2 Ways To Parent Consciously

As parents who wish to raise our children consciously and with love and respect, we can’t always do what comes naturally. Our knee jerk responses to our kid’s less than stellar behavior is often a reflection of our own parents choices. While that may be a good thing, it isn’t always so. We may be [...]

Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Vegetables

Getting kids to eat more healthy foods is usually a top concern among moms today. There are so many unhealthy options available at the grocery store, at restaurants and eateries, and in the school cafeterias that it seems moms must work extra hard to make sure healthy foods don’t disappear from the menu. This becomes [...]

The Benefits of Co-sleeping

Co-sleeping, also known as the family bed is a controversial topic today, but very quickly it is gaining supporters.  Co-sleeping is exactly what it sounds like it might be, sleeping together as a family in one bed, mom, dad and children.  Parents choose to co-sleep for a variety of reasons including ease of breastfeeding, a [...]

A Closer Look at Vaccines

Just about everyone is familiar with vaccinations. They are the routine injections given to children and adults to immunize them against a variety of diseases. Most vaccination are done when you are relatively young, staring at a couple days old and with many more being given into at various times during childhood. The idea behind [...]

What Is Discipline?

Probably no other topic sparks as much resignation in a parent than the topic of discipline. Parents are afraid not to discipline, or afraid to discipline too harshly. This is a good thing, as it means that modern parents are concerned with their own actions. Instead of doing things the way they’ve always been done, [...]

Golden Rule Parenting

Most anyone, whether they come from a Judeo-Christian background or not, has heard of the Golden Rule. Basically, the Golden Rule has empathy at its heart. It states that we should treat others how we want to be treated. It is a simple but positive rule of conduct that can guide us in many areas, [...]

Attachment Parenting and Discipline

One of the key components of attachment parenting is the intent to build a deep bond between parent and child that will create an atmosphere of love and unyielding trust. Most will agree in any situation that creating an atmosphere of trust would not involve hitting or physical coercion. This applies to the parent/child relationship [...]

Attachment Parenting Your Older Child

You likely know what attachment parenting looks like for your babies and toddlers, but what happens when your “little” one isn’t so little anymore? How do you apply the principles of attachment parenting to your older child too? Do you struggle with it? Here are some ways to keep the close relationship you enjoyed with [...]

What is Attachment Parenting?

Attachment parenting is also known as natural parenting or instinctive parenting. Attachment parents do not follow conventional parenting guidelines and ideas. They have chosen to let their own instincts be their guide and not the conventional wisdom parents are bombarded with through mainstream media. There are a lot of different philosophies out there about how to [...]