Parenting Simply: Starting the Conversation

I’ve been thinking a lot about new beginnings lately. Maybe it’s all of the change that Fall brings, or the way the cooler, darker weather invites introspection, but I’ve been thinking about what families need in order to have a fresh start.

Whenever I bring together a new Simplicity Parenting Group as I did recently at Meadowbrook Waldorf School, the first conversation we have is always about Values. I ask the group to fast forward ten or twenty years and picture their children grown. You can try this, too…jump over to Kidoinfo for more.

Parenting Simply: Plant Something, Watch it grow!

As the springtime sun is shining, warming up the ground and helping plant life bloom all around us, it is so much fun to connect with the season by planting something of your own and watching it grow!

Read some of my best tips for gardening with children at Kidoinfo today, and come on out to the Southside Community Land Trust's 20th Annual Plant Sale this weekend to get started!!  I'll see you there!

Parenting Simply: Pinecone Soup

Sometimes as parents, we are granted wonderful moments of true clarity. For me, one such moment came after an afternoon walk with my daughters. Our walk led to the discovery of an abundant supply of tiny pinecones at the end of our street, which immediately needed to be gathered, stowed in the back of a tricycle, and brought home to make pinecone soup....read more at Kidoinfo.