Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD- Could ADHD Come From Attachment Parenting? 23 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm

An article has been making the rounds on some AP forums and in the support groups that I run. It is actually a pretty awesome article that talks about why French kids don’t have ADHD at the same rates...

I Wear the Words of Others (Self Love and Self Loathing) 22 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am

I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Someone younger than me has said that she is old. And I will get no younger. The lines drawn on my face by my smiles and grins and the silly faces that I ma...

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff 17 Aug 2013 | 08:25 am

Oh Child, You are Testing Me 16 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm

Dear Kids, You test me. You try my patience. More words that people say that I’ve instinctively pushed away because the meaning behind those words is generally “you are manipulating me. You are tryin...

My Mother’s Thoughts about WIO 9 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm

My mom writes for a local publication back in my homestate. She just wrote this article for the week. THIS TOO SHALL PASS “Wait It Out” Back as a very young child, I clearly remember having frighten...

Spend My Day Wisely 2 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm

You’re the taker-out-of-place-er of the things I’ve put-er in. The funny little re-arranger of my almost everything. You’re the un-doer of all the things I’ve neatly done, fascinated with the order of...

Oh. So THAT is Why Moms Nurse Past a Year? 1 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm

Dear Daughter, You will be turning sixteen months old soon. You were just finishing up on a very typical nursing session for a sixteen month old, your eyes had fluttered closed and I had pulled out m...

The Great Love Stories and the Long Lived Relationships 1 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am

Dear Kids, There’s something that you need to understand about the great love stories that you read about and that you hear about and that you see in the movies. They’re wishful and wistful bits of ...

Creating a Clingy Child through Parenting 31 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm

Mammals naturally attach to their caregivers and naturally detach from their caregivers as they mature. A young child when scared by something will run towards a caregiver even if running towards the ...

Stay Afloat Mama, Learn to Swim, Teach Others. 30 Jul 2013 | 08:12 pm

Dear Daughter, When I was a first time mom I struggled. Badly. That was with your oldest brother. Then another brother came between. With you, I found out that I was having a daughter and I wanted to...