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The pandemic lockdown and my maleness meant that I didn't really get a lot of in-person advice about parenting. I relied on books to be a father and equal parent to my child. One of my favorite books is The Whole Brain Child by Dr. Daniel Siegal and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson. They wrote another book that I just finished: No Drama Discipline

Full Blog Post: http://bookish-and-speculative.blogspot.com/2023/07/no-drama-discipline-by-daniel-segal-and.html

#AdultSupremacy, #DanielSiegal, #GentleParenting, #NoDramaDiscipline, #Redirection, #Teaching, #TinaPayneBryson

New #introduction.

Aside from #homeschool (see my other pinned post), my interests include #scifi, #weirdfiction, #forestgarden, #history, and #diy .

Current #podcasts: Behind the Bastards, Breaking Down Collapse.

750words.com for #journalling

Self-improvement: #mentalhealth, physical #mobility, #gentleparenting , and #sleep.

I like homemade #music the best. I love singing and dancing, naked, around a fire in the woods.

I'm in #stlouis, North America.

I'm a huge fan of respectful parenting /gentle parenting / whatever you want to call it.

I get frustrated by misconstrued criticism that the idea is to be soft or permissive. You still have to be the adult. The idea is simply how do you do that without physical or emotional violence. That's what spanking and shouting is. That's what most punishment is (note, this is different from natural consequences).

It's not easy to do, and no one is perfect at it. But I 100% believe this type of parenting works. I've never been more sure of anything in my life.

#parenting #gentleparenting #respectfulparenting #nonviolence

The axe forgets. The tree remembers. #ThinkBeforeYouSpeak #GentleParenting #CycleBreakers

Kid having a #meltdown at the indoor playground cos she doesn't want to leave. I've had to learn the hard way too. It's about setting boundaries prior to the visit. A goodbye song really helped us to leave the playground without tears. I've found #songs to be super helpful to help with activity transitions. We have songs to signal all kinds of things. Meals. Bathtime. Tidying up. I'm like the pied piper and I'm still amazed every single time how well it works. #gentleparenting

Jake was talking (for the umpteenth time this week) about who's the tallest, fastest and strongest in his class, and Zoe came out with this gem. ❤️

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#proudmama #proudmom #proudparent #proud #bekind #bemorezoe #kindness #gentleparenting #therapeuticparenting

When I got home from a hen do yesterday, J said "I knew you'd come back!" then a few mins later, "I thought you might not come back."
He "knows," but he doesn't FEEL it. #Attachment is complicated. I'm his 3rd Mum. I hope one day he'll feel it. He's reassured by visible gestures of love, so I arranged his cereal buffet (he likes it dry) into hearts this morning, on his fave chopping board.
#adoption #attachmentdisorder #adoptiveparenting #therapeuticparenting #therapeuticparent #gentleparenting

#FactOfTheDay: New research provides compelling evidence that spanking is detrimental to children’s social development.
Learn more: https://www.psypost.org/2023/01/longitudinal-study-of-kindergarteners-suggests-spanking-is-harmful-for-childrens-social-competence-67034
#Children #Families #Parenting #GentleParenting #ConsciousParenting #ChildDevelopment #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth @psychology

Lost my patience and basically told my kid he could suck a fart. This is either A+ level shit or I’m really bad at this. #GentleParenting

Gentle parenting when you weren't gentle parented is a special kind of frustrating. Your feelings took a back seat when you were growing up... and now they take a back seat while you're raising your own kids.

#Parenting #GentleParenting #ScreamingInternally

Master of disguise!
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#hideandseekchamp #play #playfulparenting #playfulparent #playtherapy #therapeuticparenting #gentleparenting #parenting #adoption #connectedparenting #attachment #attachement #familleadoptive #famille #familie #familiaadoptiva #familia #wearefamily #family

Any #parents have issues with their babies (under 1) being afraid of shoes?! Like afraid to even touch them let alone let them near their feet to wear? What did you do???

#Montessori #parenting #GentleParenting #help #kids

This is a very balanced piece on #gentleparenting, a recommended read.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/23/child-centred-parenting-shouting-validation-school

This Psychology Today article it refers to is also thought provoking.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experimentations/202005/how-parents-may-turn-their-kids-narcissists

If you want to parent consciously and effectively, You will explain things. You will repeat things. You will revisit things.
Inquisition, challenge and some resistance is necessary for their cognitive & emotional intelligence development. #consciousparenting #parenting #gentleparenting #respectfulparenting

#parenting #gentleparenting #consciousparenting Leaving love notes for my children in random places and watching their faces when they read them >>>

My son drew this angry face. Apparently it's angry because it's somewhere it doesn't want to be, "but it will have fun really." Sounds familiar 😂

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#parenting #adoption #drawing #drawingtherapy #arttherapy #playtherapy #theraplay #therapeuticparenting #feelings #spiritedchild #spiritedkids #raisingspiritedkids #raisingmyspiritedchild #gentleparenting #connectedparenting #anger #angry

@cgbrooding @simid @actuallyautistic To do #unschooling and/or #gentleparenting requires crazy amounts of patience and introspection, and YES they are so LOUD! Solidarity.

@BevEsq2010 Not a book recommendation but I have been learning tons on TikTok about #gentleparenting to include racial nuances from one generation to the next. That might be a hashtag to explore there.

Misunderstanding is not a justification for miscommunication. You can learn with your kids. What better way to navigate through life than together. Give and listen. Listen and give. #parenting #consciousparenting #gentleparenting