Archive for November, 2007
arun on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, 0 to 2 year old, 2 to 4 year old, 4 to 8 year old, control & connection, empowerment & trust, mindfulness, others wisdom, parenting, unschooling
A SPECIAL POST BECAUSE THE PARENTING PIT IS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY!!!
Ironically if I stumbled upon a site like this just three year ago, I would have ignored it at best and written an abusive email at worst. Somewhere in between that three year and one year mark, I went through a […]
anne on Nov 18 2007 | Filed under: mindfulness, parenting
Hello, Anne here. This is my very first contribution to the Parenting Pit. It even took me many months before i even READ the posts that Arun was writing - much to his disappointment and frustration.
Why has it taken so long? Partly because it is Arun’s “baby” so to speak and i have wanted to […]
arun on Nov 17 2007 | Filed under: death & life, links, unschooling
Maybe it was because the kids spent 2 hours running around in circles hitting each other with balloons (best $3 we spent in ages), or because M was up until midnight the previous night when we had a friend visit and stay late… but for what ever reason they kids went to bed very early […]
arun on Nov 13 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, laugh
Chatting with a friend over dinner when Z our 19 month old son started yelling and pointing at something under the table, obviously asking for help. I could not see what he wanted and enjoying the conversation with our friend I said to Z, “have a go… try and get it yourself.”
I went back to […]
arun on Nov 11 2007 | Filed under: mindfulness, parenting
Does that title describe you?
Many parents would like to be described this way according to the “Magic Parenting Pill Survey” I put on this site a while ago, which you can see by clicking here.
As I write this 94 people had voted (thanks everyone!). There were two options that clearly led the pack:
30% voted to […]
arun on Nov 09 2007 | Filed under: aware, conflict & communication, control & connection, inspiration, newbies, nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, unconditional
These days if someone is wanting to make changes to their parenting I recommend Pam Leo’s Connection Parenting. If someone is the partner of someone who wants to make change then I would recommend Alfie Kohn’s Unconditional Parenting.
Kohn’s book presents a strong case, with well referenced research and in that sense presents a compelling […]
arun on Nov 06 2007 | Filed under: 4 to 8 year old, conflict & communication, family diary, laugh
Driving along yesterday and M who is 5yrs was having a shouting match over a fairy doll with Z who is 18months. Im the sort of person who needs to concentrate when I drive. Well actually the driving bit is fine… its the driving in the right direction that seems to consume every brain cell […]
arun on Nov 04 2007 | Filed under: other
This site was launched on November 22, 2006… almost 1 year ago. It was about 2 months later before anyone found it
Thankfully visitor stats have continued to rise and now I’ve done a major update to the site layout to make it more user friendly. Hope you like it!
