Conscious Parenting

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…

(Photo: Shutterstock/Keith Levit/Richard Semik) I breastfeed my kids. I’m passionate about it. I’m righteous about…

"Life outcomes for American youth are worsening, especially in comparison to 50 years ago," says Darcia Narvaez, Notre Dame professor of psychology who…

First author is Karly Denkhaus There is currently a plethora of television shows and movies, both fictional and non-fictional, which characterize themselves…

"Because the mothers in our study described infants with many awakenings per week as creating problems for themselves and other family…

Advice to ignore the needs of babies See co-author list below A world of “experts” and journalists tell parents about the safety of “controlled crying” or “cry…

Encourage baby’s more peaceful night’s sleep *See co-author list below “My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “She…

Note: First author is Elizabeth Ledden Doulas have been assisting childbirth since time immemorial. A doula is a support to the mother throughout the…

Don’t-Know-Mind, or Beginners Mind, is a Buddhist principle that helps remind us that clinging to certainty is a natural human tendency that can…