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Pam Sorooshian wrote: You can casually be more attentive without forcing yourself on him. Do it in a thousand different ways by thinki...

A child is older every moment, and moments cannot be reclaimed and polished up and made happy later. Don't be apathetic. Don...

Seeing a child where he is, and as he is, leads to love. Seeing a child in comparison to an ideal, imaginary child can lead to heartb...

Robyn Coburn, when Jayn was little: Jayn certainly finds learning inescapable. Educational is an irrelevant label to her, neither en...

In a social group, if a mom gets comfortable, she can spend years just chatting with those other moms without paying much attention to...

Joyce wrote: : When kids feel respected, when they've experienced a life time of their desires being respected and supported to ...

Q: How will you know if they can read? How did you know they could ride a bike? How do parents know when a baby can walk? Talk? ...

Unschooling works best in a peaceful nest. from a page on how much, if any, political angst/indignation a parent should collect and ...

Learning to respect that people are different makes us better people. Assuming a child will (if you don't screw him all up) grow...

Not lately, but once upon a time... ...When the triangles come up on Math Arena, I have to think "isosceles" and then look...

Sandra/me, in 2003: Sometimes one will say "I'm really not feeling good," as Holly did yesterday, and her need for juic...

FIRST read and understand and have a realistic grasp of the principles and start saying yes to your children for sensible and good and...

Being the sort of parent you wish you had had, and providing an environment you would like to have had as a child, is probably the ea...

In early 2008, sharing some interesting connections that had happened at our house, I wrote: That all 'just happened,' but it ...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Think about how you feel when you are "out of sorts." What will help you? What do you want from your...

Deb Lewis wrote: My mom was a kind person, but she was a negative person. Something was always wrong, something was always going to...

Karen James wrote: Look for moments in the day that are good—especially the ordinary moments. Pause and appreciate them when you see ...

Paula L. wrote, years ago: I wondered if I should pick up the puzzle pieces from the carpet, since the puzzle was mostly ignored. Ma...

How do you apportion your patience, attention, courtesy, time, money, material help, respect? Those sorts of decisions make you who...

What I...do, is to help people live calmly and peacefully. It always interests me when people want me to stop doing that, to take it b...