Evolutionary Parenting
Guest Post: Instinctive Parenting?
Is parenting instinctive? Though I argue elements are (and we fight to ignore them), here is another beautiful take on how not instinctive parenting can be. [...]
Your Child Will Never…
I have been told by many about all the things my daughter will supposedly never do. From family, friends, and complete strangers. Everyone has an opinion and rarely is it positive. [...]
Attachment versus Attachment Parenting
I’ve had this piece on my mind for quite some time to cover, but it seems the craziness that has erupted over the past week has been my impetus to actually talk about attachment theory versus [...]
Guest Post: How Did I Get Here?
I am an AP Parent. And I got here by conscious choices, and now it defines my soul. I devote my studies to it, I teach it, I live it, I breathe it. [...]
How I Became an Evolutionary Parent
How we come to parent our children is typically made up of myriad influences. This is the story of how I ended up a breastfeeding, co-sleeping, babywearing, no toys, community-wistful mom. In other words, [...]
Evolutionary Parenting and Money
Having kids wasn't always expensive. And it certainly doesn't have to be. Isn't it nice to know that parenting in a way that helps your child also helps your wallet? [...]
Evolutionary Parenting vs Attachment Parenting
The basis for these two approaches is quite different and it is my hope that the Evolutionary Parenting approach may be able to cross chasms that have not been penetrated by Attachment Parenting. [...]
Evolutionary Parenting
Here is a summary of what Evolutionary Parenting stands for. In short, it’s the idea that the way in which we as humans (and other mammals) have parented over hundreds of thousands of years (i.e., [...]
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Lots of people argue this. Look at the rates of depression and other
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Personal anecdotes are more appropriate for an opinion piece than clut
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
Personal anecdotes are no good as anecdote does not equal data. Howev
Five Reasons to Wear Your Baby
I'm a big fan of babywearing and wear both of mine, but statements lik
Press Release Re: Carpenter et al. Bedsharing Study
No it wasn't the Japan study, it is this one. It uses several Western