: ' independence'
Playing at the Park
Play. It used to be about kids playing with each other, but that seems to be disappearing in favour of parent-child play. This is the first of a few planned posts coming up in [...]
Why Blaming Attachment Parenting for Your Failures is Wrong
I finally realized that we need to address the elephant in the room. And that elephant is that Attachment Parenting all too often is being treated as list of things that parents MUST do. [...]
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. [...]
The Independent Child
Independence. In many Westernized societies it is the end goal of our parenting efforts. We want our children to be independent. But what does that mean? [...]
Celebrity Mom: Sophia Petrillo
Okay, okay, I know that Sophia isn’t real, but that doesn’t stop her from being a bit of an Evolutionary Parent. [...]
One Step At A Time
Here is a personal story about how making changes to how one parents one step at a time can do more good than we may give credit for… [...]
Baby Expectations: Part 2 of 2
In part 2 I want to touch on two more types of expectations that can lead to deleterious effects for the family unit – feeding expectations and independence expectations. [...]
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. [...]
We Go Together Like… Breastfeeding and Co-Sleeping
There is an endless array of questions and judgments and ‘should’s associated with both infant sleep and feeding. But this hasn’t always been the case. It used to be a simple matter of mother [...]
Theseus’ Parenting
Every aspect of parenting can be broken down into individual components and studied to try and determine what part of it makes it work (or not work). It’s what science tries to do on a [...]
Giveaway and Review: Spark of Amber
Amber necklaces present a choking hazard, a strangulation hazard and h
I'm Sorry, We Failed
Tracy, I think you are courageous for writing this post! Nothing st
One Year Later
Thanks for sharing your story and this important message. "Healing" i
One Year Later
Thank you for sharing the tender underbelly of your grief. I lost my m
One Year Later
I really hear you on so many points, in so many places. Thank you for