The Trust Tree
We allow our children to feel their emotions, but do we do that with ourselves? Do we parents respect ourselves enough to accept and acknowledge our own feelings of sadness, anger, guilt and loneliness?
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Category: Perspective
From adult learning back to early childhood play
How does learning to climb a tree or covering their faces with brightly colored paint impact the future life and workplace skills of our kids? In bigger ways than you might imagine.
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When parents shouldn’t say no
A recent Motherlode blog (“Confessions of a Mother Who Couldn’t Say No”) and its comment thread...
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Steady Yourself
A little boy glanced at me from across the playground. Both his hands were on a big green post. He...
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It’s Election Day
I woke up this morning thinking about today’s election, and wrote this essay on my personal...
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Dawdling: Learning the Beauty of Going Slow
Jennifer Sneeden, PhD(c), LMFT, first connected with Sunflower two years ago, and is so grateful...
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Falling Down
Cindy Thagard is mom to current Seedlings Corwin (4) and Seraya (3), and future Seedling Vallen...
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The Lasting Traditions
When stressed or overwhelmed I seek the things that provide familiarity. Traditions that stir warm...
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Mountains of Mulch
The house I grew up in had a long dirt driveway. At the beginning of every summer my mom would...
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