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askyourfriendkira
Welcome! This is askyourfriendkira's refernce section of the site! These pages contain valuable information on everything from conceiving through parenting. Each section is organized with the following icons...
What I think are the most important, first points on a subject.
Mostly practical information about the topic.
Things to think about within each section-- parenting style, ways to talk with children, things to think about before others, etc.
Practical information about medical, health, and wellness, as well as safety guidelines.
Explores different events to plan and celebrate through each stage of pregnancy, birth, and life!
Lists and explanations of books in each category that I have read and selected as the best, so far.
My Family Focus columns that I’ve written for The Resident, a magazine in NYC.
This site was born from email answers to questions from my friends. If you were my friend, this is what I’d tell you, these are the books I’d suggest, and I’d offer up my full explanation—complete with my own questions and current challenges. I have the time and the inclination to research a lot. I believe parenting can be thought through and learned, much like anything else, and the emotions it brings forth in all of us demand attention if we truly expect to succeed.
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Are you a loving and thoughtful parent who wants an even stronger connection with your children?Does parenthood sometimes feel like you're caught in a whirlwind with no chance to sit back, catch your breath, and reflect? Parenting is the most important thing we do with the least amount of guided training. I’m here to help guide you down the path of reflective parenting, with information and theory rooted in neuroscience and developmental theory and my own experience as a mother and an educator.
ARE YOU A PARENT WHO
- Respects your child deeply but find yourself responding angrily when he or she misbehaves?
- Wants to nurture your child and find time for yourself?
- Has given too much power to your children, so you feel they are running the family?
- Is having trouble leaving for school every morning or getting kids to bed at night?
- Finds yourself saying things you promised you’d never say?
- Tries to be patient, but finds yourself yelling or losing your cool?
- Reads parenting books but feels like the messages are mixed?
- Has some parenting goals but doesn’t know how to achieve them?
- Feels resentful when your child gets upset with you?
- Knows how you want to parent but find yourself being unable to actually do it on a day to day basis?
DO YOU
- Know you want to make changes but aren’t sure where to start?
- Need to get your spouse on board with your patient parenting style?
- Like your caregiver but know you could improve your relationship?
ARE YOU READY
- to address your child’s root needs rather than just managing behavior?
- to think more about the parent you want to be and figure out how to get there?
