BITSS Work
The plug-in we had used to develop the BITSS has been discontinued. We think we have found a suitable alternative and are working to get the BITSS back up and going. We will keep you posted here on its status.
Facebook Hacked
Unfortunately, our Facebook account was hacked and we no longer control it. Given we have been moving away from social media, we have decided to forego trying to get it back. Should we return to social media, it will be elsewhere.
Freebie on Gentle Discipline
If you haven’t downloaded it already, I have a new freebie “guide” for families about 5 Mistakes Gentle Parents Make When Disciplining Their Child. In this guide I go over five of the most common mistakes I encounter when working with families and what you can do instead. Too often people find gentle discipline too hard and feel they’re doing it wrong which leads them towards more punitive approaches and I never want any parent to feel that’s the switch they should make.
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Five Mistakes Gentle Parents Make When Disciplining Their Children
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What is Evolutionary Parenting?
In short: Understanding how we evolved to parent.
The longer answer is that it is a philosophy surrounding parenting that involves biology, history, neuroscience, anthropology, and developmental psychology. We as humans have evolved in a particular manner, and the parent-child relationship is no different. Children, especially babies, expect certain behaviours from their caregivers and research is starting to understand both how deviations from these expectations affect child development and the bidirectional nature of the child-parent relationship. Of course, not all people can or want to parent our children based on their biology. In this realm, Evolutionary Parenting focuses on the idea that anytime we deviate from a known biological norm, we should have good reason and try to mimic biological processes as much as possible in order to minimize disruptions to later outcomes and child well-being.