I had a delightful dinner experience yesterday. We were celebrating my Granddaughter’s 6th birthday… a very exciting occasion. Yet something her family does every day at dinner time happened. And it was that every day happening that I want to celebrate with you today.
We’re a full week into the new year and it dawns on me it’s been quite awhile since I’ve come and played with you all at Downstream Parenting. Seems like the perfect time to remind myself… and possibly you… that parenting doesn’t need to be an upstream battle. As long as you relax and remember that you are simply in the midst of an approximately 18 year experiment, being raised by a kid (or kids), and you’ll enjoy it more if you put more emphasis on your sense of humor than anything else.
I read an interesting article today, Solving America’s teen sex problem. It 
talks about how the Dutch handle the issue of teen relationships and sexuality. The Dutch have comparably low numbers of adolescent pregnancy, abortions and STD’s and begins… Continue reading
Today I’m sharing the interview Dr. Mercola did with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride because it’s too important to ignore. The radical rise in what we call “autism” is revealing something major that has changed in the grand scheme of the physical human walk on Planet Earth, and it’s happened extremely quickly. Seems wise for us to start adjusting just as quickly by finding ways to best support the body, mind and spirit of these kids coming in. Dr. Campbell-McBride reveals an option that seems to be working for many… give it a read (or a listen) and share what you think about what she’s learned.
Today I want to make a suggestion – Plan for an ART FAIR in August! [I originally shared this article with a group of Childcare Providers in my area. Yet I know it would be a wonderful thing for a family to do... especially if you find a couple of neighboring families or friends with children who would like to get together on a regular basis during the summer. So gather a group of kids however you desire and give this some thought.]
Do we really think all of our children need to be ‘diagnosed’ and ‘labeled’ with some sort of disorder before we start to understand that EVERY CHILD IS A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD?!?!!
Discipline – even the dictionary seems to be challenged when it comes to the concept “discipline”. It’s no wonder we, as a community, have such varied ideas of what is called for when a child’s behavior is unacceptable given the situation.
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. – Elizabeth Hardwick
I have a real passion for books… and that includes books for children. So I thought it might be fun to share with you some of the books that have been particularly fun to share with the kids in my life.
