(warning – this post discusses male genetalia and bodily fluids – please place a calm blue ocean in your minds eye and skip to the next post if such references shock, offend or make you feel slightly queasy)
Sperm Donor… At worst that’s what we guys are in the “miracle of life” equation.
For Mum’s there is […]

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Just got permission from Naomi Aldort to reprint one of her articles that i really liked. Its themes are trust and meeting a child’s needs in the toddler context.
I particularly liked her “declaration of complete confidence in chlidren” which appears at the end of the article. The article Surviving the Toddler Years can be […]

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Aletha Solter is controversial amongst some attachment parenting circles for her radical (in the AP community) perspectives on crying and the idea that we should hold children and let them express their emotion rather than for example constantly breast feeding them in such situations (assuming needs like hunger, sleep etc are met). Obviously much more […]

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Sick of the jargon? Here are some quick definitions of unschooling, radical unschooling, aware parenting, NVC, PET and more…
I wont vouch for their accuracy but they are my spin on these terms and a decent starting point.

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This cartoon came from direct experience. People around us are often commenting on our attachment parenting approach… although to be fair it is usually out of sincere concern where as the cartoon depicts anger & hostility. What really gets me is at the end of the day they invariably comment how happy our baby […]

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