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I was a La Leche League Leader for 12 years. As I wrote in Learning At Home: A Mother's Guide To
Homeschooling, La Leche League gave me a place to feel comfortable
listening to my heart about how
to mother and raise my children.
Children
grow up so very quickly even though, sometimes, when you're home with a
little baby, each day feels like it is at least 10 years long. And
sometimes two little children can seem like six. Yet it
is those small everyday interactions that we have with our children
that build the tone and tenor of our relationship.
Everyone has answers
about
how one should parent. I have a lot of questions and personal
experience. In
my parenting workshops,
I share my perspective and philosophy and help
you clarify your own. I present various approaches to parenting and
guidance on how to find what works best for you and your family.
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Critical Thinking for Parents an article
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Parents receive many subtle messages that say that a “good” baby is one
who doesn’t disrupt our lives or make demands on our time beyond what
we are willing to give. The fear is that if we rock a baby to sleep, it
will set up a pattern of dependence. Perhaps we will need to rock and
nurse our baby to sleep everyday of her life! (By now you might be able
to see my bias. For a delightful look at rocking a baby to sleep
forever, see Robert Munsch’s book Love You
Forever). Sometimes projecting the underlying issue into the future like this can help you to see the
absurdity or value of the advice.
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Look at this advice through the lens of your philosophy of life, your
own value system. I’ll close with a quote from Jean Vanier’s book Becoming Human. His
words sum up what I often find missing in parenting advice – the
importance of the quality of one’s relationship with a baby/child. |
“Love
has a transforming power. It is first and foremost a revelation of a
person’s essential, fundamental beauty and value. If nobody reveals to
children their innate beauty and value, they will never know the
importance and the meaning of their life.”
Jean Vanier
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Parenting
