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Positive discipline is all about the right relationship Some parents misconstrue Attachment Parenting as promoting undisciplined children and martyred parents, when in actuality, Attachment Parenting has a strong basis in discipline and balance.	Insight from the International Children's Yoga Conference on mindfulness This is the true essence of mindfulness work with children and teenagers and adults alike, no matter in which setting. The basic and most important prerequisite is us being mindful ourselves, within our own lives.
Maintaining connection through long separations Many military families face long separations as family members must be away for long-term training or deployments.	Obeying out of fear "A child who obeys out of fear will only do so as long as he or she is scared. A child like this never develops an internalized sense of right and wrong without being policed by a more powerful figure."
Hug It Out: Experts Warn Against Physically Punishing Children This week, many Tennessee children are rejoicing because it's spring break, but the time off from school may wear on the patience of some parents. A new study from Duke University warns against resorting to physical punishment.	I took back control of my Cesarean April is Cesarean Awareness Month. API advocates for parents to research their options regarding childbirth choices. While API promotes choices with the least interventions possible, Cesareans are necessary in some situations.
In that ugly brown chair By settling in, I mean that I tried to make food available to them as quickly as possible while they clamored and clawed at me, making noises that were part cries, part laughs and part hyperventilation.	It doesn't take "guts" to "sleep-train" an 8-week-old In her recent New York Times blog post “Sleep Training at 8 weeks: ‘Do You Have the Guts?” Aimee Molloy describes a routine pediatric visit that took an ugly turn.
Listen to your baby! The seeds for my organization, Parenting for a Caring World, were sown back in 1981 when I learned from La Leche League International about the parenting approach that many now refer to as Attachment Parenting (AP), though there was no name for... read more	5 things dads can do to raise emotionally healthy children As men are now being called upon to spend more time and participate in the direct care of their kids, they often find themselves emotionally overwhelmed trying to balance work, relationship and family demands. In a recent U.S.

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