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Recipe for The Groaning Cake
Try baking Groaning Cake, it’s a delicious treat for new mothers, for book club gatherings, or just tea with friends. (If you have a favourite recipe you’d like…
Ina May and Stephen Gaskin on Midwives, The Farm and Being…
Ina May and Stephen Gaskin Talk With Lisa Reagan
From the Editor
July 1, 2014
I am so very sad to hear of Stephen Gaskin's passing today. I met Stephen a…
Changing Education Paradigms
Changing Education Paradigms: An RSA Animate
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How the Grinch Stole Breastfeeding
How the Grinch Stole Breastfeeding
By Chuck Dufano, WIC breastfeeding coordinator with the Johnson County Health Department, Iowa City, Iowa, with thanks to…
Recovering From “Cry It Out” Parenting as an Adult
Ways to Heal Yourself After Non-nurturing Parenting
Read Dr. Narvaez's first post on The Dangers of Crying It Out. Find all of Kindred's posts on Cry-it-Out…
The Ultimate Holiday Gift During Pregnancy
As the holiday season kicks into full gear, it is easy to get caught up in the need to do, do, do and go, go, go. Shopping for gifts, attending…
The Ultimate Context
“The most important factor in the parenting equation is not what we do, but who we are to our children.” -- Gordon Neufeld…
Adultism, Part 2: The Unlearning
(Read Part 1, Adultism: The Hidden Toxin Poisoning Our Relationships With Children.)
In part one of this article, I introduced the idea that the dominant…
The Dangers of “Crying It Out”’
Damaging children and their relationships for the longterm.
*See note on basic assumptions below.
Letting babies “cry it out” is an idea that has been…
An Interview With Ina May Gaskin, Godmother Of Modern Midwifery
Photo above: L to R, Karen Brody, Stephen Gaskin, Ina May Gaskin, Lisa Reagan. Lisa caught up with Ina May in Washington, DC, in July 2011 for her appearance…