(This is the unedited introduction from a book I am currently writing, please be kind) Introduction You want the best for your child and want them to have a joyous and happy life. It is instinctual to want yourself and your children to thrive in the world. As a parent you are a leader and a guide in the lives of your children. You need to show them the way and guide them as they embark on their journey from birth. It is therefore important to note that to help give an enchanted life to y
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Should We All Go And Live In A Village?
I wake up on a Sunday morning. It's a nice summers day and some gardening is in order. I make breakfast for the kids and my wife and proceed with the usual morning routine. Out I go to the shed, get the lawn mower and off I go. I wave to a car coming down the street. It is a guy I know lives
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A Must Read For Any Parent – Naturally Better [REVIEW]
It isn't often I would recommend a book to every parent but this one is just the inspirational story we all need to hear. It started in 2006 when Kristen Morrison gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Gryffin, who was later diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Instead of accepting that her son would h
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The ABCs of Modern Cloth Nappies
This is a guest post written by Elle Hilyard for BubbleBubs (Australian Cloth Nappies) Battling a health issue with my 9 month old son, Ethan, resulted in more nappy changes each day than I ever thought possible. I started to think about the effects all the disposable nappies we were using were h
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7 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Breastfeeding
I'm an old hat at nursing now, having been doing it for nearly 3 years non-stop. But those earlier days could have been a lot easier with hindsight. 1. Breastfeeding is natural, but a learned skill. If someone had told me, before I started nursing that while breastfeeding is the most natura
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Your Child’s Report Card [Discussion]
As a child, my school report card was either something I triumphantly took home to my parents, or stashed in my school bag, hoping it might disintegrate unnoticed with the rotting banana and soggy sandwich. If I had performed well, and my card reflected this, I was so proud to show it to my parent
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Every parent wants to see their child succeed. I'm sure if I told you there was a magic formula that guaranteed your child would succeed in the field of their passion, you'd encourage them in any way you possibly could. That very formula applies to every prodigy, every genius, and every success in history. It applies to Mozart. The one thing that every notable figure in our documented history have in common, is 10, 000 hours. That magic number, 10,000 hours of specific, dedicated pract
Where We Have Been Almost 2 years ago Natural Parenting Tips was born as resource and also a record of our parenting journey to ensure we provided the best possible start to life for our children and help others do the same. As parents we have come a long way, helped many more in the process and learnt a lot ourselves. Together we have managed to build a large community of parents with the same goal and mindset. To give our children the best start to life and realizing that what we are
I had to laugh the other day, when we were designing the "rules of the game" for our business. We were writing out the expectations of our staff, and ourselves, and all of a sudden I found myself sounding very much like a mom! In our business we expect everyone to take ownership, be accountable, and responsible for every outcome they achieve. We also adopt the philosophy of "True Communication is the Result You Get" for example, if the person I'm communicating with is responding with
We've been considering homeschooling our children since before they were born. The education system model simply doesn't fit our family's way of parenting. There are lots of reasons parents might choose to home school their children - here are just a few. We'd love to hear your reasons to home school. Religious Reasons The education system doesn't cater for all religions, in-fact, it largely caters to a white, Anglo-Saxon, protestant religious model. If your beliefs don't fall within

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