I've been mulling over a series of posts on my parenting philosophy, and now that my summer school class is over, I think I'll start. This is partly for record-keeping and partly for discussion. I want to remember what I was thinking at this point in my parenting experience when I look back ( Read more... )

I'm reading Parenting For A Peaceful World right now, and it's a fascinating read. It starts by tracing the history of human childhood through the ages, and the picture is not only unpleasant; it's horrific. The author states that prior to the 20th century, there is NO evidence that any child, anywhere, escaped what we would today call severe ( Read more... )

I keep recommending this article to people, and I thought I should post it here for my own reference. It's a quick read, and really shifted the way I think about tantrums.

Cry for Connection: A Fresh Approach to Tantrums, by Patty Wipfler.

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The more I read parenting magazines (with the possible exception of Mothering), the more I realize that your perspective plays a huge issue in what you see as a discipline/parenting problem. There are so many things I see and hear parents of toddlers say about the various discipline problems and sleep problems and eating problems they're having ( Read more... )

Surviving the Toddler Years, by Naomi Aldort.

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( This captures one of the central aspects of my parenting philosophy so well. )

Sometimes I just have to close the BC window and walk away. Someone just posted in one of the forums that she was trying to let her 1yo CIO, but for the last three nights, her daughter cried until she vomited Amazingly enough, she wasn't sure what she should do. And THEN people were suggesting she just stick with it, and not even clean up the ( Read more... )

Since Carter is heading rapidly toward toddlerhood, I've been doing some reading on discipline. I started out by reading The Discipline Book by Sears et al, which was a great read, but more about how you should base your disciplinary approach on your strong relationship with your child than any specific strategies. It started me down the path I ( Read more... )