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Truth in Parenting
Tearing your hair out over lack of sleep, daycare decisions, homework enforcement, or what to do with the toddler tantrum? Want to feel better about your own tantrum as you try and manage it all? Read my Truth in Parenting blog for evidence-based reassurance (The Art and Science of . . . ), my own True Mom Confessions, and get a sneak peek of what my book offers with Autonomy-Supportive Parenting Diaries. Not sure where to start? Try here.
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Empathy and Buckets: Finding Emotional Authenticity in Parenting
In this blog post, I explore the benefits of parenting with emotional authenticity, including why we should all be expressing instead of repressing, the role of yelling, and allowing rather than avoiding conflict,. When we support emotional authenticity in these ways, we give ourselves the gift of less pressure in parenting, and make way for our children to find the their own authentic selves.
"Time" in Parenthood
Time to switch gears from the 24/7 job of building up all the fundamental parts of their beings (safety, trust, healthy attachments) to us BEING their fundamentals – their touchstones — in these years when they may still listen to us.