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Natural Parenting: Not For The Faint Of Heart!

Remember, "natural parenting" pertains to you even if you do not have your own children. What are you doing to model healthy and green living habits to the children in your worlds, such as nieces and nephews, neighborhood children, students, etc.?

Those of us who are raising our children using natural methods continually face new challenges. For example, our mainstream friends think cloth diapering is strange (even though it was the norm until the late twentieth century!). This humorous essay shows how natural parenting can go even further--by not diapering at all!

Another common choice of natural mothers is extended breastfeeding. However, nursing a toddler can be an entirely different ballgame than nursing an infant, with its own set of difficulties. Learn how to overcome the various challenges of nursing past the age of one.

Then there is the ever-present challenge of discipline, which really begins when you choose how to respond to your baby's crying. A baby whose cries are responded to with love learns that her caregivers can be trusted.

With older children, natural parents believe that training their children should focus on positive, gentle methods of discipline. This article gives you five ideas on how to incorporate non-violent, non-punitive discipline into your parenting skills.

And what about school? Is it natural to send your child away from home to be confined for most of the day in a room where his personal giftings and interests are rarely, if ever, allowed to shine through? Here I give twenty reasons why the answer is a resounding "NO!"

No matter the issue--circumcision, vaccinations, discipline, diet--parents who wish to raised their children according to natural principles often come against criticism. Whether you are just beginning your journey into "crunchy" parenting, or whether you have several children and are a committed natural parent, may these resources give you strength to keep swimming against the tide.

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