When I don’t have inspiration to write it means I try to write about something that doesn’t hurt. And why to write what you don’t care about – that’s the question. So I’ll make it about what I have been thinking during the last month, as a part of the campaign ‘not to commit any…
What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart.Marshall Rosenberg “Nonviolent Communication” Emotional blackmail Once I told one guy that I wanted to break up with him, and he threatened to commit suicide. Surprisingly, my reaction was complete inner peace, and for…
Everything about sun protection. Since most of us don’t work outside these days, it actually takes effort to get daily sun, rather than to avoid it. Wellness Mama To protect yourself from the sun, which gives you vitamin D, in order to fill yourself with vitamin D in pills. To protect yourself from the sun, which…
So, Newcomer is 2.5, and I decided to update the review of our toys. In fact, as planned, most of the old toys are still in active use. The Montessori toy organization system works perfectly, and the child does not get bored with toys. I also started teaching Newcomer that every toy has a place,…
7 famous pediatricians who really changed things. 1. Janusz Korczak (1878/79-1942, Polish Jew) I’m glad that it’s Korczak who heads the list (it’s chronological), as he is a man of a wide range, who wrote a lot and wisely, for children and about children, who dedicated himself to children, created a home for them (orphanage),…
When we ask, “How can I get my child to be less shy/concentrate more/be more interested in art/be more active?” and so on, we are not accepting them for who they are. Instead, we can work to show our child we love them just as they are, where they are right now. Really, that is…
Parenting At first, I described my blog as the one about ‘parenting’. In Ukrainian the meaning of this word is equal to ‘fatherhood’, and we use the same word for both meanings. Eventually, I realized that I was writing more for and perhaps closer to mothers, and the word ‘fatherhood’ seemed too patriarchal to me,…
Sometimes I write articles just for myself because I need some convincing reminders of well-known things. This is one of those. Let it be This week my mantra is let it be, and I used to think of this phrase as ‘well, whatever, let it be’ rather than ‘allow it to be’.There are things we…
The trust of our children is of great value to us: our attention, respect, restraint, patience, and endless work on ourselves and our relationships – here is the whole book in one sentence, and at the same time, the painful truth. None of ephemeral absolute love is enough to remain a shelter for a child…
I really liked the idea of Tina Bryson’s and Daniel Siegel’s book “No-Drama Discipline” about the soundtrack, like before starting solving the situation, make sure to turn off a thriller inside and turn on some pleasant romantic music or something. Or imagine yourself looking at the playground: moskali (a very special type of Russians) scream,…
