Tag: childhood freedom
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The Unstructured Summer: A Taste of Childhood Freedom or a Parenting Catastrophe?
Get Pregnant Fast Summer is just around the corner, and as the school year winds down, I’m already contemplating the upcoming break. Living in a community brimming with diverse and budget-friendly summer activities—from swimming lessons to cooking classes and sports teams—has always kept me busy planning out my kids’ schedules. In previous years, the arrival…
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The ’70s-Light Parenting Approach: Embracing Freedom and Creativity
Get Pregnant Fast One afternoon, I entered the bathroom only to find the toilet lid closed—something my youngest had taken to doing in an effort to “protect the cats from falling in.” Upon lifting the lid, I was taken aback by a burst of color that I thought might be a spider threatening to leap…