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Punishment vs Natural Consequences
  • February 17, 2015
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Punishment vs Natural Consequences

This morning while I was watching some natural consequences in action I got to thinking about how people criticise those who don’t […]

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Gentle parenting isn’t meant to be easy
  • January 15, 2015
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Gentle parenting isn’t meant to be easy

I don’t know where this idea came from that gentle parenting was supposed to be ‘easy’. That we’ve got it all figured […]

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To My Wife: Why I’m Not a Super Dad
  • November 19, 2014
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To My Wife: Why I’m Not a Super Dad

People sometimes ask me how I ‘do it all’.  My answer is ‘I don’t’. Not at all. As you will see, I […]

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Children are People Too
  • October 28, 2014
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Children are People Too

Recently we were out on one of our adventures, when we sat down to have a rest and get something to eat […]

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Childhood: Why the Rush?
  • October 21, 2014
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Childhood: Why the Rush?

Anyone with children will know that they do not rush. It doesn’t matter how many times you say you’re going to be […]

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Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
  • October 10, 2014
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Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up

I recently found myself in a battle situation. Over cleaning, of all things. Not the most important thing, but here we were […]

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My 15-year-old went to a youth festival with frien
My 15-year-old went to a youth festival with friends recently and came home telling us about the thrill and terror of the mosh pit 😅

She told us about how much fun they'd had, and how they were so squished they ended up falling over many times. But thankfully, every single time there were people around them immediately pulling them back up.

I love that. It made me think about how she is getting older and sometimes that is scary for me and I want to keep her close, but that maybe I'm not the only one that has her back.

So much of parenting young children is about being the person who catches them. You're there for almost everything, and it can start to feel as though keeping them safe in the world is entirely your responsibility.

Then they grow, and their world gets bigger, and they go places without you. They make friends you've never met, and have experiences you aren't there to supervise.

That's big. But maybe we can trust that it's not all on us. 

I won't always be there when my girls fall, but I won't always need to be. There are others who will catch them too. There will be friends, partners, colleagues, communities, and sometimes even complete strangers who reach out a hand and pull them back up.

The world isn't only something I need to protect them from. It's also full of people who might love them too.

How wonderful it actually is for me to see them so loved ❤


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