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

by phdinparenting on 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 deep feelings, [...]

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Beyond the Baby B’s: Attachment Through Play

by phdinparenting on 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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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?

by phdinparenting on 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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