by Natasha | Jan 11, 2022 | CHILDREN, Relationship
Dear Caring Parent, Have you noticed these two A’s in your parenting experience – acclimation and acceptance? We usually think of acclimation when we’re changing seasons or hiking higher mountains. Acclimation means to adapt to a new temperature,... 
by Natasha | Jun 23, 2021 | CHILDREN
Dear Caring Parent, Summer is in full swing! I finally have this year’s ALWAYS NEEDED supplies for family outdoors activity. Pack your bag with these and you will be ready for most things. It’s taken me a bit longer because I wanted to test a couple of them out before... 
by Natasha | Apr 28, 2021 | Health
Dear Caring Parent, Let’s grow how we are listening to our children differently. We parents often say, “You’re really suggesting I listen more to my child? All I do all day is listen to them! They are screaming, whining, speaking their words of... 
by Natasha | Apr 15, 2021 | Relationship
Dear Caring Parent, Sometimes when we parents hear the prompt to provide calm parenting, it feels like an insult. That’s because there’s a problem with being a calm parent. How can I be calm when my teenager is slamming doors? And then there’s my... 
by Natasha | Mar 25, 2021 | Health
Dear Caring Parent, Every year I think about my next-step for my snails paced greening of my household. It’s too much in life’s busyness to do it all at once! I’m a budget watcher and want to know about the reliability of products so it takes me a while to pick... 
by Natasha | Mar 12, 2021 | CHILDREN
Dear Caring Parent, Are our children disconnecting from themselves because we are ‘shoulding’ our children into disconnecting? We live in a culture of ‘shoulds’. For example, we should walk 10,000 steps a day, or more, for health. Then there... 
by Natasha | Feb 22, 2021 | Health
Dear Caring Parent, Everyday parenting can be exhausting. Or, every day, parenting can be exhausting. That’s what I am thinking about right now – the sneaky, everyday causes of parenting exhaustion. These aren’t real obvious because they’re so everyday... 
by Natasha | Jan 19, 2021 | CHILDREN
Dear Caring Parent, “I’m exhausted!” I hear parents saying this very often. Parental exhaustion is real. It’s not ok. It’s not, ‘oh well, I’m a parent so of course’. I’ve hesitated to write about this topic now, because with COVID19 and all it’s... 
by Natasha | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, Relationship
Dear Caring Parent, I’ve been thinking about telling vs listening lately as I talk with parents and children. While some things definitely need telling, I’ve concluded that we could all do a lot more listening. At home and in schools. How do we parents get... 
by Natasha | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog, Technology
Dear Caring Parent, I took a look to see what new research shows about the effect of blue light on our children, given the increase in online activities with schooling-at-home during COVID19. Generally we wonder about eye strain and sleep disruption with blue light...
