Kindred Media - Sharing the New Story of the Human Family

A true story of a birth in 1949 reminds us why freedom of choice must never be compromised. I had my first baby in 1949. It was a very long and hard labour.…

We stopped using cloth diapers when Gabe was just under 10 months old. Diapering and un-diapering had begun to almost always result in tears as he…

Remember gazing into the eyes of your baby? For just a moment, did you feel a sense of peace, deep love and timelessness? As your baby grew into a toddler and…

Q. What do you do and how did you get started on this path of natural parenting? Kelly: I’m the founding editor of Australia’s only natural parenting…

Published in Kindred issue 28 as part of a larger feature, Raising Drug Free Kids. See also From Harry Potter to Pot, Know Your Drugs, Raising Drug Free Kids, a…

Your stomach groans audibly as you watch your two-year-old inhale his third cup of radioactive-looking green jelly, slurping it from the…

An interview with Clive Chabrier Q. Do you have a sense of the kind of man you would like to be as you grow older?…

I love Ayurvedic medicine. I have worked for many years as a naturopath with good results, but once I started to incorporate Ayurvedic understandings into my…

The first real choice a human baby must make is whether to trust or mistrust other humans. This basic trust-versus-mistrust stage is the first…

1. Be aware that how you were parented is a major factor in your choice of parenting style, one way or another. Whatever advice new parents may get from family,…