November 05, 2016
Adoption News Roundup
Happy Saturday! Whew! What a week. We’ve made it. Now we just have to get through this election.
But how about a distraction from that, eh?
Here are the articles that have caught our minds and hearts this week. We hope you enjoy.
This article about a parent creating his own anti-helicopter movement has gone viral, and been the subject of much discussion. “A Silicon Valley dad decided to test his theories about parenting by turning his yard into a playground where children can take physical risks without supervision. Not all of his neighbors were thrilled.”
The importance of the family dinner table: how one couple turned their dinner table into a national service organization devoted to helping change the lives of kids, teens, and young adults whose lives have been wracked by poverty and its far-reaching after-effects.
This great interview, a conversation between two women who literally wrote the book on the topic, discuss what it’s like to raise race-conscious children (and why preaching colorblindness may do more harm than good.)
The author of this article begins with this very astute comment: “This has been a dicey year to be a parent of young children.” So how on earth do you explain to a five-year old literally everything on the news, a nation ripped apart by racial tension, who and what someone like Donald Trump is?
This book is…awesome.
An interview with a woman whose parenting philosophies are life-changing.
Competitive parenting can lead to unrealistic expectations. Here’s why.
Thanks to a certain personality trait, some kids are actually affected by parenting style more than others.
Have you heard of counter-parenting? It’s got some pretty amazing ideas behind it. “This realization that ‘protecting’ my kids from the perils of a less-than-perfect life actually means that I’m doing them a significant disservice is a new AHA! for me. I have actually shaped it into a philosophy that I call ‘counter-parenting.’ It’s like Opposite Day—parenting style, because it’s often counterintuitive to what we believe good parenting truly is. Want to teach your kids to remember their lunch? Don’t break your neck taking it to them every time they forget it.”
See you Monday!