Tag: parenting
Things I Selfishly Wish My Daughter Taught Me Sooner
One great thing about having kids is having someone I love who loves me back, depends on me, and turns to me for advice. Lately, I’ve noticed that my daughter is growing up so fast.
The Essence of Fatherhood
Just as there are as many different types of mothering, so too are there types of fathering. The distant, workaholic patriarch of the 1980’s is just one type, but is often the stereotype that is referred to…
The Guiding Instinct of Motherhood
At the moment, I am involved in creating better perinatal support and services in my county in the UK and through collecting the maternity stories of women, I hear of stories where empowerment and choice …
Motherhood: A Journey of the Heart
I have only been pregnant once in my life, but I remember the time, several decades ago, when I first found out I was pregnant. No matter how many books I read, or how many classes I attended, nothing…
Kinda, Sorta, Sometimes Mom
I’m not a mom. Well, I haven’t grown or birthed any babies. I haven’t adopted or fostered any children. I don’t plan to have biological children. I’ve thought about fostering but I’m not in a place to do so right now.
3 Ways to Increase Authentic Connection with Your Child
In the therapeutic setting, I help parents connect with their children in a way that fosters positive, peaceful, and present interactions – through the power of play!
I Want To Be the Fun One! 5 Tips to Add Fun to Everyday Parenting
Just a few hours earlier, putting Little Miss to bed, she declared – “You are always so grouchy Mummy. Why can’t you be more fun like Daddy?” You can imagine the buttons this honest, yet innocent …
Follow Music’s Call to Joy!
Bruce walks onstage and the crowd goes insane. Me, I’m one person back from the front of the stage and screaming so hard I think I might pass out just a little. The walls are vibrating and the sound bounces …
Weathering Life’s Transitions
My son was a happy baby, a cheerful and helpful toddler. He was an easy, optimistic kid and I thought it was obviously because I was a mom who was doing everything right. But around three and a half…
How to Embrace the Wisdom of Life’s Phases
I am always looking for inspiration for my articles and this month it came from a wall of quotes created by my niece. This month is all about phases – how we cope with them; how we learn from them…
5 Ways to Plan a Better Split Family Holiday
These days we follow a few simple rules around the holidays. Some of them we’ve discussed explicitly, while others have grown from the realization that peace matters more than our individual desires.
We Are Grateful
How do we find gratitude in such a desolate landscape? We open our eyes and see all that you still are, and not that which has been taken from you.
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