Gentle parenting: How to create a life that provides gentle spiritual guidance to kids Hello friends! A while ago I posted a little about our faith and how we find churches and maintain our spiritual lives while travelling. We are very conscious of providing spiritual guidance for our kids, and . . .
Assuming Positive Intent: The #1 Secret That Will Transform Your Parent-Child Relationship
Gentle parenting: Assuming positive intent Hello friends! A little nugget post for y'all today about something that I have found really helpful when it comes to gentle parenting. It is this: Assume positive intent. Assuming positive intent is a great way to see things from your child's point . . .
Positive Parenting Solutions: 6 Alternatives To Forced Apologies
Gentle parenting: How to handle 'bad behaviour' towards other children Hello friends! A gentle parenting/ unconditional parenting post for you today, about the issue of apologies; more specifically getting kids to apologise (or not). If you connect with this post please do also check out my other . . .
Parenting Without Punishment: 5 Things We Do Instead
Unconditional Parenting: 5 Things We Do Instead Of Punishment Today's post about punishment, the research behind it, and our thoughts on it as parents. To start, a quick definition of punishment: “to inflict loss or suffering as retribution.” Ooh-err. Punishments inflicted by parents on . . .
How To Help Your Child Stay Calm At Christmas [9 Tips Inside]
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9 Top Tips To Prevent Holiday Overwhelm Hey guys! It's that time of year, with the madness and the frenzied shopping and the food buying and the present wrapping and the lots-of-people, and the puddings and the aunties and the trees and the paper hats and the loads-of-films on television. It's . . .
4 Reasons Elf On The Shelf Is EVIL
I'm Watching YOU, Elf On The Shelf We are thrilled to be spending Advent and Christmas in Thailand, and are already finding ways to get into the festive spirit without our usual haul of decorations, calendars and last-minute gift-shopping. So let's talk about Elf on the shelf. What is Elf on . . .
Respectful parenting: Looking at Love.
Respectful parenting: Back to Love. Respectful parenting: Parenting in a world that has redefined Love Hey, all you lovely people. I just wanted to start by saying, "thank you." Thank you for reading my posts, thank you for letting me know that some of you have felt inspired to think in new ways . . .
Respectful Parenting: 25 ways to show love to your child using Love Languages
25 ways to use love languages to show love to your kids In my previous post about love languages I spoke about how helpful Patrick and I have found it to learn about love languages and use them to demonstrate care for each other. It is also a fantastic way to connect with your children; identifying . . .
Want Your Child To Obey You? You Might Be Missing This ONE Thing.
Conscious parenting: Do we really want obedient kids? Hello everyone! I just published a post about the difference between rules and principles and I'm on a gentle parenting roll so I'm gonna just crack right on with this obedience vs. compliance post. This post is partly inspired by the . . .
Our Family Has NO Rules. This Is Why.
Principles VS Rules: Which are better? Hello! Today I'm going to write about one of my favourite subjects: child development. Specifically, how to raise 'reasonable' children and whether or not having a set of rules is a good idea. Writing the above sentence feels a bit wrong to me, as I believe . . .