by Nurtur3P4r3ntBl0g | Jul 4, 2019 | Behaviour, Brain maturity, Preschoolers, Tantrums, Toddlers
There’s been a right old furore recently over the use of the word naughty. There have been two camps in this argument – the ‘I was called naughty / children need discipline / how else will they learn right from wrong / snowflake generation’ camp, and the ‘emotional...
by Nurtur3P4r3ntBl0g | Jun 27, 2019 | Behaviour, Brain maturity, Parenting struggles, Preschoolers, Tantrums, Toddlers
Confession time: I aim to parent in a certain way. I know the theory and the research base for it. I know how and why parenting in this way grows awesome humans. What I’m aiming for, what I want, is for my parenting to be responsive. Compassionate. Loving. But I don’t...
by Nurtur3P4r3ntBl0g | Jun 15, 2019 | Fourth trimester, Motherhood, Newborns, Pregnancy
Over the past few weeks, we’ve watched some caterpillars become chrysalides and hatch into butterflies. We’ve had some very philosophical discussions about whether the butterflies remember their lives as caterpillars or whether they are an entirely new being when they...
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