Posted in Parenting on Apr 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Scaffolding
Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done,
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seems to be
Old bridges breaking between you and […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Parenting on Apr 7th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m going to try and participate in the annual TV Turn-Off week, sponsored by Unplug Your Kids. This will be quite challenging for us, so I’m going to slowly cut back as we approach the challenge, and I’m going to think about what to have on hand to distract my little TV addict (the 2 […]
Posted in Parenting, Books on Mar 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT.
That sounds like a pretty silly self-help book, doesn’t it? The title is a bit humorous, and I found that I didn’t want to read this book in front of people, because it was embarrassing. However, the book […]
Posted in Parenting, Books on Feb 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
We habitually serve children; and this is not only an act of servility toward them, but it is dangerous, since it tends to suffocate their useful, spontaneous activity. We are inclined to believe that children are like puppets, and we wash them and feed them as if they were dolls. We do not stop to […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Parenting on Feb 8th, 2008 10 Comments »
I feel like I’m on the verge of a mental breakdown, or at least a pretty bad bout of depression. An intense feeling of dissatisfaction with everything around me, paired with a gripping fatigue that just won’t let me do anything about it.
Earlier this week I wasn’t so tired - but I was really really […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting on Nov 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
My son is going through a phase. He’s a bit jealous of all the “oh, isn’t she cute!” comments his sister gets, and he’s actively trying to be cute himself. With his trademark logic, he seems to have boiled down the recipe for “cuteness” to jewelry and hair accessories.
My husband and I really don’t like […]
Posted in Daycare and Preschool, Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting on Nov 6th, 2007 4 Comments »
The workshop that I went to last weekend was simply Fabulous! I wasn’t thrilled to “have” to go, but it turned out to be run by a wonderful woman who was one of the original creators of the curriculum (SpiritPlay), and filled with wonderful folks (1 token male participant) who spend their time and energy […]
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Daycare and Preschool, Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting on Oct 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
I am getting a huge stack of toy catalogs in the mail. It’s that time of year, of course.
As we’ve been doing daycare for a year now, we’ve acquired A LOT of toys, and I’ve also gone through a few times and made drastic reductions. I feel like I’m starting to get a grip on […]
Posted in Daycare and Preschool, Parenting on Oct 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
This weekend, I was asked this question by my cousin, who I haven’t seen in a long while. She’s a caring, sweet person, so she meant this as genuine curiosity (a way to talk about me, so to speak), and not as a put down. Still - what do I do all day? It’s so […]
Posted in Happy and Healthy Childhoods, Parenting, Books on Sep 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’m currently reading buddhism for mothers: a calm approach to caring for youself and your children by Sara Napthali. There are many wonderful things in this book, including a very honest chapter about the anger we can find in ourselves when we become mothers. But the part that really spoke to me was a section […]
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