How To Deal with Stranger Anxiety (and Over-Anxious Relatives!)
Fear of strangers is a very real aspect of “growing up” for babies and children, but coping with stranger anxiety means learning to avoid hurt feelings while also respecting a child’s needs. When a relative, especially a grandparent, comes to visit hoping to find open arms, you can help them to cooperate with this very real fear…
Attachment Parenting, Guilt, and Letting Children be Children
When adhering to and advocating for a a particular philosophy or style of parenting, such as Attachment Parenting, we tend to think that we “know it all.” As I made connections between Waldorf educator Rahima Baldwin and the Sears family, I remembered that the initial goals of Attachment Parenting weren’t just about doing “right thing”…
The Careful Art of Balancing Time
The blog redesign is almost finished, finally. Of course I’m feeling guilty for having spent so much time with it over the this week. When I took this on last Saturday it was with so much excitement and enthusiasm! It’s so easy for me to brighten up at the new, especially when I have a [...]