Tag Archives: gentle parenting

Hard Days with Little Kids: 11 Things I’m Trying to Remember

By 17 commentscommunication, kids, motherhood, parenting, play, toddlers

We’re in a tricky patch, just now, at our house. The kind most parents of little kids will recognise: this is a solidarity post with all of y’all. Our three-year-old delight, SBJ, is in the middle of a pretty intense, fragile time of life, and he’s (therefore) not the only one. For the first time, I feel like […]

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Jamie Oliver and I Are Not on the Same Parenting Page

By 6 commentschildism, communicating with kids, conflict of parenting philosophy, culture, emotional well-being, fatherhood, food, kids, mother-father dynamics, parenting, rant, social justice, violence, violence against women

It seems that Jamie Oliver – cheeky television chef with the ‘beestung lips’ and the Essex accent – and I aren’t on the same page when it comes to our attitude to children. To put the differences between us starkly and bluntly, I’m not into assault, or punishment, or treating children as lesser humans. I […]

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