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 everyone could always find the tiny space between their feelings and their reaction, and instead choose to respond, parenting would be a whole lot easier. Right? Respond, don’t react! It sounds simple. But sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. … Continue reading
I’m asking my 2 year old daughter a question and her big sister interrupts with an answer before she even gets a chance to speak. I instantly snap at her that I wasn’t talking to her and not to interrupt. … Continue reading
Picture this. You’re out at a cafe, having a great time with friends and family, you go to order your lunch and as you finish reading your choice of dish from the menu your partner leans in and says pointedly … 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
“We don’t yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.” -Alice Miller But I want to … Continue reading