Kindred's conscious parenting articles

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• The Monsters Under the Bed Are Real: Why Children Protest Bedtime
  Forced Bedtimes: An Evolutionary Mismatch (Image from the Monsters Inc. movie by Pixar. This article first appeare…
• A Call to Arms
  Kelly Wendorf didn't know she was political, until she became a mother and realised that raising a …
• Why Men Leave
  Men leave their families in a multitude of ways. Even if they remain in the home, many fathers are often emotion…
• 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…
• Every Mother Knows
  Every mother intuitively knows the supreme importance of the relationship between her and her child with every f…
• 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…
• Spoiling Childhood
  An excerpt by Anna Jahns How well meaning parents are giving children too much, but not what they need. At first…
• Sticks and Stones
  First, the bad news. The chances of your child being bullied at school in one way or another are about 50-50. Do…
• Breaking out of the Box
  The average Australian child watches about four hours of television a day! Videos, computer and Pla…
• Giving Birth: The Endocrinology of Ecstacy
  Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering (Photo by Lynsey Stone.)   Giving birth in ecstasy: this is our birth ri…
• What Consistency Looks Like in a Dad
  Our children need us to be dependable, predictable reference points in their lives. Children should know what to…
• Five Reasons to Stop Saying 'Good Job!'
  Hang out at a playground, visit a school, or show up at a child's birthday party, and there's one phrase you can…
• 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 …
• The Age of Empowerment. Supporting Teens through Tough Times
  "Inherently, each of us has the substance within to achieve whatever our goals and dreams define. What is m…
• 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…
• Bathtime is Quality Time
  Before we become fathers we are free to live like children ourselves. We work towards our own ends, we engage in…
• Adultism, Part 2: The Unlearning
  Parenting for Social Change (Read Part 1, Adultism: The Hidden Toxin Poisoning Our Relationships With Chil…
• Feminism Childcare and Family Mental Health: Have women been misled by equality feminism?
  Childcare seems to be always on the political agenda. But are the real needs of babies, very young children and …
• 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…
• 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 …
• E - I - E - I…Oh!
  Friendly Social Skills Are the Way to Go Traditionally, being "smart" has meant having high academic test scores. …
• Tempting Shopping
  Many column centimetres have been written about the highly irritating practice of supermarkets flog…
• 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…