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Furthermore, the idea that I am just an individual, owing little or nothing to anyone, that I need to be autonomous, seems absurd when we consider our own personal origins: we each owe our conception and birth to a mother and a father; our whole lives involve a series ofinterlocking relationships with parents, family, friends, teachers, society and so on.

And, for my example, I get a lot of my needs / wants / affirmation from TLS, but some other affirmation of my worth as a parent seems to come best when my children and grandchildren drive 1.5 hours to visit us.

We doubt we even need to say why this seems grody, but, commercialization of parental love aside, do kids really need daily fortune cookies from their parents with lunch?

Ultimately I believe every parent needs to decide what works best for their children and their family, but to imply — as the «Likey» did on Facebook — that if you spank your child he / she is not going to go to jail, that just seems ridiculous.

It seems as though you already have a lot on your plate, but considering that you are so in tune to eco-friendly parenting, I just thought that I'd recommend that you check out http://www.greenwala.com — I hope that you agree that the site needs your voice!!

It may seem like cruel irony that parents of multiples, who are already busier than singleton parents, are also more likely to have kids who need extra attention.

Though our pediatrician wasn't worried a bit about my daughter, it seemed like everyone else was: parent magazines crowed about the need to breastfeed (despite running ads for formula); online parent forums held open season on the selfishness of people who wouldn't breastfeed; and I knew formula moms who had been blatantly harassed by some of La Leche League's less well - trained members.

Your emotions and your brain may seem like they're pitted against each other, but in reality you need both to parent well.

At your baby's young age, their appetite and how much they need to eat actually increases day by day and it is very important as a parent to not hold back if the baby seems to be hungry.

But the idea can seem challenging to parents and kids alike — how can you be sure that your child will get the attention he or she needs?

«Women need to make the parenting experience their own and do what seems right for them,» she says.

As much as this seems like a parenting issue it is truly an early test as a couple with two kids, and should have nothing to do with space, or what your kids needs are at this point, that is still your job to determine their needs from a logistical standpoint, and that should always be in the best interest of Mom and Dad.

The whole flash card culture seems designed to make parents feel guilty and kids feel pressured, and doesn't seem to be resulting in more productive, connected, interesting people than we had back when it was enough just to be present with your children when they needed you and to interact with them throughout the day.

While this seems outrageously out of tune with Dr. Sears» attachment parenting and the need to attend to your baby's every need, when your baby can not be soothed, and you're completely depleted, what you have to offer in that moment is of no value to anyone.

For me attachment parenting always seemed like common sense because it best fits the basic needs of an infant.

Even if they seem a little bit big for it, sometimes just the presence of a parent and sitting there making sure that they're getting the nutrition they need can go a long way in helping a picky eater get the right food.

There seems to be so much fear of «spoiling the baby» that leads to parents yearning to make their newborns independent in many areas when all they really need is mom / dad / caregiver to hold them and provide everything they need to start life in a secure mindset.

Offering a helping hand for something that may seem insignificant to you may just be the little break a new parent needs.

When you're the parent of a special needs child, it seems that every interaction outside of work involves some aspect of special needs parenting.

Other problems that indicate the need for further evaluation include parents noticing that their child's eyes are crossing, that their eyes aren't straight or if they just don't seem to be seeing well.

What I liked most about the book is that it doesn't shy away from addressing the real - life challenges that can trip up the best - intentioned parent, whether it's the growing influence of peers as a child moves into elementary school, the «I don't need your advice» attitude of the high schooler, or the scheduling conflicts that can make healthy, communal eating seem impossible.

In the end, cloth diapers need not be as intimidating to parents as they seem.

Adolescents seem to need less undivided attention from their parents than younger kids.

Often, parents / carers will use behavioural techniques in a way that do not appear to affect positive change as such and sometimes can seem to make things worse, as the focus stays on the child's behaviour, not their internal motivations and needs.

Plus, if your child has special health needs such as severe allergies or cystic fibrosis (like mine), the considerations you need to take as a parent seem to quadruple.

One of the first things parents of gifted kids notice is that their children don't seem to need much sleep.

A crib might seem a perfect solution in this situation, but most of the parents believe that they don't need a crib for this.

In the case of the increased demand for nursing which seems inversely proportional to the need for nursing, the motives parents often assign to their toddlers are «testing» or «pushing boundaries.»

As children get older, they don't need the security of their parents» presence as much and they can gradually be weaned from the parent?s bed at a time that seems right according to each family?s circumstances.

Giving birth naturally in water seems easy and common sense, but there some obvious questions parents need answers to.

Overall, parents really seem to enjoy this seat and stroller combination, especially for those who need to come in and out of different modes quickly.

As a new parent, you may be surprised to learn that your newborn, who seems to need you every minute of the day, actually sleeps about 16 hours or more!

It seems so obvious to me that a baby needs to be near their mother / parents when they are in their most vulnerable state.

Although my wife and I highly valued the authors» «The Pregnancy Book», we find that this one seems to ask us parents to over-indulge baby at the expense both of our needs and of common sense.

Moms around me seemed to have kids that slept on their own, napped regularly and slept the amount of hours needed, per their parenting book's guideline of baby sleep.

Some parents give up swaddling too quickly because their babies don't seem to like it, or the parent has reservations about the tightness needed to swaddle correctly.

While taking care of your baby's skin might seem complex to parents, you just need to know a few basic things: Is there a need for medical treatment?

If parents wonder at the remarkable fact that the two seem to coincide so often; that baby seems to get diarrhea just when he or she is cutting a new tooth, then it could be explained thus — as teeth start to emerge, baby needs to soothe him or herself and tends to put anything available into the mouth.

The idea seemed so different to what I read and heard everywhere that I needed to know there were other parent educators and thinkers out there who understood the healing nature of crying.

Parents often seem unprepared to discover that breastfed infants need to feed frequently during the night, and sometimes interpret this as a failure of breast milk to satisfy the baby — leading to early weaning.

I would never berate any of my family members for their parenting choices, but they all seem to feel the need to let us know about ours.

It can be hard to give kids the push they need to embrace something that seems scary at first, but Hand in Hand parenting has taught me how to do it with love.

Completely on her own, she is in desperate need of things for her baby so it seems fitting that we should pass the baby bathtub along to someone else who is also ill - equipped to parent but trying to do right by her baby.

If parents see their child is not gaining weight, seems low on energy, they need to have them evaluated.

This seems obvious, but new parents are tired and often need gentle reminders!

I think the last one is the reality, you really of how they do need night time help whether that each parent takes the baby or you know, divide up the night in shifts or maybe you could get some outside help and I think you know, with singletons, with the two parent family, having the other parent be involved with it, the dad, with singletons might seem like a luxury but honestly, it's all hands on deck when you've got multiples.

Proponents of attachment parenting need to look carefully at the assumptions underlying their philosophy and stop the hectoring and moralizing that seem to flow from their philosophy.

Other experts seemed to assume that mothers knew nothing about parenting and needed to be instructed as if they had no prior life experience.

But, as often seems to happen, a reasonable idea morphed into the weird restrictive idea that bonding needs to take place under specific circumstances and at specific times or it will be fatally flawed (right after a natural childbirth, exclusive, extended breastfeeding, attachment parenting, etc.)-- and that so obviously is not the case.

It just seems to fit the need that parents have to reduce the number of blow - outs.