Kindred's child development articles

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• Who Are You as a Teenager
  The transition from child to adult is gradual over time. It can take many years. It's something that happens alm…
• Does ADHD Even Exist? The Ritalin Sham
  By Dr. Breeding Books by Dr. Breeding Alice, the mother of a seven-year-old son, Nathan, recently v…
• A Call to Arms
  Kelly Wendorf didn't know she was political, until she became a mother and realised that raising a …
• Bonding and the Origins of Love by Meryn Callander
  Author's Book Books on Bonding More books
• How Culture Shapes the Developing Brain and the Future of Humanity
  The Origins of Love and Violence DVD Buy the DVD Sensory Deprivation and the Developing Brain Research and Preve…
• Computers in Early Childhood Education - A jump start or a setback?
  We want the best for our children, so it's easy to think the latest technology of our time will benefit them, bu…
• The Family Bed
  "The kids at school were amazed to hear I share a bed with my brother and sister. I never told them about the tim…
• Ordinary lives, every day violence. Plain Talk about Spanking
  Today, one finds no support for spanking in the scientific literature. This opinion, shared by mental health and …
• Practical Tools for 'Misbehaviour' and Setting Limits: a little support for those who choose not to punish their children
  It is our view that infants are genetically biased towards interaction with other people from the beginning. A c…
• Intact! Protecting Our Boys from Circumcision
  (Photo above by Tanya Little) Circumcision — ten years ago I had trouble spelling the word. I would stumble ov…
• ADHD Awareness Season
  A Call from Wildest Colts Resources: To All Caring Adults Fall, 2004Today we ask all citizens to call forward a v…
• Image: the Fantasy of Reality
  The whole goal seems to be to make marketing almost invisible, a 360 degree wall around a kid, such that where re…
• Understanding Children's Feelings
  You walk into your local supermarket. You look down the lolly aisle to see a tiny toddler on the floor, kicking…
• Who Cares? Making Informed Choices about Childcare
  As extended families shrink, communities dwindle and the need to work increases, the need for childcare grows. B…
• Should I Vaccinate My Child?
  As I researched the issue, I was amazed to discover that there is a large and growing body of clinical studies, …
• From Horror to Hope: The Evolution of Childrearing
    "The history of childhood is a nightmare from which we have only recently begun to awaken. The further back i…
• Breastfeeding Today — Challenging Fallacy with Fact
  Breastfeeding — this most natural act in the world — wasn't always surrounded by myth and fallacy. While its …
• Into the Mystery of the Adolescent Mind
  Adolescents are a mystery to many adults — especially their parents.  It is a time when three of the great c…
• After Attachment … What Then?
  Parenting for a Peaceful World We did everything by the book: birthed at home, breastfed over two years, c…
• I’m An Individual!
  An Ayurvedic Approach To Your Child’s Needs Have you ever wondered why each child is unique and …
• Chemicals, Kids and Cancer: Why kids are particularly vulnerable to toxic home chemicals
  There is little doubt that our kids have a greater susceptibility to toxic chemicals. Everyday we expose our chi…
• E - I - E - I…Oh!
  Friendly Social Skills Are the Way to Go Traditionally, being "smart" has meant having high academic test scores. …
• Kids and Chemicals: Don’t Mix
  The Kindred continuum of principle and manifesto recognises a fundamental but often overlooked aspect of childre…
• Mothering, Mindfulness and a Baby’s Bottom – An Introduction to Diaper-free Elimination Communication
  Book in this Article Organic Cloth Half of the World's Children Never Wear Diapers   (Eric Pearle…
• The 21st Century Tribe as a Family Support Network
  In order to understand the relevance of the Tribe in the 21st Century it first has to be put into a person…
• A Grandfather's Wish
  We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, …
• Confessions of a Proud Mum
  My son is 15 and has brought me nothing but... “Trouble?” I thought you’d say that! No, my …
• Give your child a head start in life through early childhood music
  The first five years of a child’s life is a window of opportunity for laying foundations through stimulating …
• Four Keys to Managing Difficult Behaviour in Children
  Dealing with challenging behaviour doesn’t have to be complicated. Here are a few helpful ideas.Sandra Azar, a …
• Alternative Healing Modalities and Your Child
  As adults, we often consider seeing a bodywork practitioner for our own well-being. But often we ov…