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Defining creativity For many people, "creativity" is a term synonymous with artistic expression.	Wishing upon a star...mindfully ringing in the New Year as a family Today, I want to share with you a beautiful, mindful way to ring in the New Year as a family. It is a way to check in and connect with your loved ones and mindfully, playfully, agree on some core values.
Why We Decided to Unschool My Kids: From Attachment Parenting to Unschooling It’s strange to look back on it all now, as it seems obvious we would be here now, but you could never have told that to the old me back when my 15 year old was born. You see, he taught us how to attachment-parent him.	Creative learning
Giving thanks through presence and connection We spend our lives wanting and needing to be heard and understood. From the moment we first lay eyes upon our mother's face, we feel we belong. We feel safe. We are home.	Making connections through gift-giving and receiving I don't know about you, but every year as the winter holidays begin to creep closer, I start to have a moment of panic. Well, maybe it is not so much panic as much as dissociation about how many gifts to purchase and what it all really means.
Inviting them in... This post was originally published on October 6, 2008, but it's a great reminder that one way to connect with our children is to let them into our grownup world.	Teaching the art of giving While my daughter will certainly get the gifts that she has expressed interest in or requested, I do not want the receiving of gifts to be what she equates with Christmas, no do I want it to be the cause of most of her joy surrounding the season... read more
Sixty great gift alternatives to toys A few toys can be fantastic, but the fact is most of us have MORE than a few; many of us have homes filled to the brim to toys and we can’t take any more!	Dear Parent: About THAT kid… "Dear Parent:

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