Teaching kids body privacy, personal agency, and consent begins while they’re in diapers It’s not an unusual scene: the kids are running through the house, chasing each other, playing tag,…
Sometimes a kid just needs to know: Will you trust me? The epic Starbucks incident that made me a better parent. It was one of those moments when you…
Sometimes, I don’t love all that well. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not…
The perfect mom? | My practices of parenting (and how my values shape them) I’m a perfect mother. I have all the answers. I have it all worked out. I never make…
Raising my babies in a bamboo hut By Lori Vernon, The Vernon Journal Yup, I really do live in a hut, complete with bamboo…
Building bridges By Kimberly Zook, Zook Book Nook By the time I gave birth to my second daughter, her 22-month-old…