It is springtime again and for us, that means a shift from short days and cold nights to longer days and nighttime temperatures that will continue to rise throughout the summer. Many of our trees...

With so much in the news and on social media these days about phones and parenting, technology and the science of kindness, and the impact of a mother's love on the size and structures of...

"Play is a child's work"  This short quote by Jean Piaget says so much about children. Play is one of the most important things in a child's life, it's right up there with nourishment, shelter,...

The theory behind the natural parenting method's philosophy is centered around the babies (what isn't, am I right?). However, instead of them taking front & center stage in getting everything they want whenever they want...

As parents we all joke about the elusive “manual” that should accompany all children when they enter this world. However, in all honesty, any manual would (based on my experience!) be useless. In less than...

I came across Laura Grace Weldon's article Five Ways Frugal Living Benefits Kids and she talks us through a very compelling five reasons why forgoing expensive life and child-raising bells and whistles is good for...

My toddler is probably the most inspiring and exuberant human I've ever met... there are his words, and his dance moves that are so perfectly in cue with the beat, there is his love of...

Whether you are laboring at home, in a hospital, or in a birthing center, with a little planning and preparation, you can create more comfort, pleasure, and support for yourself during your labor and after...

Important preface: This article is written to bring a more thoughtful dialogue to the issue of birth assistance for healthy pregnant mothers and their healthy birthing babies. It does not serve to slight any mother...