Reading and Training
“Let It Go,” is a great song to sing to your child as a potty training song... only problem is she won’t let it go 🤣
We Can Transform the World
We can transform the world by teaching our children valuable lessons about life, love, equality, social responsibility, and integrity. Our collective human success and well-being depends on the respectful, honest, and courageous exchange of thoughts and ideas.
Society Has Changed
Our society is *obsessed* with independence. We somehow think it's the mark of a well adjusted child to be able to separate easily from their parents, but this is a gross misunderstanding of how children are meant to attach.
No Matter the Age
I’m right there with you, it can be so triggering! Especially when you don’t know why they’re crying or upset. You’ve gone down the list of things that could be wrong and you got nothing—except an upset child in your arms.
The Burden of Proof
A common response I get to speaking out against CIO or withdrawal type sleep training methods is, “Show me proof that sleep training is harmful.” While I’m happy to share research that I stumble across, I feel like we sometimes think too simplistically about this issue, and I want to start a several part series explaining some of the problems I have with the current research and parenting paradigms
'Why is hunger a more valid need than comfort?'
I see companies guaranteeing that babies are going to sleep through the night at 3,4,5,6,7,8 months in 14 days and I am absolutely blown away by this claim. The expectation is that the baby will go from 6pm to 6 am without calling for the parent in as little as 14 days??!!!
Get The Kids Outside
In his book "Last Child in the Woods" Richard Louv talks a lot about a nature deficit disorder. He writes that while childhood obesity is on the rise, so is children's participation in organized sports! What this tells us that movement alone isn't the end all be all when it comes to health - the type of movement (varried, spontaneous and unstructured), and the location (uneven terrain, among natural ecosystems), is also very important.
Close and Connected
I had an amazing conversation with an amazing mama the other day and she is doing such a great job but she feels like she is failing her daughter. My heart just broke listening to her. This is really the theme of a lot of my consultations these days and this is how I felt the first few years of raising my little ones. That need to be perfect left me feeling completely burnt out.
Attachment
In a world that tells us our babies and toddlers need to be independent as soon as possible, shout out to all the parents letting their children rest in attachment.
Empathy pt.3
When we teach our children to empathize, we are inculcating the values of authenticity and acceptance - acceptance of our vulnerability and that of others.
To the mama...
Mental health is so important during this time, that's why today I banded together with a group of my favorite ladies to let you know that it's okay to not be okay right now.
Empathy pt.2
It may sound counterintuitive but in order to empathize, we need to first listen to ourselves and ensure we feel safe, happy and secure.