Rebekka’s Blog

Thoughts on parenting our children, ourselves, and humanity

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The Two Arms of Parenting

Limit-setting 101: When to hold the line

Limit-setting 101: Key ingredients for holding the line

Discipline ≠ Punishment

"I'm not sharing!" Fostering children's authentic ownership and joyful generosity

What is Mental Health? A Taste of Alicia Lieberman

The digital village: Saving our children (and ourselves) from the perils of screen time

What is trauma? or, That time I accidentally locked my kid in the car

When you're brave enough to travel with a toddler

Living in Captivity: A Manifesto

Notes from the field, October 24, 2019

"Who's a pretty bird?" How Cookie the penguin helps me be a better parent

As we say in Yiddish, "People make plans and God laughs."I'd like to append that idiom to read, "People caring for small children make plans and God grabs a jumbo tub of popcorn."

Parent Q&A: When kids prefer one parent

"Lately my son has been really preferring daddy and it's been hard on me."