aven How a Mother Can Share the Things She has Learned Have you thought about how you can pass on to your own children the values your mother taught you? Sometimes we have to make a conscious effort to pass on our values. The things you learned from your mother are part of your tradition and … Read more
Nutritious Food from Gardening, Berry Picking & Cooking Healthy foods help regulate a child’s behavior, temper, growth, health and ability to learn. Parents can get creative to interest kids in nutritious foods. Unless a family lives on a desert island, it can be very difficult to get children to embrace healthy eating. Most modern families … Read more
Leading Children Towards Environmental Awareness Parents can help their children develop a love of the earth and a greater environmental awareness with simple habits and activities that have a lasting impact. Families who choose to live in greater awareness of environmental needs can pass on these values to their children. Gentle guidance towards love and … Read more
Increasing Child Health and Happiness Necessities for child health and happiness include a natural diet, a harmonious environment, positive examples, and effective communication. The basics of providing necessities for child health and happiness are very often more than what is followed by most parents. The dietary needs for child health will affect physical and emotional … Read more
Learn why knowledge of child development will enhance effective parenting. By adopting realistic expectations, a parent promotes healthy child development. Becoming a parent entails learning and employing a wide range of skills and knowledge. One of the essential areas in which a parent needs to become educated is in the area of child development. There … Read more
Cooking, Games, Reading & Exercise to Fit Busy Schedules Author Pam Leo recommends a minimum of ten minutes of one-on-one connection time each day for parents and children. The plan that time each day with a simple activity. Ten minutes of connection time with each child every day doesn’t seem like a lot. But, when … Read more
Safe Bed Sharing Enables Breastfeeding & Attachment Co-sleeping is an important part of attachment parenting. However, a family bed is not for everyone. There are two sides to the co-sleeping issue. The benefits of safe co-sleeping help form healthy, attached parent/child relationships. Yet, for some families, co-sleeping can prove inconvenient and even dangerous. The Benefits … Read more
An Attachment Parenting Guide In this 2004 book, Neufeld and Gabor Mate, M.D. discuss the importance of parental attachment and influence and the dangers of peer orientation. Ensuring that children are surrounded by their peers has been standard practice in the modern world. There are many opportunities for this to happen, starting with the youngest … Read more
Offer a Snack, Read a Story and Tuck Your Child into Bed Bedtime should be the most relaxing time of the day with children. Find peace by developing a routine. Bedtime is difficult in many families. But, it can become easier with a consistent routine. To develop a bedtime routine, keep it simple, and practice … Read more
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Tips Parenting a Reactive Attachment Disorder child, who has not learned to trust, is difficult. Without trust, there is no respect, honesty, or real affection. Lectures, warnings, hollering, bribes, second chances, and reminders do NOT work. You are wasting your time and breath. Your child knows the rules he or she … Read more