Conscious Parenting

New research shows that breastmilk is needed for optimal brain development.

Editor's Note: World Breastfeeding Month provides us with an opportunity to meet ourselves and each other right where we are, to provide unconditional support,…

Do Breastfeeding Moms Get More Sleep? from Kindred Magazine on Vimeo. Kindred Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding…

I can’t recall ever seeing women breastfeed their babies when I was growing up. To be honest, there weren’t many babies around me at all when I was a child. I…

When I decided I wanted to write a piece on respect, I imagined I’d do some kind of in-depth examination of one central juicy question.  Somewhat predictably,…

This video was presented by Dr. Yvonne Bronner at the 2012 Breastfeeding Summit: Reclaiming an African American Tradition. The video depicts the male…

http://youtu.be/S9LO1Vb54yk Also on Kindred: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives, a Documentary Home Birth: Why It Is Necessary, by Ina May…

Breastfeeding and Birth Trauma, with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD from Kindred Magazine on Vimeo. Watch the entire series, The Healing Power of…

Connie and Tony came to the office for their 9 month old son well child visit. Oliver was fussy from teething, but otherwise was doing well and meeting his…

Shockingly, most male infants in the USA still undergo circumcision. Last year the American Academy of Pediatrics put out a report that infant…