parenting

Crying it Out to Heal From Within

~ theantelopediaries

My Personal Journey with my Daughter

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Early in my career as a parent, when Polina was a toddler, I attended a bi-weekly parenting group inspired by Waldorf tradition. Waldorf believes in protecting and, in essence, extending childhood. I liked that idea. In American culture, there is pressure on children to grow up fast. Sometimes we see it in children’s clothing, cut in a way that’s more adult and less child like. Sometimes it’s comments like telling a four year old they’re “big.” Big compared to what? Compared to an infant, a 4 year old is big, but compared to the span of her life, not even close.

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How Did it Happen?

~ theantelopediaries

How did it happen

that I bought a kitten for my mother for Mother’s Day, and she loved the cat, but my step-father gave good reasons why it was a bad idea.  My parents had all the cat stuff still in the house, one and a half years after their old cat passed away after 17 years.

How did it happen

that I meant well, but now I have a kitten because the sellers wouldn’t take her back.  “Lol.  You can put an ad on craigslist” was their text.   More →