I will never forget the first day I met Alexis Pauline Gumbs. I had heard tales far and wide of her genius, her sweetness, her glorious spirit. On a rainy Durham afternoon in July, dressed in all white and seemingly prepared for all things, Alexis mothered me. She ain’t know me from a can [...] The post From Manifestation to Mothering: A New Mission appeared first on PURPOSE Productions.| PURPOSE Productions
NEW BLOG | THE HIDDEN COSTS OF MOTHERING AN INCARCERATED ADULT CHILD Raquel Delerme draws on in-depth interviews with mothers with incarcerated adult children, finding the cumulative impact of financialized policies and time-draining bureaucracy results in the extraction of precious time and money from working-class Black and Latine women on the outside.| Gender & Society
“What goes on in my mind is invisible to other people, but You read my thoughts continually—You know everything about me. I want to guard … The post Your Mental Load Isn’t Invisible to God appeared first on Jesus Calling.| Jesus Calling
My new book RAISING ATTENTION, a supportive guide for parents and carers of children (of any age) with ADHD or undiagnosed explosive behaviour is published on July 3rd. Read on for a free excerpt f…| Sarah Ockwell-Smith
A conversation about the day's playground shenanigans with one of my kids had me asking him: "do you know what social skills are?". He replied "no, what's that?". After I explained, he was keen to tell me which skills he thinks he is good at (being kind and respectful, communicating with friends, being able to compromise within a group with different needs). He then said "the skill I don't have, is I'm too shy. I don't know how to talk to new people or at school I'm scared to ask to join in o...| Rach Smith's digital garden
Why embracing all emotions is important to raise happy, emotionally healthy individuals The following is an extract from my book ‘How to Raise a Teen’. Although this is from a book specifically about teenagers, the concept ?of emodiversity applies at any age: What is emodiversity? Raising young people in a home that fosters the importanceContinue reading "What is emodiversity and why should parents of children & teens practice it?"| Sarah Ockwell-Smith
You build the secure groundworks in infancy and then, little by little, day by day, you construct a tower of supportive scaffolding as you meet your child's needs. Once that tower is complete, it's time to remove the scaffolding boards, or Jenga blocks, one by one, little by little, at the pace of your own unique child. If you try to remove a block and things get a little wobbly, you reinstate it and continue to provide that support, but still with an eye on 'letting go' (no matter how much y...| Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Last week I was lucky enough to be a guest on Woman’s Hour, discussing the transition that mothers of teens go through, a little like Matrescence (the new motherhood transition), Demetrescence is the metamorphosis that mothers of tweens and teens transition through, which changes them in body and in mind.| Sarah Ockwell-Smith
When writing my new book ‘How to Raise a Teen’, I took inspiration from Demeter’s story and named the transition of ‘later parenting’ Demetrescence. The ‘de’ prefix indicating a sort of reversal of…| Sarah Ockwell-Smith
Sometimes being the mom you want to be comes down to saying yes, even when it is hard. It's saying yes when all you really want to do is say no, but you can...| Your Modern Family - Building a home your family wants to come home to...