Category Archives: Balance

Striving for balance in work and family life

• Raising a Family of Team Players

  This post is written as part of the Round Table Discussions with Natural Parent Network volunteers. In an effort to discuss, support, and promote a kinder, more gentle world, we are taking an in depth view of various books. Our current book is Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Dr. Laura Markham, …  MORE

• Ten Everyday Ways To Show Your Children You Love Them

  We all know we love our children, and most of us probably tell them repeatedly too. But, how often do we go the extra mile, and really show them love. As adults we know that we show love by going to work every day, or making sure they have a roof over their heads, or food on the table, but …  MORE

• The Financial Advice That Saved My Marriage

  Shortly after they got married, Emily and her husband visited a financial planner. Many of the goals and priorities they set back then are now irrelevant, but one has stuck with them through all of the employment changes, out-of-state-moves, and child bearing: allowances.  MORE

• 3 Steps to Help Children Develop Emotional Intelligence

  This post is written as part of the Round Table Discussions with Natural Parent Network volunteers. In an effort to discuss, support, and promote a kinder, more gentle world, we are taking an in depth view of various books. Our current book is Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Dr. Laura Markham, …  MORE

• Round Table Discussion: Are You Fostering Sibling Relationships or Sibling Rivalries?

  This post is written as part of the Round Table Discussions with Natural Parent Network volunteers. In an effort to discuss, support, and promote a kinder, more gentle world, we are taking an in depth view of various books. Our current book is Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life by Dr. Laura Markham, …  MORE

• Enjoying Your Baby

  Megan learns to let go of the pressure to “teach” her babies lessons during playtime and instead enjoys them just as they are.  MORE

• Round Table Discussion: Preventative Maintenance for Happy Kids

  Peaceful parents want to figure out the cause of the problem and work together with our children to both fix the current problem and to help learn new ways of doing things so that we can prevent it from reoccurring. What can we do now to help make things better all of the time?  MORE

• The 5 Best Things about Surrogacy

  This past January I was lucky enough to give birth to a beautiful baby boy as a surrogate. The whole experience was amazing and I’ve written about it in depth on my blog. There are certain awesome things about a surrogacy, however, that just don’t fit within those more thoughtful posts. And so I present the 5 Best About a …  MORE

• Leaving a Co-Sleeping Baby Alone in Bed

  A reader asks our NPN Mentors about how to safely leave a co-sleeping baby alone in the family bed.  MORE

• Regaining Family Peace

  A reader asks our NPN Mentors about regaining peace in her family.  MORE

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