I believe in God, and in Jesus Christ.
I believe in family.
I believe in unschooling and other alternative forms of education. I believe that people learn best when they are able to decide what, when, where, how, and from what or from whom they will learn. I believe in learning and living in freedom.
I believe that children should be treated kindly, gently, and with respect.
I believe in mindful parenting and parenting without force, coercion, and punishment. I believe in treating my children (and all children) the way I would like to be treated.
I believe in regular length breastfeeding (what most of the world refers to as ‘extended’ nursing). I believe in co-sleeping, baby wearing, and informed choices about vaccines, circumcision, and health care.
I believe in natural and healthy eating. And I believe in cupcakes.
I believe in making mistakes and learning from them.
I believe in playing in mud puddles, wearing pajamas all day, having ice cream for dinner, and slurping the milk at the bottom of the bowl of cereal.
I believe that life is to be enjoyed.
You are welcome here exactly as you are, whether you agree with all, some, or none of the above. I hope that we can discuss intelligently and maturely, and ultimately all learn from each other. While you’re of course free to disagree with anything you read at any time, if it makes you feel the need to call me names and hurl obscenities, you should know that 1) I will no longer publish them (unless it’s to point out your grammatical errors. That’s always fun for me) and 2) it’s an incredible waste of your time. While I’m flattered that you would want to hang out just to insult me, the internet is a big place, and there’s lots of room for all of us. These are just my opinions… it’s not worth getting upset over. There are plenty of blogs out there that won’t make you so angry, and I’ll wish you well while you go find one.
If you’re still here, I’m happy to have you! I hope my words entertain, challenge and inspire.
