arun on Mar 06 2008 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, aware, parenting, stages & ages
SPLAT!
It was the sound of our 21 month old son Z falling from the second step of a step ladder onto the kitchen floor.
A few years ago, if that was M, I probably would have jumped in and scooped her up like I was some pseudo action hero… checking for blood, tears or anything.
That was […]
arun on Dec 26 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, parenting
I dont remember much of the movie Jurassic Park, but I remember that scene. The raptors are small, meat (ie people) eating, vicious dinosaurs and they are loose in the base… i think the script went something like:
guy: (loads gun) so there are only two raptors right? The third one is contained.
woman: yes… that is… […]
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 […]
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 Sep 29 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, parenting, unconditional, unregulating food, tv
Reading the elists & web sites that I do and hanging out with the families that we do, it was a reality check to hear terms such as “good, bad & naughty” thrown around so much during the last 10 days while visiting my extended family. Usually it was “Good” but of course that always […]
arun on Sep 19 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, attachment parenting, birth, dad stuff, parenting, pregnancy & birth
(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 […]
arun on Aug 18 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, family diary, parenting, stages & ages
Anne & I have a great responsibility in the morning. We take turns in assisting a scientist with his work.
The science is quite ecclectic. One morning the focus is on chemistry and mixing a huge range of chemicals and compounds with unexpected results. Alternatively it might be on physics, especially comparitive studies on gravity, mass, […]
arun on Jul 11 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, 4 to 8 year old, family diary, mindfulness, stages & ages
I often think of children as “markers in time”.
(At the risk of sounding like a Bold & Beautiful intro) It’s like an hour glass with sand dripping from the top to the bottom… the second grain to fall literally doubles what is there, the change is so incredibly stark and obvious. By the time […]
arun on Jul 02 2007 | Filed under: 0 to 2 year old, empowerment & trust, natural learning, parenting, unschooling
This morning I realised that I was in the presence of a pioneer! More than that he was a scientist, an explorer, dare I say… perhaps the most intrepid adventurer of our time.
What’s more it happened in our house… in our kitchen no less!
For that was where I was in the presence of Z, […]
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