We are waiting outside our ballet studio for class to begin and my 4-year-old is clinging to me, her face buried in my neck, tears in her eyes. People look at me with knowing eyes and sympathetic smiles like this … Continue reading
If you’ve never experienced anything but mainstream authoritarian parenting, then it’s hard to imagine different. Autonomy? Freedom? Won’t kids just ‘run wild’? Well, maybe sometimes, but how boring would life be otherwise? I get it though. It’s hard to trust … Continue reading
I still do stupid things. Just in case you thought I had this whole parenting thing figured out by now, let me assure you, I don’t. Sometimes I just don’t think. Sometimes I think I’m doing the right thing and … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to describe what respectful parenting looks like in day to day life. How can it work with multiple autonomous kids making their own choices? Isn’t it chaos? Well sometimes, ha! But I think every house has a … Continue reading
“Mum, can you have another baby?” “I don’t think we’re going to have any more babies” “But why not? What if one just grows in your tummy?” “Well it won’t because we’re not going to make one” “But Mum, how … Continue reading
This post is part of a series documenting everyday respectful parenting moments. Reading real life parenting examples inspires me. I also find it helpful to look back on situations and think about what went well or what didn’t. Maybe you … Continue reading