 2014
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  • noahshark
    parenting adolescence: a recovering control freak

    By Natalie Hughes, Editor in Chief. The absolute best and worst sentence I could have ever read on parental advice was: “If it’s not dangerous, unhealthy or morally wrong, let them do it.” ~Barbara Coloroso Well, it...

    • Posted February 4, 2014
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