Spring is Coming: A Five-Senses Backyard Hunt

by Katie Godfrey | Mar 23, 2020 | All Posts, Katie Godfrey, Parenting Advice

“Spring is coming, spring is coming birdies fill the air weave together straw and feather each one doing their share” This time of year always reminds of the song Spring is Coming* (Charles L. Minturn, 1914) from my daughter’s preschool days. With the first signs...

Book Review: Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential–and Endangered

by Jenn Kloewer | Feb 14, 2020 | All Posts, Family Dynamics, Healthy Relationships, Jenn Kloewer, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood

I read Born for Love:Why Empathy is Essential–and Endangered by Maia Szalavitz and Bruce Perry well over three months ago and started writing this review many times but struggled to write something that truly encompasses the power of this book. As it is almost...

Love Isn’t Like M&M’s

by Kendra Doukas | Feb 10, 2020 | All Posts, Family Dynamics, Healthy Relationships, Kendra Doukas, Parenting Advice

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I am inspired to write about explaining the abstract concept of love to children. Love is an idea which is so different from most of the other things children encounter. Nearly everything is a child’s world is shared—”If we have...

Spring is Coming: A Five-Senses Backyard Hunt

Book Review: Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential–and Endangered

Love Isn’t Like M&M’s

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