Conscious Parenting

One of my favorite movies is The Girl in the Café. It is a quirky, and somewhat improbable love story between two very lonely people, Lawrence and Gina…

In this Kindred Exclusive Video Series on Co-Sleeping, Dr. James McKenna shares his research and insights on: 1. The History of Co-Sleeping 2. Defining…

My daughter is an Ethiopian born kindergarten-age girl growing up in white America, so when the whole princess thing entered our home, I took an anxious,…

The recommendation to “sleep when your baby sleeps” may have additional benefits than just helping parents feel more rested. A recent study examined the…

It begins very early, perhaps with the first spark of life; relationship, connection, a drive to resonate with life and especially with forms just like us. We…

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” —Aristotle It is 2:30 am in a hotel room in Wisconsin. I am awakened by the sound of my son…

"My child wakes every hour to feed." Infant sleep problems represent some of the most common concerns reported by parents of young children. Ask any new…

“The only really valuable thing is intuition.” ~ Albert Einstein Although intuition is an innate capacity that is available to everyone (and can be our…

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans have been trying to figure out ways to avoid carrying their infants so that they could drink Frappucinos and update…

Community heals and helps mom and baby By Maria Guzman Growing up my mom always joked with me, “I wish you could have stayed a baby.” She loved that I needed…