by smaclaughlin | Aug 6, 2019 | balance, hope for the future, motherhood, patience
Meet educator, mom, and wise spiritual teacher, Rachel Horton White. I sure can relate to her description of how her patience gets tested! I love how she gives it a capital “P” and names it—along with Selflessness and Sacrifice—all Life Lessons...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Dec 14, 2012 | brain development, connection parenting, emotional intelligence, fear, mindful parenting, modeling, patience
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...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 11, 2012 | advocacy for children, blog tour, communication, connection parenting, emotional intelligence, patience, what not to say, what to say
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....
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jul 6, 2012 | blog tour, communication, connection parenting, developmental expectations, discipline, emotional intelligence, patience, what not to say, what to say
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...
by Sarah MacLaughlin | Jun 29, 2012 | blog tour, connection parenting, my life, patience, perspective, what not to say, writing
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,...
