Welcome to the Sunday Surf, a tour of the best blogposts I've read throughout the week.

These two handsome and independent young men were my companions yesterday. They sat by themselves on the bus, but we all played together on the beach and at the toy store.

Links for you!

1 hour ago

#respectful parenting
#unschooling
How to Mentor a Kid with Big (Possibly Unrealistic) Dreams | Project Based Homeschooling →
Your three-year-old wants to build a rocket that really flies — one that he can sit in.
Your six-year-old wants to build a three-story treehouse with a fireman’s pole.
Your nine-year-old wants to write a novel that will be published by a real publisher — or a screenplay that will be produced by a real movie studio.
How can we help kids tackle their big, ambitious, seemingly unachievable goals?
1 hour ago

#bodily integrity
#respectful parenting
No Forced Kisses for Your Kids: A Holiday Safety Tip for Families | Doing Right By Our Kids →
Even if a relative is offended when a child does not want to kiss or hug them, this is an important time to keep in mind the bottom line—kids need to learn from an early age that touch or play for affection and fun should be the choice of BOTH people, safe, allowed by the adults in charge, and not a secret.
Respectful script here, too, for what to say in situations when relatives demand or expect hugs and kisses.

via Amy Phoenix
3 weeks ago (2 notes)

#minimalism
#decluttering
#organization
#cleaning and organizing
#simplicity
Helping Kids Simplify | Living Peacefully with Children→
Very helpful article on helping kids let go of stuff, the perfect article in response to my own swirling questions about minimalism & kids & the stuff stuff stuff that’s invaded our kids’ lives.

AP & NP articles in German:

If you're interested in attachment and natural parenting and want resources in Deutsch, you're in luck! Der Apfelgarten is going to be translating two articles a month, and Lena & Zita have started with one of mine:

Bei bedürfnisorientierter Erziehung geht es um Respekt

Ich stille meine Kinder, weil ich es kann, weil ich mich dafür entschieden habe und weil es das Beste für meine Kinder ist. … Ich reagiere auf das Weinen meiner Kinder, weil ich es respektiere, dass weinen ein Kommunikationsversuch ist. … Ich schlafe neben meinen Kindern, weil wir uns dafür entschieden haben, weil es für uns als Familie funktioniert und weil meine Kinder am besten in Gesellschaft schlafen. … Ich trage meine Kinder mit mir herum, wenn ich kann, weil ich weiß, wenn man weniger als einen Meter groß ist kann man oft nicht viel sehen.

(Read it in English here: "Attachment parenting is about respect.")

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Surf with us:

We love following along with fellow Sunday Surfers. If you have your own post of reading links to share, please link up your post on Hobo Mama or on Authentic Parenting. The linky will go live every Sunday, and you can link up any day that week. You only need to add your post to one of the sites, and the linky will automatically show up on both sites.

You can get the Sunday Surf button by Jenna Designs and some code to add to your post from my Sunday Surf page.

Check out previous editions for good reading, and you can find more shared items during the week at my Tumblr blog, Hobo Mama's Shared Items.

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