Welcome to the Carnival! What is Gentle Discipline?
I’m so excited and honored to be hosting this carnival. Promoting gentle parenting is so important to me not just because it can have a huge impact on children and parents, which it can, but because I honestly believe it can change the world. This whole week I’m going to be featuring some amazing voices in parenting talking about different aspects of gentle parenting. What is Gentle Discipline? Gentle discipline is often seen as a short-cut for “not spanking” and while that is certainly part of what it means it has so much more to offer. Let’s look at some...
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Mamapoekie at Authentic Parenting started a great idea that I’d like to piggy back on. I’ve been meaning to do some link round ups to highlight some of the amazing bloggers that inspire me. And, of course, in blogging, everything is better when it is a “meme.” Hence, Sunday Surf. Head over to Authentic Parenting for Today’s Sunday Surf and to join in the surfing! Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions to the Carnival of Gentle Discipline! Please take a moment to submit a post! We are also looking for short parenting quotes/tips and past posts (by you...
Read MoreArwyn Envy
Guess what? 1 Since I’m on wordpress now I no longer have to drool over Arwyn’s 2 awesome footnotes! I will strive to be judicious in their use 3 What? ↩ At Raising My Boychick ↩ However, I make no promises. I am, after all, a Librarian. ↩
Read MoreWordless Wednesday – Now with Words!
If you are a Wordless Wednesday purist – stop here! So, on Tuesday I woke up to find that Google had disabled my account due to someone reporting my blog for “Questionable Content.” Now, my blog wasn’t the only thing disabled (Blogger is owned by Google) – ALL my Google accounts were disabled! I use Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader…the list goes on. I’m kinda a Google fan. Or, I WAS a Google fan. Apparently anyone can choose to report a blog. Google does not disclose what the complaint was or even narrow it down beyond “Questionable...
Read MoreDiaper Duty Dilemma
Dear Reader, My husband rocks. No, really. He is a wonderful, attached, gentle, father. He doesn’t just “go along” with my parenting choices but fully embraces them. Our daughter is happy and attached. I couldn’t ask for more. Well, except I really wish we were cloth diapering. When I was pregnant and brought it up to him he had the normal “ewwwww” reaction. Since I knew, as a SAHD, he would be changing more diapers than I, I didn’t push. Now it weighs on me. I’m concerned about our environmental footprint. I’m concerned...
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