This week we asked you to share your holiday traditions with us. Read more about the holidays in our articles this week. Link up!  Read More…

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Our Ask the NP Mentor panel offers a parent suggestions on how to gently and firmly set boundaries for her toddler.  Read More…

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What happens when natural parenting isn’t about starting solids, slings and BPA-free sippy cups? How do you handle the ages and stages of peers, peer pressure, media, school and – gulp! – hormones?  Read More…

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An NPN reader asks our natural parenting mentors: On the 12th of March, our life was forever changed with the birth of our eighth child who, tragically, only lived for thirteen hours. We have been parenting gently for the past eleven years, but it has been a real struggle to parent gently through my and the children’s grief.  Read More…

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A reader asks our natural parenting mentors how to deal with a jealous toddler.  Read More…

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This week we asked you to share sibling bonding with us. Read more about preparing for pregnancy, birth, and parenting on our resource page. Link up, too!  Read More…

6 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Birth, Family Structure, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Wordless Wednesday

How can you help your older child adjust to their new sibling?  Read More…

3 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Family Structure, Parenting Philosophies, Practical Home Help, Pregnancy, Preparing for Parenting, Responding With Sensitivity

A look at some of the parenting nuances involved in raising an only child.  Read More…

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A look at the advantages and disadvantages of being/having an only child.  Read More…

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I’m not going to go into the details, explain, justify, or tell how it came about. The end result is, now I’m doing equally-shared parenting (to the best of our ability) with two partners at the same time. We’ve considered all sorts of living arrangements, but we’re all devoted to the kids, so what we’ve come to is this: The adults will be adults, and we will live together in one house, and the kids will have stability and not have to go back and forth from one house to another.  Read More…

4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Equally Shared Parenting, Family Structure, Parenting Philosophies