http://blog.parentsguild.com By parents, for parents. Join the guild! Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:11:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/10/first-parents-guild-ad-ever/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/10/first-parents-guild-ad-ever/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:07:25 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1316 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/10/first-parents-guild-ad-ever/feed/ 0 Tada. Our very first placed advertisement will appear, in print, in one of our favorite parenting publications this winter – Brain, Child Magazine. In fact, a version of the ad is already live on their site. We’re super excited. We must be real, right, if we’re advertising? ;) By the way, if you don’t yet [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/09/growing-child-what-might-your-mom-tell-you-if-you-asked/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/09/growing-child-what-might-your-mom-tell-you-if-you-asked/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:06:55 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1301 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/09/growing-child-what-might-your-mom-tell-you-if-you-asked/feed/ 0 Some suggestions from Ms. Gestwicki and her “Gaggle of Grandmas” we’ve adopted, some are new, all bear repeating and re-posting ;) A gaggle of grandmas By Carol Gestwicki What do you get when you have a gaggle of grandmas? A lot of thoughtful advice, that’s what. I recently asked several of my friends what insights [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/04/the-flexitarians/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/04/the-flexitarians/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:54:16 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1273 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/04/the-flexitarians/feed/ 1 I came across this story on the blog of a good college friend. I read it, left it, and found it wouldn’t let me go; it spoke so elegantly to my own experience with parenting. With permission of the author, I’m reposting here. Enjoy! – andrea THE FLEXITARIANS by Caroline Cummins During my freshman year [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/how-do-you-handle-your-anger/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/how-do-you-handle-your-anger/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:59:08 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1227 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/how-do-you-handle-your-anger/feed/ 0 HANDLING ANGER This is a tough one for me, personally, sort of an ongoing question. Some interesting suggestions came just now in my almost-four-year-olds’ Growing Child newsletter. How do you handle your anger? Everyone is born with the capacity to feel anger. Our culture may try to tell us that nice people don’t display their [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/video-covering-up-is-a-feminist-issue/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/video-covering-up-is-a-feminist-issue/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:51:11 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1214 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/02/video-covering-up-is-a-feminist-issue/feed/ 2 I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a FEMINIST lately, especially in regards to parenting. It seems others have been thinking about this too. EXHIBIT 1 Annie Urban of PhDinParenting produced a provocative video showing the spectrum from faith-based clothing dictates in Muslim countries to cultural versions in Western countries (“good girl” vs. [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/01/growing-child-praise-junkies/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/01/growing-child-praise-junkies/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:42:25 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1207 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2011/01/growing-child-praise-junkies/feed/ 1 Growing Child has a knack for knowing what my children are up to. This week I noticed that my newly-2 has begun to look at me whenever she’s doing really anything at all – leaning outward on the jungle gym, for example, or filling a cup at the sink – and saying “I do this!” [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/new_siblings/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/new_siblings/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:27:23 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1191 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/new_siblings/feed/ 0 One of the things I struggle with most as a parent is when to be separate from my children’s emotions – when to know better, to counsel, to put things in perspective – and when to wholly empathize, understand where they’re coming from, and trust and honor the intensity of their emotion – and how, [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/toys-and-gifts-that-require-work/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/toys-and-gifts-that-require-work/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:54 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1198 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/toys-and-gifts-that-require-work/feed/ 0 There’s a store in San Jose “Treehouse in the Glen” that does not stock toys with batteries, and one in Palo Alto “Play Store” that aims for toys that inspire children to ask “What do I want to do with this?” instead of “What am I supposed to do with this?” (according to an article [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/growing-child-babies-no-laughing-matter/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/growing-child-babies-no-laughing-matter/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:20:36 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1185 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/growing-child-babies-no-laughing-matter/feed/ 0 One of the awesome highlights of 2010 for me was the documentary film Babies. I find I continue to think about it months later, and there’s even a thread about the film on our Q&A site here. I was happy to see one of our favorite parenting experts – Grandma of “Grandma Says” at Growing Child [...] http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/traditions/ http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/traditions/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:58:51 +0000 Andrea http://blog.parentsguild.com/?p=1150 http://blog.parentsguild.com/2010/12/traditions/feed/ 0 Holidays with young children are a great time to think about traditions. We’re thinking this year about the mix of Hanukkah and Christmas that we want to have in our nuclear family. And, after our first night of Hanukkah, we’re thinking about which parts were wonderful exactly as they happened, and which parts we might [...]