With my first newborn, I suddenly had fresh insight into why ancient literature is so rife with infant abandonment. My kids were all lucky we didn't live near a Greek mountaintop. As a mother of two boys and stepmother of one girl, I seriously believe the biggest challenge is providing them purposeful physical tasks, and coming up with n…
With my first newborn, I suddenly had fresh insight into why ancient literature is so rife with infant abandonment. My kids were all lucky we didn't live near a Greek mountaintop. As a mother of two boys and stepmother of one girl, I seriously believe the biggest challenge is providing them purposeful physical tasks, and coming up with new ones until they leave home. If I had it to do over, I'd go the scandinavian forest school route - only because we don't live near any farmers who might put the kids to proper use. And my two best de-escalation tips: 1) let angry kids throw eggs at a fence or tree outside; 2) model a willingness to put yourself into "time-out" when you get angry, so they see adults also need time to self-regulate.
With my first newborn, I suddenly had fresh insight into why ancient literature is so rife with infant abandonment. My kids were all lucky we didn't live near a Greek mountaintop. As a mother of two boys and stepmother of one girl, I seriously believe the biggest challenge is providing them purposeful physical tasks, and coming up with new ones until they leave home. If I had it to do over, I'd go the scandinavian forest school route - only because we don't live near any farmers who might put the kids to proper use. And my two best de-escalation tips: 1) let angry kids throw eggs at a fence or tree outside; 2) model a willingness to put yourself into "time-out" when you get angry, so they see adults also need time to self-regulate.