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This applies beautifully to kids too 💖 #gentle

This applies beautifully to kids too 💖

#gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #peacefulparenting #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealth

Now vs 7 years ago with my homebirthed, cloth-diap

Now vs 7 years ago with my homebirthed, cloth-diapered, breastfed, baby-worn, attachment-parented, homeschooled quirky kid ✨💖✨

#homebirth #naturalparenting #attachmentparenting #naturalbirth #breastfeeding #babywearing #gentlediscipline #homeschool

For real though. I recently witnessed two kids fin

For real though. I recently witnessed two kids find a broken plastic spoon on the ground and use it to play fantastical imagination games for a couple hours. Kids are amazing. They’re so far out ✨

#childhood #childhoodplay #imagination #creativity #gentleparenting #freeyourkids

Motherhood is work. Domestic work is work. Parenti

Motherhood is work. Domestic work is work. Parenting is the work that makes all other work possible.

Breast milk is crucial; breastfeeding is food sovereignty. But it is not quite “free,” especially when we consider the time, effort, and troubleshooting involved. We need paid parental leave, a living wage, accurate breastfeeding support and info, and easy access to donor milk. We need our society to recognize parenting as the valuable work it is.

Image description: A tweet from Dr Kera Lovell, PhD that says “someone just told me she had spent roughly 4866 hours of her life breastfeeding and that breast milk is only free if we think of women’s* time, bodies, and carework as worthless.”

Via: https://mobile.twitter.com/keralovell

*Breastfeeding people.

#breastfeeding #breastmilk #naturalparenting #womensrights #feminism #parentalleave #maternityleave #motherhood #parenthood #parenting #attachmentparenting #lactivist

Powerful ✨ Via @introvertdoodles #attachment

Powerful ✨

Via @introvertdoodles

#attachmentparenting #emotionalintelligence #emotionalhealth #gentleparenting #gentlediscipline #peacefulparenting #freeyourkids

Too many people don’t have the economic resource

Too many people don’t have the economic resources to raise and educate their kids the way they want to, and while there’s often sacrifice involved in homeschooling, there’s also economic privilege.

I’ll continue advocating for a living wage, freedom from capitalism, and a leisurely life, and also this does a great job explaining my choice to unschool. It’s a whole-life philosophy for us; a way of raising kids with autonomy, dignity, and a natural love for learning.

It has produced kids who excel with their natural gifts, challenge themselves gladly, and know their inherent worth. Kids for whom reading, writing, math, science, art, music, and other areas are fascinating, miraculous subjects far beyond grades and test-taking.

So much of childhood education is a reflection of capitalism: a person must get “good grades” to get a “good job,” and feelings of self-worth, skill, and talent are often directed related to this one-size-fits all education system. What would natural learning look like, free from these constraints?

My favorite part is the last slide, which discusses how we can apply these philosophies to parenting, regardless of whether or not we unschool.

Via @untigering with @bigmothering
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“Unschooling is a social justice movement.” ✊
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Scroll through ——>
I feel really strongly that unschooling, almost by definition, is about social change and social justice.

It was always supposed to be a growing, inclusive movement; I want to believe that small, incremental changes that begin at home, but do not stop there, matter.

This has become about so much more than school.
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To read more about my unschooling journey, go to https://untigering.com. Link also in bio!”

#untigering #PeacefulParenting #GentleParenting #RespectfulParenting #ConsciousParenting #DecolonizingParenting #AsianParenting #AsianAmerican #AsianMentalHealth #unschooling #DecolonizeEducation #SelfDirectedEducation #homeschool #homeschooling

Outfit check* with this individual who just skippe

Outfit check* with this individual who just skipped past me singing “Like a rhinestone cowboy 🎶” and stopped to say, “I’m gonna go do Pilates for ten minutes” ✨💖👑

*This particular getup was to go fishing with Grandpa ✨

#freeyourkids #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #peacefulparenting #genderneutral #genderneutralparenting

This is common and there’s research showing it.

This is common and there’s research showing it. During natural disasters, pandemics, earthquakes, floods, etc mothers and children are affected more than most. Women in natural disasters are often tasked with childcare and expected to give up their jobs. Women who don’t work outside the home are expected to take up even more domestic labor, including dangerous tasks like collecting drinkable water. Women are more vulnerable to climate change as well, because misogyny is systemic and everywhere.

#feminism #womensrights #motherhood #parenting #equality #equity #intersectionality

Teaching kids that it’s ok to make mistakes, whi

Teaching kids that it’s ok to make mistakes, while still nurturing a sense of responsibility and knowing right from wrong, can feel challenging. Sometimes parents are harder on their kids for simple mistakes than they would be on themselves.

But overreacting about mistakes and always expecting “good” behavior can create perfectionism in kids and adults. This can cause overwhelming feelings of doubt and a lack of self-worth. This can lead to people feeling like they always have to feel good, be good, be perfect to have worth.

When we give kids space to make mistakes, and we understand “bad” behavior as developmentally appropriate even when undesirable, we can nurture people who have a strong sense of self, people who can live fully without fear of making mistakes, people who know they are human and allow others to be as well.

Via @untigering and @peaceandparenting
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“Love them more when they make mistakes, love them unconditionally and more deeply when they choose the wrong path. This is the human experience and they need to be afforded their process without shame form those they love the most.”

#mindfulparenting #laparents #parenting #parentingcoach #love #beautiful #quote #humanity #mom #momlife #motherhood #dad #dadlife #fatherhood #consciousparenting #naturalparenting #peacefulparenting #peaceandparenting #attachmentparenting #handinhandparenting #teen #tween #toddler #baby #children #kids #cosleeeping #selfregulation

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