I’m going out of my comfort zone here. Usually I base these blog posts on what people have been asking me most in class during the last week. This is instead something that I want to share that resonated with people I spoke with while I traveled in the US. And which I’m still practising. […]
Is my child differently-wired?
Today’s post is from a special guest, my dear friend Debbie Reber, author of Differently Wired and podcast host of the Tilt Parenting podcast. I met Debbie in Amsterdam a few years ago at a friend’s farewell picnic. Her son Asher, then about 10 years old, bounded up to our picnic blanket with a delighted exclamation, “Plums! I love […]
Montessori, Marie Kondo and Minimalism
Montessori. Marie Kondo. Minimalism. Three ideas which support each other quite well. So much so that soon after Marie Kondo published her book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying” in 2014, I added a bonus lesson in my Montessori spaces e-course about how we could use these ideas to help us get rid of the […]
Why are we still putting our children into time out?
In my parent workshops, I ask parents if they remember a time when they were punished as a kid, maybe given a detention or not allowed to go out with friends. Then I ask if this made them feel more or less connected to the person who gave them the punishment. When you are having […]