Me Time- A Can of Worms
Negotiating me time can be a tricky task that we face as parents. There are both blocks within us, and also in our immediate circles and wider society that…
Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment
Twenty-Two Alternatives to Punishment
Many parents recognize the harmful effects of physical and verbal punishment. They know that yelling, slapping, hitting,…
Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
Ten Reasons to Respond to a Crying Child
1. A baby's first attempts to communicate cannot be in words, but can only be nonverbal. She cannot put happy feelings…
Outside the Box: Living TV Free
A few months before our son was born, my husband and I made the decision to get rid of our TV. Neither one of us considered ourselves addicted to TV the way…
The Listening
The other day I was commenting to a friend how pleased I was that my recent series of acupuncture treatments had successfully dealt with an issue I was having.…
Update on Home Birth and Independent Midwives
A Maternity services review was conducted last year and it was decided that in order to improve the options and standard of care available for women for…
Aware Parenting – Embracing Joy and Sadness in Our Babies and Children
(I’ll give you a clue – we also need to embrace them in ourselves!)
When I came across…
Suddenly Teens: Refocusing Adolescent Hostilities
Long gone is the era, of my life, when successful maternity consists of balancing a baby on my hip while counting out coins at a market stall. Today, I can no…
The Next Uber-Cool Yummy Mummy Thing
Recently I was invited to submit the Nappy Free! dvd to a GreenLifestyle Film Festival taking place in Hollywood... Being that it is not often that the…
Hello Kindred Community!
I am a Texas psychologist and an activist in challenging wrong-headed ways that my so-called mental health profession deals with people (e.g., name-calling,…