arun on Jun 30 2008 | Filed under: family diary, laugh
A conversation today between me and Z. Lulu is our dog, Z and her were jumping on each other for much of this chat. At 2 years old Z is using two or three word sentences which we are generally skilled at understanding, so for example “Me milk Daddy” means “please get me my milk […]
arun on Jan 16 2008 | Filed under: *favourites*, homeschooling, laugh, unschooling
Here at the Parenting Pit we are working on a range of products to make your homeschooling/ unschooling journey a blissful haven (you know… like the ones you read about on all those egroups!). Take a sneak peak at some of the products soon available:
THE FREAK OUT FILE
For mild to medium freak outs, gather favourite […]
arun on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: laugh, parenting
Sick of the dillema? Not sure whether to pass on the baby clothes yet? Finally here at the Parenting Pit we have established a scientific, fool proof method of determining how many chlldren you should have. Simply fill in the following information:
STAGE ONE – ESTABLISHING VARIABLES
Assign values to the variables below by following the instructions:
Baggage […]
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 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 Oct 10 2007 | Filed under: 2 to 4 year old, 4 to 8 year old, laugh, natural learning, unschooling
Conversations with M, our daughter sometime remind me of a river.
It flows – crashing and cascading at one moment, slowly sauntering the next. These discussions seem to meander in all sorts of directions driven by her insightful and often ecclectic waves of questions and observations.
That to me is one of the amazing things […]
arun on Apr 11 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, aware, family diary, laugh
Our daughter getting her head around the work of Aletha Solther…
arun on Feb 26 2007 | Filed under: *favourites*, aware, laugh, mindfulness, nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, relationships, unconditional
I have added a new article entitled “Parenting is Making My Brain Hurt”. This is a rewrite of an older entry which reflected my shift from providing answers and “covering up” problems towards other parenting approaches.
The article covers some major influences in this shift from Thomas Gorden (PET), Solter (Aware Parenting), Naomi Aldolt and […]
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