The Good & Bad of TIME Magazine’s Breastfeeding Cover

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The Good & Bad of TIME Magazine’s Breastfeeding Cover TIME Magazine’s new breastfeeding cover has people up in arms and it’s easy to see why.  Not only is she nursing a toddler, a known taboo in much of American culture, but she’s also sexed up in tight pants and a killer confident pose that almost [...]

Limiting Our Children to Protect Them? {Racism Review}

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  Protecting Our Kids from Becoming the Next Trayvon Martin I was reading Racism Review earlier this week and came across a really interesting article about how we put limits on our children in order to protect them.  Maybe we don’t let them go out past 9pm or pre-approve their friends, but what about all of [...]

Bicultural ‘Nursing’ Mom: I’m a Modern Mom…Who Breastfeeds a Toddler

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This post was written in participation with the Natural Parents Network for World Breastfeeding Week. I’m a Modern Mom…Who Breastfeeds a Toddler If you know me in real life, one thing that most are aware of is the fact that I’m a nursing mom.  I’m a strong advocate for nursing and haven’t written a post [...]

Why I Hate Spanking

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Today is the Great Spank Out Day.  It’s a day when parents talk about their experiences and encourage other to take part in peaceful discipline, rather than aggressive discipline.  Spanking is something that I’m strongly against, and while many may not agree, I see it as hampering the relationship between a child and their parents [...]

Natural Parenting Blog Party

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  From the 15th until the 30th of April, The Peaceful Housewife is hosting a ‘Natural Parenting Blog Party‘!  The party serves as a way to discover new blogs to follow and get to know each other, all while helping to get the word about natural parenting out to more people.  Join in by clicking [...]

Parenting con “La Alma Indígena”

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My daughter is 2 & 1/2.  She still sleeps in my bed, nurses and I’ve never spanked her.  Am I loca or would you agree that natural parenting builds an intimate bond between parents and child?   My husband wasn’t so sure at first.  He liked my ideas, but was slightly embarrassed by all the criticism [...]