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Editor's Pick: Astrid Lindgren on "Never Violence" A well-known author, Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, was less known for her activism. She was especially vocal about her views of world peace in the context of parenting.	No Quick Fix It's important to step back and look at the big picture when we find ourselves opting for quick fixes.
Mindful Parenting Mindful parenting is parenting from the depths of our hearts, rather than letting us be guided by a set of pre-fixed, often unreflected beliefs about what is right and wrong -- beliefs about thing having to be done or seen a certain way,... read more	An Adoptive Father's Epiphany Drowning in grief, I wrote, searching for answers. Why did she do it? What did everyone miss? What could we have done differently?
Being Compassionate with Yourself We want our kids to grow into caring and compassionate people. One of the ways we encourage that is by being caring and compassionate toward our children. Another way that we do that is by being caring and compassionate with ourselves.... read more	API-Inspired Leadership: An interview with Thiago Queiroz If Attachment Parenting in not exactly something widely known and praticed in the United States, you can imagine how it would be in Brazil, where we can find so little material available in our language and so little local support for parents.
Connection Now that my son's needs go beyond sleep, cuddles and food, it gets harder and harder to determine what he wants me to do. Which is why I began introducing sign language to him.	Editor's Pick: Renee Jain on "Anxious Children" We all want to raise happy, healthy, confident children. But some children seem to have a harder time at managing their anxiety than others. So what, exactly, works to ease our children's anxiety, especially if they're prone to worry?
Using NVC in the Family Over the last several years, I have been reading Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's classic book, Nonviolent Communication, and sharing some of his pearls of wisdom with my adult sons. Oh, how I wish I had this book when they were very young!	Holding Space for Letdown Time passed, and she was going to her father's house. I wanted to encourage her to stay. I wanted to keep her from him, but I knew that it wasn't my place. As her mother, it is not my job to keep her from her father.

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