Has your child ever shared an opinion with you that has taken you completely by surprise? Sometimes we can get caught up thinking of our children as extensions of ourselves, sharing our thoughts and interpretations of the world around us: “I am angry with X, so you must also be angry with X!” While it [...]
You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing. You’re terrified somebody’s going to stick you in a cage. Well, baby, you’re already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it’s not bounded by Tulip, Texas, or Somaliland. It’s wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into [...]
Think about a time when you were in the zone—a time when you were doing something you loved and really felt on top of your game. What were you doing? What did it feel like to be in your element? What did it feel like to discover your element(s) for the first time? What conditions [...]
I recently had a conversation in which a friend asked me if I had any recommendations on how to get kids to keep up their academics over the summer—recommended resources, websites, activities. While I know of several activities my own daughter likes, I felt hard pressed to give him an answer. To me, the summer [...]
In case you haven’t already seen it here’s the wildly viral online video of Jessica’s daily affirmation (performed, I think, to a West Side Story dance). It’s such a wonderful reminder of so many parts of the Parentology philosophy – our children really are naturally creative, resourceful and whole. If we empower them they really [...]
Children are curious and eager learners: they will listen attentively to everything we say and examine everything we do as they try to discover the ins and outs of how to participate actively in the family, the community and society. As role models to our children, we must be aware that our actions are being [...]