Parenting and family stuff
good stuff from around the internet on raising good kids, building a family, etc.
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Parenting and family stuff
Rituals allow families to slow down and connect. 🥰 The best rituals also give children a sense of belonging and acceptance. This can be accomplished with something as simple as a special greeting or farewell.
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You probably have several family rituals and traditions of your own, perhaps without even realizing it.... See more
Big Life Journalinstagram.comRaising Thoughtful & Curious Kids
Parenting is hard, and I want to keep track of some fundamentals amidst the noise of short-term advice.
Charlie Gedeon • 7 cards
The only thing I should feel is compassion because that’s the only thing I wish for people to feel for me. So I will do my best to give grace to everyone. But often the hardest thing is to give that grace to ourselves.
Yancy Strickler
Reading for pleasure was the lodestar that governed my entire teaching process. A lot of other “teach your child to read” methods are based on modular lessons and exercises, which makes learning to read separate from what it’s all about, which is enjoying books. Comparatively, I did it by mostly reading books together, because it turns out reading... See more
One thing adults conceal about sex they also conceal about drugs: that it can cause great pleasure. That's what makes sex and drugs so dangerous. The desire for them can cloud one's judgement—which is especially frightening when the judgement being clouded is the already wretched judgement of a teenage kid.
Here parents' desires conflict. Older... See more
Here parents' desires conflict. Older... See more
Lies We Tell Kids
Add to Cart: Books About Words That Aren't Dictionaries
Jennifer Shonkoffchildhoodcurator.substack.com