“This hurts me more than it hurts you.” I never once believed this to be true when I would use a spanking or a hand slap to discipline my young children. I believe that dealing with the reality and implications of being hit is way more difficult and painful than the feelings associated with hitting…
Category: conflict
Mommy, why are you crying- empathy and kidnapped girls
On April 15, 2014, 234 female students were kidnapped by terrorists from a school in Nigeria. Most of them have not escaped, none of them have been rescued. It is believed most have been married off. Their government has done nothing. This is not ok. If these were our daughters how would we want the world…
Jeremy’s Thought du Jour – A Riddle
People at different ages just see the world differently. When it comes to peeing, our little Smunchie really didn’t understand why it wasn’t ok to let loose in the closet. When I told her she shouldn’t do her business in there, the look I received from her when she replied “Why?” made it very clear…
Hurting people hurt people- Banned Australian TV Ad
This ad was banned in Australia challenging adults that children see and do what adults do. I think it’s too bad it was banned, the message is one we need and the underlying issues ones that our shiny little worlds need to be rattled to explore but I can understand not wanting this played on…
Children are people too
Sitting on an airplane waiting to take off this morning and there was a cute little baby in the row right in front of me. He was not happy. It may have been his diaper, or maybe he was hungry, or scared. I don’t know and he was too young to be able to use…
Modeling Screwing Up
Yesterday I had a moment that I wasn’t proud of in my parenting. When I sat down the girls and apologized for how I behaved we talked about why I yelled and the issues I was struggling with behind it (lack of sleep, back pain, sad about sending Earth Baby off, frustrated with the…
Parenting – Beyond My Expectations
For me, being a parent has been both the most natural thing in the world, and the most bewildering. One moment, everything makes sense, relationships are simple, yet complex, utterly charming and meaningful, fulfilling even, and the next moment, I wonder how on earth I’m going to make it through the rest of the day…
Two Wolf Sisters
A couple weeks ago our 12 year old Storyteller and 10 year old Lollie were struggling to get along. The tension and the expressions of that tension were making things… tense… in our home. After repeated journeys through the Peace Path and other attempts to help them resolve the conflict between them it reached…