Childhood Diseases Part 1
Generally, allopathic medicine has treated childhood diseases as meaningless invasions of germs requiring elimination at all costs. A more…
Birth – Choice and Surrender
Birth is the woman’s second blood rite of passage, the first being Menarche, our first menstrual cycle, transition from a girl to woman. Birth…
Children’s Wellbeing Manifesto
CHILDREN'S WELLBEING MANIFESTO
Policy initiatives promoting healthy emotional development in children
PREAMBLE
All societies are profoundly shaped - for…
Christmas holiday activities
Hands Make the Holidays The holiday season is much more than a single day or event. It is a season of rites, traditions, and of anticipation. The…
A Handmade Holiday: Slow Down and Live!
A wise mother once told me in order to make the holidays more meaningful for her family, she was going to limit her multi-tasking, beginning with…
What is the right education?
It is a winter evening in Edmonton, Canada, deeply below freezing. I have two more days to write for byronchild and no readers’ questions to…
To Pierce or Not to Pierce
Q My 13-year-old daughter wants me to sign an authorisation to have body piercings done. She wants nose-, lip-, tongue-, nipple-piercings, well you…
The Perfect Mother
If there was to be a perfect mother on this planet and by some fluke of the universe I was chosen to be it, how would I be different?
I…
How do I talk with my children about war?
Before you question how to talk with your children about war, I suggest you ask yourself how you deal and cope with it yourself. I feel that we need…
How do I set the right boundaries?
How do I set the right boundaries? My daughter Kayle is almost three years old and practically running my life. I don’t want to give in to…