More web sites to see

Wow there is just soooo much information out there.... I feel dumb with the fact that I thought that I could just be a parent in today’s world without educating my self.
I’m still working through Pam Leo’s book. I really recommend it. She has put me on to more links/web sites with just so much mind-blowing information. Mind blowing as that is what we seem to be doing to our children today.

Get the book from Amazon...took ages to come from Whitcoulls

http://www.amazon.com/Connection-Parenting-Through-Instead-Coercion/dp/1932279172

I've also been looking at aTLC's - ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMINGTHE LIVES OF CHILDREN ... www.aTLC.org web site as well which is very intresting. Some good ideas/blueprints to help parents of today. I feel that it is very encouraging.

Also been taking a very quick look at Baby Matters www.babyreference.com ...not finished looking at that totaly.

I've been reading about Dr. Michael Lamport Commons and his papers about .... "Babies who are made to sleep alone or are not picked up and comforted enough may grow up susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and personality problems" excerpt Dr. Michael Commons of the Harvard Medical School, and colleagues.

Meeting a child's needs part 1

When we see parenting as the job of trying to control children's behaviour, parenting is a struggle because we cannot control children's behaviour. When we see our job as that of meeting children's needs, we enjoy our children, because we can meet children's needs.
Pam Leo.

Went I first started out as a parent I was trying to hard to fit Ara into my life...I was trying to bend her in so many different directions and she really did not want to go. Most of the time she screamed her protests.

Once I learned that we had to work together my life became so much more pleasant and I really fell in love with Ara for being her self.