by Nominal Parenting Gentle parenting, unschooling, potty learning, attachment parenting, and it goes on and on. There are a lot of new parenting techniques, and a lot of old parenting techniques with new names. We get bombarded on social media with strong messages of how some techniques are better for certain types of kids. Some…
How to Stop Optimizing Your Kids’ Future and Increase Your Happiness
The mental load alone for you is taking years off your life. You have to remember, where to be, what they have to wear, account for traffic, bring the water bottle and snacks, change of clothes, potential carpooling schedule, and this is all if you have the 1 child.
How to Achieve Low-Stress Parenting by Applying 3 Scoping Techniques
lots of chaos, all plans have been thrown out the window, no one knows where anything is located, you’re working round the clock, and you have people (the grandparents) trying to take power over the situation.
How to be a Fun Parent with Minimal Effort
By Nominal Parenting Let’s not hash out the classic Mom versus Dad debate. You know the one, where dad gets to be the fun parent and mom is always playing bad cop. This is one of the main reasons I hate being a parent. Yes, I am saying the quiet part out loud. The actual…
Can you be too depressed? Finding Humor in the Dark.
Have you ever been dumped by your therapist? It’s pretty brutal when you realize that you are effectively too depressed for even a therapist to handle. I’ve been working with her for almost 3 years. Like AJR’s Karma, I asked the question: I’ve been doing everything “right” so when do I get better? It’s been…