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Writing for balance, an Attachment Parenting tool The other morning, when we were already late for school, I found my two young boys using cans of foam soap to cover the bathroom in snow scenes.	Tiny insignificant motherhood This thing, how I spend my days, it’s just motherhood, that’s all. It’s nothing amazing and it has all been done before. This strength, this mountain, this winding road – they are what they are – just motherhood.
Simplicity parenting What if the very things you did to give your child a leg up could actually hurt their chances for success? What if too much of a good thing – lessons, toys, even choices – had the opposite effect, putting your child at a disadvantage?	The parenting myth I've finally stopped falling for The other day on Facebook, a post popped up in my newsfeed from another mom who was seeking advice. She said that her 6-month-old baby will only finish his bottle if she sings to him while he drinks it. That made me smile.
Making empathy operational The point here is that empathy (and most every other human emotion) can be cultivated (sadly, so can its opposite). It can be learned and acquired.	Love and wealth are not enough What’s the most important ingredient for a happy life? Philosophers, clergy, psychologists and researchers of all kinds have offered opinions on this question over the last five decades. Some say wealth, some say religion.
Ways to Discipline a Child – Clarifying the Differences Between Punishment, Permissiveness and Discipline Discipline is often thought of as something we do to a child when they do something that we do not want them to do.	Saying "no" the Attachment Parenting way Our children have a right to ask for things that they want. And we have a right to say "no." Our child will be unhappy with the "no" and likely feel angry, sad or disappointed.
Someday you will miss this It's 4 a.m. My baby is awake again. She has nursed and fallen asleep...and then woke up again the second I tried to move her. Now she is wide awake, eyes open and smiling at me. I am exhausted -- beyond exhausted.	Is she too attached? This post was originally published on Aug. 11, 2010, and centers on an issue that many of us know all to well -- that of separation anxiety and Attachment Parenting.

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