Playful Parenting

If there is a silver bullet, your toddler probably hid it

December 15, 2011




I’ve been trying to find a logical and straightforward way to write this post. But it’s complicated, so I’m just going to ramble. I’ve heard a lot of you talk about how difficult the toddler years are. I heard you in my post asking what you find hard about the toddler years, I heard you [...]

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Nine Ideas to Meaningfully Reconnect with Your Child

January 25, 2011




I’m away at the Blissdom Conference this week and decided to use the opportunity to feature some fabulous guest posts from bloggers I love. This first one, by Dionna from Code Name Mama, will be especially helpful for all of us mamas at Blissdom this week as we prepare to return home and reconnect. ~~~~~~ [...]

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I keep pouring

December 23, 2010




Have you ever poured your child a glass of milk, put the milk away, and sat down only to hear “Mama, can I have some more milk?” So you take the empty glass, fill it up, put the milk away, sit down again, and then hear “Mama, I’m still thirsty.” In his book, Playful Parenting, [...]

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Book Review: Playful Parenting (by Lawrence J. Cohen)

April 17, 2009




I promised a few book reviews as part of my Carnival of Play. This is one I’ve been wanting to review for a long time. Overview Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen explains to parents that play is a child’s way of communicating and understanding their environment. Children use play to explore the world, communicate [...]

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Beyond the Baby B’s: Attachment Through Play

April 2, 2009




Nothing was easier, more intuitive for me than the Baby Bs: breastfeeding, babywearing, bedding with baby, and so on.  Attachment parenting an infant was simple. Keep that child close, and all is well.  But then what. When a child becomes mobile, become verbal, thing are suddenly so much more complicated. Sure, many of the principles [...]

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Beyond Attached: Wild, Inspired, Tranquil, Ravenous Curiosity, Playful…

November 24, 2008




My first and most important goal as a parent was to foster a secure attachment with my children. Practicing attachment parenting has been key in achieving that strong attachment and I have to continue to foster that attachment on an ongoing basis by putting my relationship with my kids first. Some of the concepts from [...]

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Bias against boys?

July 12, 2008




I am privileged to have grown up after many of the advances of feminism were ingrained in our society. I have been given every opportunity in life that my brothers had. Situations where I have felt a slight due to my gender and few and far between and can be chalked up to the ignorance [...]

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