Natural Birth With Multiples: Yes You Can Do It!

When I found out I was pregnant with twins six years ago, my first emotion was happiness but the second was fear. How would I manage a natural birth and practice attachment parenting with two...
Get Out of the House Already: Being Mobile with Baby

Get Out of the House Already: Being Mobile with Baby

We've all had them: Days lived in pajamas and ponytails (dads included). Time gathered away to some far off corner of nowhere, spent drifting from meal to clean up to pick up to poo change to...
Traveling Family Spotlight: The Adventures in Parenthood Project

Traveling Family Spotlight: The Adventures in Parenthood Project

Meet Meghan! She and her husband love to hike and climb around their *gorgeous* town of Banf, Alberta, Canada. They strive to continue this love and pass it on to their baby daughter. Their enthusiasm...
Unschooling Basics: Understanding What Unschooling Really Is

Unschooling Basics: Understanding What Unschooling Really Is

"Before I talk about what I think unschooling is, I must talk about what it isn't. Unschooling isn't a recipe, and therefore it can't be explained in recipe terms. It is impossible to give unschooling...
Are We Helping Our Kids To Be Happy? Reconsidering the Criteria for Joy

Are We Helping Our Kids To Be Happy? Reconsidering the Criteria for Joy

This year at my mother-in-law’s birthday, someone asked her what her birthday wish was. “For all my children to be happy,” she said resolutely. I hear the same sentiment echoed in my own mother’s words...
3rd, er... 4th time's the charm? Home Schooling, A Day In the Life

3rd, er... 4th time's the charm? Home Schooling, A Day In the Life

This year marks year 4 of us home schooling. Something I firmly believed would not last more than a year... and something I feel has had many ups and downs.... is way easier said than...
Surge in Antibullying Books Reflects a Broader Cultural Alarm

Surge in Antibullying Books Reflects a Broader Cultural Alarm

The title drew me in. "Publishers revel in youthful cruelty" is pretty catchy after all. I was curious why any one person or group would revel in anyone's cruelty because likely there is a very...
Traveling Family Spotlight: Worldschool Adventures

Traveling Family Spotlight: Worldschool Adventures

Meet The Worldschool Adventure Family for our next traveling adventure series post! This family of four travels for six months out of the year while unschooling and taking life slow. The blog offers insight on...
Kicking Off Our Adventures In Babywearing Series

Kicking Off Our Adventures In Babywearing Series

Ever wonder how you'll ever get through the Amazon with your toddler when the wheels of your stroller get stuck in simple mid-western USA driveway mud? Ever thought about what it would be like to...