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October 2014

October 14, 2014

Re-post: A Mama’s Journey

This was originally published June of 2011. I've also included an excerpt from a post...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

Every once in a while when I get a bunch of small posts that aren't...

June 2012

June 11, 2012

The van pulls up in front of our house, and a mom and her son...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Loving Every BODY

Found via Pinterest Last summer as we waited for our food to arrive in a...

February 2012

February 16, 2012

God is scarier than the boogeyman

I do not talk about my God questions with my children. I do not talk...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

Parenting Resources

So yes, I want to write. I have about a dozen half written pieces, including...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

The Rights of a Child: Part 2

After writing my rant last night, I’ve been thinking that this post may deserve more...

July 2011

July 06, 2011

Guilt, fear and parenting choices.

Once upon a time, I had to stop reading “Biblical parenting” books and websites after...

June 2011

June 07, 2011

A Mama’s Journey

I recently found an old list of “important goals” that I wanted to achieve in...

April 2011

April 30, 2011

National Spank Out Day

I felt so lost when I first decided not to spank. It seemed like there...

April 15, 2011

Gentle Parenting Tools: Recognize Feelings

Over fifty percent of the many spankings I received as a child were because of...

March 2011

March 17, 2011

Discipline without Fear

We were at the grocery store, and it wasn’t the greatest day for Ms Drama....

January 2011

January 19, 2011

Spanking and Trust

Recently Ms Drama had some dry skin patches on her lower back. One night I...

August 2010

August 24, 2010

Escaping the corporal punishment mentality

Early in childhood I thought everyone spanked their kids. I was spanked for disobedience, laziness,...

August 10, 2010

I Quit Spanking

We stopped spanking a year ago this month. And I would never go back. I...

April 2010

April 20, 2010

What to do when you don’t spank?

When I learned that discipline was not punishment, it was very difficult to reprogram my...

December 2009

December 19, 2009

Discipline Vs. Punishment

I used to think that Discipline = Punishment. I grew up in a house that...

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