Posts by IdentityCrisisMama

At your children's age I think the best thing you can do to prepare for a healthy relationship in regard to behavior issues (which I think is what a lot of people mean when they say discipline) is to find yourself some good resources...

Hi, mama! Welcome and congrats on your pregnancy.  I have some thoughts on how to find your fellow HB families in your area.  First, we have a "Finding Your Tribe" forum here at MDC and you can post there to try to find...

Yes, birth center births seem to fall under the umbrella of HB but, even if it didn't, all members how are supportive or curious about HB are welcome to hang out here!  Welcome to the HB forum. We're happy to have you. 

Moved to Health and Healing. 

Quote: Originally Posted by mary934  see Alfie Kohn's more in depth take on ' failure '   http://www.alfiekohn.org/f_news/fullnews.php?fn_id=8   I see that point, Mary.  I liked this...

Quote: Originally Posted by RachM  You were probably right not to give her a lift. I suppose a passive plan B would be best - perhaps waiting around until her mom comes. I know that puts you out, but that seems...

I had a great conundrum today and thought of MDC right away. My DC is on an under 13 softball team. We got a weird rain delay/cancellation and there was a girl there who was planning on waiting until the scheduled end-time to get...

This article isn't written by Kohn, as far as I can tell. The author credited is Hara Estroff Marano. That said, I do like Kohn for the most part and think his philosophies translate well in some struggling areas. Also, I do think the...

This is a long but really wonderful article about how our culture of parent involvement is perhaps undermining children.    Quote: Behold the wholly sanitized childhood, without skinned knees or the...

Agreed, Michelle.  And on that note, the whole latch thing - my first had a latch that didn't look right to the LC's at the hospital, or to my MW for that matter.  If it feels right, it probably IS right!