Mama Matters Too: On Healing From A Traumatic Birth
By Haylee Hackenberg “At least you have a healthy baby, that’s all that matters”. The first time I heard those words, they came from…
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Unschooling Ourselves: Re-Thinking How We Interact With Our Kids
By Amanda Sharma You’ve just given birth. You feel like your body has been turned inside out, but the joy you feel when those…
Learning to Talk to Strangers
By Jessica Rios Growing up in the 80s, the only time I recall hearing the word stranger was within a common remark made by…
Taking My Autistic Daughter To See The Forests of the World
By Arabella Carter-Johnson Following my daughter Iris has always been an adventure, her paintings have inspired people throughout the world allowing us to see beyond…
Close the door and let her cry. You need to “teach” her.
By Sofie Thomson Last week I wrote a blog about infant sleep and the importance of responding to the needs of our babies. I…
Barefoot or Soft Sole is Best: Encouraging Natural Foot Development
By Hannah Schenker You wouldn’t put your kids in high heels – but what about sneakers or sandals? Most of us wouldn’t think twice…
Cheat’s Kimchi: No Fermentation Needed
By Loveday Why Quickest, most nutritious lunch jar coming up…grated veg, seeds and capers. Sort of a kimchi but no lengthy fermentation needed, just…
Parents Feel Separation Anxiety, Too!
By Elizabeth Pantley It’s one of the secrets of parenthood: Not just children get separation anxiety! Many parents are unprepared for the feelings of…
Roughhousing: The Rules of the Game
By Nelle Myrica Donaldson “There’s no raspberries allowed in this fighting game!” my three-year-old calls out. “There’s no tickling in snow-fighting!” giggles the six-year-old….
3 Things To Do When You Just Can’t Take Any More
By Kimberley Newing We all have those days, weeks, months … When it all just feels too much and you want to quit, run…
12 tips for surviving plane travel with young children
By Joss Hooren Instead of feeling excited about your upcoming flight, are you worrying about how to keep the kids happy, entertained, well slept,…
Childhood Growing Pains: What Are They and What To Do?
By Kate Barnes As a child I remember being woken in the middle of the night with my little brother in pain from ‘growing…
If You’re Going to Buy One Parenting Book This Year, Make It This One
Dr. Laura Markham is a regular contributor to The Natural Parent Magazine, and her work has helped countless parents around the world in transitioning…
My baby is awesome! She wakes often and feeds most of the night
By Sofie Thomson “Is she good?” This was something I got asked time and time again, as a new mother. Strangers, friends and family…
Motherhood and the Female Body Uncensored: Winners of the Birth Becomes Her Photography Competition
By Hannah Schenker Isn’t it wonderful to see more and more birth photography emerging and being widely shared? This is motherhood and the female…
Facing Your Own Death: A Key On The Path To Truly Living
By Sally Saint PASSING OF TIME I looked at my son today as he woke, his eyes sleepy in that daybreak way, the light…
Easy ways to teach kids about emotions in daily life
By Dr Laura Markham Anthropologists say that Inuits, whose world is full of snow, have at least 50 words for variations of snow. Inuit…
Montessori Explained
By Ana Pickering The Montessori movement began almost 100 years ago in the slums of Rome, Italy. Dr Maria Montessori graduated in 1896 as…
Why Mothers Are Queens
By Kimberley Newing A milestone happened in our house this week. I breastfed for the last time. EVER. Our 17 month old weaned and…
But What About…SOCIALISING Them?
By Leah McDermott So often I get asked some form of this question: “I love the IDEA of homeschooling, but my biggest fear is…