Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
The Definitive Guide to Authoritative Parenting and How to Do It Right The primary purpose I have here is to help parents, especially young and new parents, understand how to interact with and relate to their children in a way that positively impacts their development. There are many trends, terms, and different parenting styles including […]
Our family currently consists of 5 children and a mix of girls and boys. In the history of growing our family, we have lived in a large 2,500 square foot house with 4 bedrooms and two kids, a 900 square foot apartment with only 2 bedrooms and up to 4 children, and now a large […]
Owning an electric pressure cooker or instant pot, I believe, is a shift in lifestyle. It means I can get a meal done for dinner if I walk into the kitchen at any time of day because I can slow cook or pressure cook and set it to be done whenever I need it. But […]
Expecting a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or beyond baby is usually less about all new things and more about pulling out tubs of clothes, washing pillow cases and old baby blankets, and dusting off baby gear. However, I do believe there is definitely a need to make a baby registry even if you already have kiddos! […]
I have had 4 successful home births, including one unplanned free birth because baby came 10 to 15 minutes before the midwife got there. After hiring midwives in three different states and going through the birthing process so many times, I have not just followed their own lists of what they want in a home […]
For several years, our family has homeschooled with unit studies. It’s an easy way for us to cover the same basic material as a family and learn together no matter the age, taking the majority of the prep work our of teaching! It also has meant that for us we can compile multiple smaller topics […]
