Natural parenting

Harmful Parenting Practices most of us practice, because we were taught that it's actually okay. Here's what I've learned and what we can do instead.

Whether you are a mainstream parent or identify yourself as crunchy or hippy, this is a guide to Natural Parenting an Earth Month from every perspective!

Parenting is one of the most challenging and inspiring jobs on the planet. Raising conscious children today is of great importance, as the children of today are the change-makers of the future. They carry the seeds of hope to grow up and be the creators of the healing solutions and transformation t

I wanted to write about something another Montessori parent mentioned on Instagram the other day which has had me thinking. She spoke about watching her daughter struggle with removing clothes from her doll, and how it fascinated her to see her child so focussed, determined to problem solve for herself. She mentioned how this was a huge shift from how she had approached this type of situation a short while before. Hovering Nearby, Not Over In parenting, I tend toward the hummingbird side of…

Ideas and Strategies for Raising Minimalist Kids - eco-friendly kids. Kids and Kon Mari. Green Kids. Sunshine Guerrilla

Government-subsidized preschools, 480 days paid maternity leave, neighborhood rec centers, ample recess, forest kindergartens, drop-in after-school programs (aka fritids), outdoor classrooms, public access to private lands, and open-air napping. These are just some of the perks of raising kids in Scandinavia.

Attachment parenting and eco-consious lifestyles may seem foreign to your friends or family. But wiith a little patience, everyone can benefit.

Near our home there’s a forest that we enjoy exploring. At the end of a ravine there lies a fallen tree. It spans across the distance of the ravine, from one end to the other. The tree is solid, but falling would hurt, a lot. Nevertheless, the challenge is there and my kids must take it, every time. They’ve crossed the log many times, but each time they do I hold my breath in anticipation… and to stop myself from blurting out “Be Careful!” a hundred times over. Why We Need to Stop Telling…

A few hundred years ago, John Wilmot, an English lord, said something significant about parenting: “Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have six children and no theories.” So what should you do in terms of parenting? Look back at yourself when you were a