Welcome to the May 2013 Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival: Self Love This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival hosted by Authentic Parenting and Living Peacefully with Children. This month our participants have written about their thoughts concerning self love. We hope you enjoy this month's posts and consider joining us next month when we... Continue Reading →
Summer is just around the corner. With warmer temperatures, families are headed outside to play and work. Guest writer Ryan Novas shares some quick and easy tips for biking safely with children. ********************************************************************************************** With gas prices only getting higher, more and more families are turning to bikes for transportation. While bikes are a great fun,... Continue Reading →
Many of the characteristics that are undervalued in children are the very characteristics valued in adults. The next time you find yourself thinking about your children, try to think of their characteristics in a positive light. A positive attitude can make difference between conflict or connection. Today at Natural Parents Network, I've listed 300... Continue Reading →
This is a joint giveaway with Living Peacefully with Children and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only. Please find the section marked “Win it!” for the mandatory entry and optional bonus entries. Carole P. Roman is offering three of our readers their own copies of the Captain No Beard series (Captain... Continue Reading →
As part of the Simply Living Blog Carnival, this month we are also hosting a Blog Hop! Feel free to share your posts on how you use simple living in your daily lives. You can even grab the code and help share the blog hop on your own blog! Details below. As the... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the May edition of the Simply Living Blog Carnival - Daily Lives cohosted by Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children, Laura at Authentic Parenting, Jennifer at True Confessions of a Real Mommy, and Joella at Fine and Fair. This month, we write about what we do to keep the little things from overwhelming us. Please... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival cohosted by Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children and Laura at Authentic Parenting. We hope that you will join us on the last Friday of each month as we share posts about simple living in our lives. Submission deadline is extended until Monday, May 27. Self-Love This month, we would... Continue Reading →
When our first child was born, I was an informed parent. There was no way I was letting any doctor (or anyone else) retract his perfect, intact penis. At birth, and for quite a while after (sometimes until puberty), the foreskin is adhered to the glans of the penis. This is a way for the... Continue Reading →
I am happy to host a guest post today from Elaine Rosales. As our family continually strives to work on our diet regarding food allergies and healthy living, nutrition is a topic which comes up at our house more and more. We are attempting to balance simplicity with nutrition and moderation. Check out Elaine's awesome... Continue Reading →
Rewards: The Other Edge of the Sword Behavioral training uses punishments and rewards in order to extract desired behaviors from the subject in question. Numerous studies support that the use of punishment in children has detrimental effects, regardless of whether or not the punishment is physical in nature. Besides dissolving the connection between parent and... Continue Reading →
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