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Saying No to School Stress, and Yes to Childhood

Earlier this week I watched as Miss 12 bustled around the kitchen, catching up on some cooking she was meant to do […]

‘I tried letting my children choose their own bedtime, but they didn’t sleep when I wanted them to.’ ‘I tried respecting my […]

Ahh parenting myths. We have all heard some. ‘Stop picking that child up! You’ll spoil them!’ ‘Babies cry to exercise their lungs’ ‘A […]

“Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.” -Denis Waitley […]

“The things we know and believe are a part of us. We feel we have always known them. Almost anything else, anything […]

My children have no bedtime. All four of them. Apart from a short period with our oldest two where we fell into […]