This morning, I was grateful to be a guest on San Diego news 6 to discuss the important role that grandparents play in a child’s life. What special rituals/traditions do you share with your grandparents?
The Importance of Grandparents
A mother’s intuition
fabiogis50 / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA One of the skills essential to conscious parenting is learning to tune in to your intuitive guidance system ( or otherwise known as mother’s intuition, your sixth sense, your gut instinct, etc.). And by learning (or should I say honing) that skill, we can better help our children learn […]
Surgery to prevent bullying?
It’s time for a change. This morning, I was interviewed on San Diego’s channel 6 news about a recent CNN story about a 14 year old girl who was awarded a $40,000 plastic surgery by a charity because she was being bullied about her ears. Discussions around the Internet on this topic have offered […]
Do you know your love language?
You may have heard of the term “love language,” but do you really know what yours is? Your spouse’s? Your child’s? Part of being a conscious parent, is understanding these important differences in our loved ones, AND ourselves. The more we can learn about ourselves, the more we can share that with the people who […]
Love of learning
This morning, on day 4 of summer vacation, my 7 year old asked me, “Mommy, can you make me some homework?” About an hour later, here is the result of that…. In an effort to help me get my work done, my little one wanted to do what she does every day anyway…..learn. Instead of […]
Enough about the Time Magazine cover photo, what about the actual article?
Now that the actual Time Magazine article is out on newsstands, I wanted to share my perspective on the article, and not only about the cover. And I would love to hear yours. To sum it up, I felt as though the article itself was an unfair representation of both Attachment Parenting, and Dr. Sears. […]
Study finds breastfed babies are “more challenging” …. Really????
Saw this article on the Huffington Post today about a study that “proves” that breastfed babies are “more challenging” than bottlefed babies. Really??? In any case, I couldn’t resist chiming in on the conversation. Here is my brief response (which could easily have been a mini-dissertation with how much I wanted to share) …..but I […]
Children do as you DO, not what you SAY
I find it fascinating how often a parent will tell their child something, but then turn around and do the very same thing they are telling their child not to do. I find myself falling into this same trap on occasion and try to catch myself when I do that. I watched a mom at […]