We have chosen not to spank our children and we aim to parent with respect and gentleness. This is a departure from how we started (though, to be honest, we would have told you we were parenting with respect and gentleness with spanking and yelling because we believed it was necessary) and it has been…
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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…
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…