Used to being told you're creating "bad habits" by doing things like nurse your child to sleep or respond to their cries? If so, this post is for you - I won't tell you to change these behaviours, but rather to look at them as they are: biologically normal.
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., the way we’ve EVOLVED to parent) is intricately related to the well-being of our children.
RIE is a parenting philosophy espoused by Magda Gerber. With a wonderful focus on respect for an infant, it's surprising that some people still feel "off" about the theory as a whole. This is my take on the problems within RIE and why I find it "lacking".
Does the thought count? Is thinking certain thoughts about parenting enough to result in children who are happy and healthy? What about the contents of the thoughts?
Most "expert" bits of advice rely upon the assumption that what works for one baby will work for all... Yeah, right.
An amazing new study is out from three researchers at University of Utah, Harvard, and UC Davis looking at what might have resulted in our human ability to evolve and develop to where we are today.
Are married parents better parents as the Alpha Parent suggests? Or is this a case of some of our other well-known statistical problems...
What do you do if you want to bedshare but your partner doesn't? Some advice on how to approach the issue so that everyone feels like they at least have had a chance to be heard.
For many of us, we grew up with physical punishment, yelling, shaming, even full-on abuse. We so desperately want to change that cycle, but how? It can be unbelievably difficult to do. One mom asked if I could do a post on ways to change and work towards being the gentle parent we want to be. So here we are.
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.
