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This week we asked you to share your routines with us. Read more about consistent and loving care on our resource page. Link up! Read More…
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Growing children is not so different from growing plants. Mandy shares why. Read More…
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“The thing I have found the hardest about parenting is parenting a child who is not my own.” Alexandra shares how she is navigating the world of her blended family. Read More…
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Kristin shares a recipe for a homemade rice cereal that is nutritious, affordable, easy to prepare and highly adaptable. Read More…
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A reader asks our NPN Mentors about the nutritional needs of a baby eating solid foods. Read More…
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The parental united front builds a brick wall, with the children locked out on the other side. When you change that to a united family, an entirely different view of problem-solving and collaboration opens up. You are forced to confront your true needs and reasons behind a direction. When those are clear, then you work together as a united family–parents and children–against the problem, with a large opening to see fresh solutions that were outside our own narrow perspective. It is amazing how talking through an issue can help everyone gets their needs met.
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Wordless Wednesday: Spring
This week we asked you to share Spring. Read more about love of nature in our resources. Link up! Read More…
Dealing With Unsupportive Grandparents
What to do when your child’s grandparents are less than thrilled about your parenting choices. Read More…
Dinner: A Celebration of Family
Instead of looking at dinner as an unappreciated chore, we can view it as a celebration – a celebration of family. When we do this, family dinners take on an entirely different light. Approaching dinner with mindfulness rather than as an automatic chore is healthier not only for our waistlines but also for our mental health. Read More…
Featured Blogger: Melissa Vose
Melissa is an artist, writer, and mother of 4, who recently became an at home mother after 9 years as a paramedic. She is one of Natural Parents Networks mentors. Read more to learn about her life, her struggles with mental illness, and how parenthood changed her. Read More…
Remaining Connected to School-Age Children
Worried about remaining connected to your school-aged child? Laura from “Life Behind the Red Front Door” writes about how she remains connected to her oldest, school-aged child. Read More…
Wordless Wednesday: Heroes
This week we asked you to share heroes with us. Read more about natural learning on our resource page. Link up! Read More…
