Calmer Parenting Kent

Why don't my kids just do what I say the first time I say it? "In one fairly typical encounter, a father asked his eight-year-old son five times to please go take a bath or a shower. After the fifth plea went unheeded, the father picked the boy up and carried him into the bathroom. A few minutes later, the kid, still unwashed, wandered into another room to pla...

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/547066/letting-your-children-watch-you-give-birth

'Letting your children watch you give birth? Why not!' Why more mums are letting their kids into the labour room Why mum Milli Hill, and many others, are allowing their children to be present for their sibling's birth...

Pregnant? Stressed? Science Says Talk to Your Baby I was a first time mother-to-be, nearing 40. I’d already had two miscarriages and I wasn’t getting any younger and I could go on and on about the reasons...

Calmer Parenting expanded its family on Friday with the arrival of Tatum Mabel. Helped along by the amazing Tree of life Doula Photography. Hannah Palamara is out standing in not only the support she offers, but also her truly talented ability to capture the emotion of birth.
Any one looking for a Doula or birth photography in and around Kent, do speak to her,

'Time-Outs' Are Hurting Your Child In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?

Love withdrawal Time outs is a popular discipline technique in which the parent separates themselves physically from their child. This is actually a form of love withdrawal.  It's okay if the child wants some time alone, but to forcibly isolate a child, or ignoring the child, is in fact love withdrawal. Parents mig...

This is how baby buggies can turn into 40C death traps in just 20 minutes Experts have warned parents about the lethal consequences of covering up a child's pram with a blanket, claiming it could cause heatstroke or cot death

Fantastic afternoon, hope everyone that came enjoyed the film. Thanks for coming.

Stuck for something to do today, don't forget the screening of "in utero" is on today at 2:30pm at Knole Academy, Sevenoaks. You can still get tickets via eventbrite http://inuterofilm.eventbrite.co.uk or on the door. Please arrive at 2pm if you want to purchase on the door.

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Tickets are still available for Sunday's screening of in utero.
Don't miss the opportunity to see this remarkable insight to the impact the environment of the womb has on humans.

Http://inuterofilm.eventbrite.co.uk

In Utero Screening IN UTERO is a cinematic rumination on what will emerge as the most provocative subject of the 21st Century – life in the womb and its lasting impact on human development, human behavior, and the state of the world. Epigenetics, Alice In Wonderland, The Matrix, scientists, psychologists and doctors c...

Babies Are Not Blank Slates A new documentary explores how early experiences drive development.

Less than a week until our screening https://vimeo.com/128029155

Sevenoaks Sunday July 3rd 2:30

Last day of early bird tickets.

Http://inuterofilm.eventbrite.co.uk

IN UTERO Trailer [02:10] This is "IN UTERO Trailer [02:10]" by on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

It's the last week for Early Bird £10 tickets for the last UK screening of In Utero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtt-62U9XYs
This trailer just gives you a insight into the amazing documentary on just how pregnancy and maternity can affect our children and the the surrounding world.
tickets can be booked via http://inuterofilm.eventbrite.co.uk

IN UTERO Documentary Trailer IN UTERO is a cinematic rumination on what will emerge as the most provocative subject of the 21st century – life in the womb and its lasting impact on human...

More Testing, Less Play: Study Finds Higher Expectations For Kindergartners Less art and play; more textbooks and tests, say surveyed teachers. As kindergarten becomes the new first grade, some worry that the joy of learning is being lost with higher rigor.

Parental Presence - Garrison Institute Daniel Siegel Reflects on Father's Day

"During the time in the uterus, we have no speech. All these experiences are real experiences but not represented in the speech ego, and therefore these pre-verbal experiences are unconscious. They can be in dreams but also in our daily situations, they can be present."

Early bird tickets end this Friday. Get your £10 ticket before they all go

Being born small or stress during pregnancy can lead to greater disease risk in mothers Low birth weight or stress during pregnancy can lead to long-term health problems in women, according to a study. The research found that stress during pregnancy leads to long-term health issues in mothers, affecting adrenal, metabolic and cardio-renal health after pregnancy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtt-62U9XYs

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/09/465557430/what-kids-need-from-grown-ups-but-arent-getting

What Kids Need From Grown-Ups (But Aren't Getting) Author Erika Christakis mounts a spirited defense of a four-letter word that, she says, isn't used nearly enough in early classrooms: play.

Controlled Crying, Cortisol, and Attachment: A Critical Look New research is making the rounds claiming that there are no negative effects to controlled crying, and the press is lapping it up. The question is: Does the claim hold up?

The Cry it Out Debate – Is it Safe, or Not? So what do we know about the effect and efficacy of cry based sleep training based on current scientific evidence? The answer is ‘not a lot’.

Study shows babies who cry it out remain stressed A new study offers more reason not to practice "crying it out" with babies.

Toddlers All Sleep Through the Night - Don't They? Toddler sleep is much more complex than baby sleep in my opinion, because there is so much more going on in their worlds. The following are what I consider the top reasons for toddler night waking, but by no means is this list exhaustive.

Why We Need to Be More Tolerant of Toddler Tantrums So why do toddlers tantrum so much? Quite simply because their brains are incredibly immature. On top of an immature brain they also live in a confusing world and most importantly a world that they have no control of.

Lovely advice for new mums

My Biggest Birth Plan Regret I described the environment I wanted to labor in, the types of pain management and labor support and what neonatal procedures we wanted, but there was one big thing I didn't write in my birth plan that I wish I had.....

Interesting read

How to Get Your Kid to Do What You Say, Without Punishing For problem behavior, spanking and even time-out are a waste of time. Try this instead.

The Fourth Trimester - Why Newborns Hate Being Put Down The first three months of parenting are often the hardest. A quarter of all babies in this age group are diagnosed as suffering from colic, a diagnosis given when doctors don't know why a baby is so unhappy and parents are unable to stop their tears.

No more time-outs and reward charts: Psychologist advises parents ditch traditional approaches... Parents often resort to a barrage of rewards and punishments to address bad behaviour. But a new book lays out an entirely different approach to discipline