by lcbaker | May 15, 2012 | Green Living
Playing outside. It’s super important for healthy kids, right? And I would add that free play, with minimal adult supervision, is equally important for healthy kids. But what age is too young to let your kid play outside without you? Read what I think at my...
by lcbaker | May 14, 2012 | Advice
Time for a confession. I’ve joined a cult. Ok, not really. Even though we are a secret group that you can’t get into unless you know someone, and we do have a secret language that most people don’t understand. We’re actually just a group of...
by lcbaker | May 11, 2012 | Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is a normal biological process. It’s normal for many mothers and children. But it’s far from normal in the U.S. today. The reaction to Time Magazine’s cover this week demonstrates that. Any woman who has breastfed past a year could have...
by lcbaker | May 9, 2012 | Gentle Discipline
Spirited kids. You’ve heard of them, right? It’s like high-needs, only it sounds better. Instead of saying they’re needy or sensitive or quirky or (heaven forbid) difficult, we say they’re spirited. Whatever that means. What it actually means...
by lcbaker | May 7, 2012 | Natural Parenting
There’s a conflict among mothers today, and it’s got nothing to do with oppression from the outside. No, the modern oppression of women is much more subtle. It’s from the inside. The mommy wars don’t pit one mother against another — they...
