Category: ’Attachment Parenting’
How to Deal With Feeling Touched Out
The experience of feeling touched out can be a common experience among parents of babies and young children. Amy shares tips on how to process that feeling. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Body Image, Breastfeeding, Continuum Parenting, Cosleeping, Feeding With Love, Gentle Discipline, Healthy Living, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Safe Sleep
Toddler Discipline and Balancing Needs
A reader asks our NPN Mentors about attachment parenting and balancing parent/child needs during the toddler years. Read More…
Leave a comment | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Attachment Parenting, Consistent Care, Gentle Discipline, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules
10 Principles of Unconditional Parenting
Amy provides a summary of insights received from watching Alfie Kohn’s Unconditional Parenting DVD. Read More…
7 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Consensual Living, Gentle Discipline, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity
Do We Really Want to Control Our Children?
Amy explores the tendency to control children through looking at the definition of authority while offering simple examples of how to address behavior without shame. Read More…
6 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Consensual Living, Gentle Discipline, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity
L.O.V.E. in 10 Minute Doses
Learn how to incorporate an extra dose of L.O.V.E. into your day through laughter, grasping opportunities, voicing truths, and encouraging exploration! Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Natural Learning, Nurturing Touch, Parenting Philosophies, Playtime, Work and Family
Just Say No
On learning to let your children respect themselves by saying “no,” even when it’s not expected. Read More…
7 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity
United Family
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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3 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consensual Living, Equally Shared Parenting, Family Structure, Gentle Discipline, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity
Dealing With Unsupportive Grandparents
What to do when your child’s grandparents are less than thrilled about your parenting choices. Read More…
18 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Parenting Philosophies
Working Outside of the Home
A reader asks our NPN Mentors about attachment parenting while working in a job. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Parenting Philosophies, Work and Family
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…
1 Comment | Posted in Alternative Caregivers, Attachment Parenting, Balance, Consistent Care, Family Structure, Parenting Philosophies, Responding With Sensitivity, Routines and Schedules
