The Trouble with Rewards
If we use trust, patience, and gentle explanations instead of rewards or punishments, children are then free to “own” their learning and personal growth.
A selection of articles and ideas to introduce you to the topic of green parenting.
If we use trust, patience, and gentle explanations instead of rewards or punishments, children are then free to “own” their learning and personal growth.
Your child’s rebellion will be inversely proportional to the freedom your toddler is given to do his developmental work, and how capable he feels to get what he wants in the world.
When the environment is right, where she feels safe, a woman is able to follow her instincts. Giving birth is a natural bodily function.
Using real nappies isn’t easy, believe me. But, even with three kids under four and as working parents, it’s manageable.
All too often in our fear-based society, we treat kids as if they couldn’t possibly make their own lunch or climb a tree without hurting themselves.
Unschooling is both easy and difficult to describe. The easy answer is that unschooling means "not schooling," but it is a lot harder to explain what we do instead of schooling