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Action Steps to Peaceful Parenting
Peaceful parenting did not come natural for me once my first child hit the toddler years and I was faced with how to respond to questionable behavior. It’s not that I didn’t want peace, it’s that it...
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Respectful Parents Nurture Respectful Kids
Respect is a touchy issue in some parent-child relationships. Parents want to be respected, and so do kids. Some facets of the relationship may not be mutually respectful and yet, parents are the...
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Patience vs Presence – Cultivating Patience Through Presence
My teens years were full of angst. I didn’t necessarily hold back those feelings, even with those I cared about. Once while visiting my beloved grandmother I got upset, as I often did, about something...
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Love vs Like: How to Deal With Not Liking Your Kid
Welcome to the Taboo Carnival hosted by Momma Jorje and Hybrid Rasta Mama. Our topic this Fall is I LOVE YOU BUT I DON’T ALWAYS LIKE YOU! ******************************* Have you ever felt like you...
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Want to Stop Yelling? Read Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids with Dr. Laura Markham
How many times have you told yourself you won’t yell like that again? And the guilt and apologies that follow? Sounds familiar? I used to say it would make more sense for me to just have “I’m sorry”...
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25 Things I Can Do When I Feel Angry
What do you do when you feel anger? Does it turn into feeling angry – quick? Anger is a neutral signal, neither bad or good. It often signals that we feel powerless. We may not be not fully aware of...
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Gentle Parenting Through Chaos and Multiple Children
Recently a mother asked the Mentors at Natural Parents Network a valuable question about parenting gently with several children in the family… “I have been working the last couple of years to become a...
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How to Teach Children Not to Force (or Rape) Others
I just shared two days ago that I am on sabbatical. I didn’t switch off the computer soon enough, though, and it’s a bit difficult to rest when I have something to say. I feel I must write about...
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SAFE – An Invitation to Feel What You Feel Fully and Safely
A lot of the inner|outer work I am doing while on sabbatical is clarifying how I communicate processes for personal and world change. I write as much for myself as I do for others. One I want to leave...
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Have you ever felt uncomfortable around parents who seem aggressive with their children? How do you respond? Maybe the answer to a reader question at Natural Parents Network about responding to a...
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