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The Importance of Partner Support

Our society has changed and we are now expected to parent alone. And yet that is not how we evolved to parent and the lack of support that families, and in particular, moms have is [...]

Abuse and Parenting

What you’ll read herein is not meant to be a condemnation of any parent who utilizes some of these methods, but rather an examination of certain parenting characteristics that are rather new to society (evolutionarily speaking) [...]

What You Need To Know About Crying-It-Out

Hopefully a full examination of the CIO method without sticking my foot in my mouth, but I make no guarantees on that last bit! [...]

The Deal With Daycare

Daycare: a word that tends to strike fear in the heart of most parents. The idea of passing up your baby, infant, toddler, or child to someone else to take care of stresses almost every [...]

Where did all the communities go?

By Tracy G. Cassels I grew up in what I have since learned is a rather remarkable and unique situation.  I was born in downtown Toronto in my house by a midwife in the late 70s.  [...]

Unhappy Parents: What’s Gives?

By Tracy G. Cassels I was recently told about a girl I know who had her baby two months ago and is back at school (getting her Ph.D.).  Not because she has to be—she lives in [...]