Rethinking Fear
What role does fear play in parenting? Primitive, biological, and extremely useful, fear is not something I want to discount, but I do think it deserves close examination. Fear is sometimes necessary for survival, but—here the kicker—not usually. The fear response in...Avoiding Shame and Blame
How to Avoid Shame and Blame Excerpted and adapted from What Not to Say: Tools for Talking with Young Children Sometimes adults don’t mean to use shame and blame in their interactions with children—these approaches can sneak in when we are least expecting it....Emotional Rescue
Yes, I’m stealing The Stones’ song title, though I could have said Emotional Literacy, or Emotional Intelligence too. Emotions are so misunderstood. They have such a bad rap in our relatively stoic and repressed culture. My highest hope is a collective of human beings...Responding to Criticism at Natural Parents Network
I am honored to have the chance to respond to a review of my book posted on Code Name: Mama last summer at The Natural Parents Network. The Natural Parents Network is a hub of information about natural parenting (babywearing, green living, extended breastfeeding,...
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