by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Mar 20, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, Podcast
From the Old Way of Parenting to the Purejoy Way: Do you know that feeling at the end of the day when you look back at how your day went and notice that you didn’t nurture the connections you wanted to, feel drained, and overall guilty about how you acted with...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Mar 3, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Connection, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, SafeSeat, Single Parenting
The other day, one of those very wet gray days which are common in Manchester (and they feel particularly gray and wet if it happens to be Sunday), I had a bright idea: I will teach Lara how to ride a bike without training wheels. A great idea, isn’t it? She is...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 19, 2023 | Behavior, Big Feelings, Emotional Maturity, Parenting Advice, Podcast
One of my highest values is health and wellness so I decided early on that it would be a high priority in our family. As babies, I fed my children the way I wanted and clothed them with ‘healthy’ fabrics. I covered their little bodies with ‘healthy’ things on their...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 13, 2023 | Behavior, Emotional Maturity, Perception
On one hand parenting is a very practical job. Feeding the baby, changing the baby’s diapers, giving the baby a bath, cleaning up after the baby and on and on it goes. Even though this can seem a bit tedious you gladly offer these gifts to your innocent beautiful...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Feb 6, 2023 | Emotional Maturity, Healthy Separation, Perception
Families come in all shapes and sizes. I adopted my daughter from China as a single mom which was a “lot” radical for my Southern family. Did I say I was 45 years old at the time? HA! Growing up in a Southern home I had a parenting template that conditioned me to...
by leslie@purejoyparenting.com | Jan 23, 2023 | Blog, Connection, Emotional Maturity, Joy Based Parenting, Parenting Advice, Unconditional Love
You live in a culture that tells you how your children “should be”. Through the ages and stages, there is a lot of info that expects your child to measure up. In Purejoy, we go a little deeper by supporting you in looking internally. What need are you...
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