What causes a child to misbehave? There are a number of biological, psychological, and environmental factors that work together to influence a child's potential for misbehavior.
Learning to Breastfeed Can Be Such A Vulnerable Time A new mother who is learning to breastfeed can be quite vulnerable to well-intentioned, but incorrect advice. Here are a few situations that can interfere with the breastfeeding process and how to handle them.
The Joy of Spirit What brings you joy? What really brings you joy, as opposed to what you think brings you joy?
Validating vs. Indulging Children’s Feelings We want our children to feel safe in expressing their feelings. We want them to know that what they feel matters to us, that their feelings are important to us. The problem is that sometimes children use their feelings to manipulate their parents, and par
Trusting the Universe – Or Not Faith and trust in a Higher Power are two different things. Faith is about believing in God/Higher Power even though there is no proof. Trust is about noticing all the times that our Guidance has come through for us in big and little ways, and living our
Top Ten Ways to be a Better Father The expectations for fathers are increasing both at work and at
home. Here are ten ways for fathers to be more effective in the
most important job they’ll ever have:
The Family Bed: A Story in Generations If I had been born at home, surely it would have been into a
family bed. As it was, my parents brought me home from the
hospital, where I was promptly given a place aside my mother in
the bed which slept us all: mom, dad, my brother and I. I nursed
un
Handling Criticism Feelings about how to parent seem to shift with every
generation. A new way of parenting, sometimes called attachment
parenting, has emerged and it challenges many of the rigid
teachings of our mother's generation
