http://theparentingpit.com alternative parenting | conscious living | unschooling Mon, 12 May 2008 22:58:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know it can be hard sometimes. In fact over the years I've been through periods when I thought that "the Yes" have become extinct. They can be slippery buggers – sometimes so small and great at hiding. Its as though you've got to feel them first... believe in them... then ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/05/12/finding-the-yes/ I did something like this over 6 months ago but wanted to do it again because I'm really keen to find out a little bit about you! It's simple and hopefully fun, so please do add your comment. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to simply copy and ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/04/29/roll-call/ This is so me sometimes ;) click on the image below to see the full size pic in a new window... [note: you can reproduce any of these cartoons so long as you: 1) leave a comment or drop me a line to tell me where; 2) include a live link back ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/04/22/cartoon-food-freedom/ Ive been uninspired about writing recently... so thought id draw instead. Hopefully this family will make a regular appearance in the pit... click on the image below for a full size pic in a new window... [note: you can reproduce any of these cartoons so long as you: 1) leave a comment ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/04/22/cartoon-convincing-dad/ We are plotting & planning ways to attend the Live & Learn Unschooling Conference in the USA this September (we live in Australia). I am very motivated to be in an environment where unschooling and the like is the norm, even if it is just for a few days... and also ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/04/05/coming-to-america-to-live-learn/ What did you do for Earth Hour? We spent ours sitting in a nearby cow paddock looking at the stars. It was a high tech trip into nature because I took my laptop with a copy of Stellarium on it. Stellarium is an open source application which I downloaded after ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/03/31/earth-hour-star-gazing/ Anne & I have recently been reading and implementing coaching techniques for our home business to great effect. We have been using a coaching approach called the GROW model popularised by John Whitmore in his book Coaching for Performance. Although I feel uncomfortable with describing parenting as coaching, I was ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/03/27/parental-as-coach/ Some of my fondest memories of my youth was time spent with my family, our next door neighbours and a couple of my brother's friends as we trawled through swamps, fought a huge array of monsters, raised armies, trapped dragons, fled from trolls and plundered treasure... oh... and we died ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/03/14/only-slightly-slightly-scary-monsters-allowed/ 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 ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/03/06/after-the-fall/ Welcome to a new monthly feature for the Parenting Pit... The Pit Stop, which will highlight wonderful parenting sites & resources around particular themes each month. I wanted to kick off the first Pit Stop with two sites from other Dads, although the content is relevant to all parents: SCOTT NOELLE'S ENJOY ... http://theparentingpit.com/2008/03/06/march-pit-stop-%e2%80%93-parenting-tools-from-dads/