Why I Hold Onto Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s Wisdom: A Poetic Tribute In a world where childhood often feels overshadowed by peer pressure and social calendars packed with endless play dates, it can be challenging to share a different perspective on what children truly need to thrive. For over two decades, Dr. Gordon Neufeld has beenContinue reading “Hold Onto Your Kids: An Ode to Dr. Gordon Neufeld”
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Poem About Holding On To Someone After Their Death
My father died suddenly when I was 29 years old; I was 33 years old when I gave birth to my first daughter. I had a close connection with my Dad. I guess after someone dies, you’ll naturally imagine that if they were still here life would be perfect. I’m sure in reality it wouldn’tContinue reading “Poem About Holding On To Someone After Their Death”
The Messy Journey To Maturation
This blog post will look at the long and messy journey to being a mature individual. It looks at what an immature person looks like. It discusses the essential path to maturity: expression of all feelings. It includes my own messy journey of how I was to finally arrive at maturation.
Poem: Challenging Times With Multiple Young Kids
I wrote this poem two years ago, when my oldest was 6 years old and my youngest (twins) were 4 years old. I didn’t have, and still don’t have, a support network or ‘village’. It has been ‘intense’, and the intensity is rarely talked about among other parents. Perhaps they have family to help? PerhapsContinue reading “Poem: Challenging Times With Multiple Young Kids”
Selective Mutism vs Shyness
I have 3 children aged 8 years and 6.5 year old twins. Shyness at the level they display it seems quite unusual. I got alarmed when other parents, on first meeting at a group, would say ‘My Child is Shy Too!’, but then their kid would be swiftly be running off and chatting within theContinue reading “Selective Mutism vs Shyness”
3 Years Since… We Started Unschooling
Wow! I’ve not done a blog post on this site for 3 years. This is pretty much the same period since my oldest daughter turned compulsory school age. My life, on the other hand, has been far from quiet. We now have two 6.5 year olds and an 8 year old, so in fact, itContinue reading “3 Years Since… We Started Unschooling”
Feeling Like a ‘Normal’ Family – Except, What’s Normal Anyway!
Wow, it’s only been since April this year that I first took the petrifying steps of taking my 3 toddlers out alone. Such a lot has changed in only 6 months. I have built my confidence so much in managing all 3 kids alone, that I have made several quite risky ventures with them inContinue reading “Feeling Like a ‘Normal’ Family – Except, What’s Normal Anyway!”
Life Changing Question: Who Should We Hang Out With?
This feels like the first life changing question my gut instinct doesn’t help me answer. Is it beneficial to hang around with other people who are not gentle in parenting or teaching style? Will exposing my 3 young children to, in my opinion, unhealthy emotional or physical situations cause any harm? On the flip side,Continue reading “Life Changing Question: Who Should We Hang Out With?”
I Managed To Take 3 Young Children Out Alone, Safely
We finally did it! I managed to safely take our 4 year 3 month old, and 2 year 7 month old twins out alone. Why? How? What would I do differently? Most importantly, would I do it again? This blog post answers these questions. What Stopped Me Going Out When the twins were newborn andContinue reading “I Managed To Take 3 Young Children Out Alone, Safely”
Poems: About My Gentle Dad
There is the well known proverb that “it takes a village to raise a child”. Why does this saying exist? Why do villages not seem common anymore? Do we need a village to be a gentle parent? How can we create our own village? I refer to a poem about my Dad which I wroteContinue reading “Poems: About My Gentle Dad”
Gentle Parent 