Tag: gentle parenting

• What I Learn From My Daughter’s Righteous Rage

  

  My daughter flails on the floor, screaming and crying. Her sister took the toy she wanted to play with and I won’t let her watch a show. She’s been like this for an hour, a fiery fury bursting from within. And with every attempt to soothe or distract or speak logic to her, she responds […]

  gracefulwandering

  July 1, 2022

  Found, Momma

  childhood, daughters, emotional intelligence, emotions, fierce, fierce parenting, fight, gentle parenting, motherhood, parenting, rise up, sisterhood, voice

• It Starts With Us

  In the wake of the unsettling and all too common sexual abuse scandal of yet another famous figure, and the #metoo campaign that entailed, we’ve been forced to face the harsh reality that sexual abuse, lack of respect for others’ bodies, and ignorance of physical consent are rampant problems in our society. As the mother […]

  gracefulwandering

  January 26, 2018

  Found, Momma

  children, choice, consent, culture, daughters, finding solutions, future, gentle parenting, guiding, life lessons, parenthood, parenting, respect, respectful parenting, sexual assault, society, teaching, voice