Continuing the Carnival of Gentle Discipline
Last month’s Carnival of Gentle Discipline was such a success! Our participants and readers generated so many great ideas for parenting in an unconditional and gentle manner. I’ve been thinking of ways to keep the momentum going and I’d love to hear your thoughts. I am reluctant to make it a monthly event for two reasons. 1. It is really time consuming (although we wouldn’t have to do a week-long event) and 2. I don’t want to interfere with the other Carnivals. I realize that the same pool of bloggers are also often participants in the Carnival of...
Read MoreGentle Discipline Warrior
… But here were educated, loving parents who were making a decided choice to hit their children as part of an overall parenting strategy that wasn’t neglectful or abusive 1. I was floored. And worse yet, I didn’t handle it very well. I was too shocked by my own blindness to the problem and much too emotional. I don’t think I inspired anyone. I didn’t inspire myself. But I was inspired. Welcome to the May Carnival of Natural Parenting: Role model This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name:...
Read MoreWinner! Code Name: Mama!
Congratulations to Dionna at Code Name: Mama! Her post, Gentle Parenting Ideas from a Toddler’s Perspective, was voted Best Post of the recent Carnival of Gentle Disicpline. Thanks to all of our writers, readers, and those who voted! Dionna wins a $25 Gift Certificate to WIld Mother Arts – fertility jewelry and nursing necklaces. A HUGE thanks to BirthGoddess for donating the gift certificate to our cause. Please take a moment and go check out the beautiful stuff at her shop. I just got one of the nursing necklaces and it is beautiful. It comes in its own little pouch...
Read MoreCarnival of Gentle Discipline Wrap Up
What a wonderful Carnival! Thanks to all the bloggers who wrote so eloquently from their hearts and a huge thanks to all our readers and commenters. Next Steps If the posts this week resounded with you and you are or you want to strive to be a gentle parent there are several things you can do: Show the world that you are a Gentle Parent! If you have a blog or website or you post on message boards you can add the Gentle Parent Badge to your site/signature. Please keep the link back to the Carnival so anyone who sees your badge can read the wonderful bloggers from this week. Copy and Paste...
Read MoreTerrific Toddlers; Tantrums and All
Did you know that there is an online “Terrible Two’s” calculator? You have 652 days – 4 hours – 41 minutes – and 9 seconds until your child is out of the terrible twos phase. I find it so disturbing that we talk about children in this way. I’m sure most parents don’t mean it with any malice but words are more powerful than we sometimes give them credit for. If we talk about something as “terrible” and we are counting down the days until it is over how can we honestly be present in the moment? I don’t think...
Read MoreCreating a “Yes” Environment
This week we’ve talked about what what gentle discipline is, how to choose joy in parenting, and reasons not to spank. Today we are talking about creating a “yes” environment. Before I had kids I thought child-proofing your house was such a stupid idea. I mean kids die every year from drowning in the toilet1! I always thought outlet covers were just an excuse to be a lazy parent. Now, I feel quite different and I think today’s writers explain why. Parenting a Toddler with Loving Guidance Sheryl at Little Snowflakes explains the benefit of...
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