‘I tried letting my children choose their own bedtime, but they didn’t sleep when I wanted them to.’ ‘I tried respecting my children’s autonomy with food, but they didn’t eat when/what I wanted them to.’ ‘I tried letting my children … Continue reading
All children have a right to autonomy. This means they should be in control of their bodies, minds, and time. Mainstream parenting is firmly against this idea. The majority of people believe that all decisions about a child’s life and … Continue reading
“Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.” -Denis Waitley What does bedtime look like in a family where there is no enforced bedtime? How does it come … Continue reading
“The things we know and believe are a part of us. We feel we have always known them. Almost anything else, anything that doesn’t fit into our structure of knowledge, our mental model of reality, is likely to seem strange, … Continue reading
My children have no bedtime. All four of them. Apart from a short period with our oldest two where we fell into a bedtime habit before realising our mistake, it has always been this way. From birth, through infancy, as … 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