#childrensrights

Children not safe from 'marriage' in Pakistan

Feliz tarde tengan todas las mamis y papis que conforman esta hermosa comunidad @motherhood, bienvenidos una vez más a mi blog dónde estaré compartiendo una actividad muy especial junto a mis niños

I recently had a little run in with an evangelical street preacher. I actually wrote a post about it, but it disappeared from my tablet. Maybe I didn't need to put all that out there. We had words because

Why Can't Children be Free? Well, it's that day again in the US, and I am very glad to live in a different country. I have a host of issues with July 4th, ranging from the laughable, yet depressing, state

Should parents set a minimum age or some restrictions for their children to own a smartphone, and if so what would they be? This is the ecotrain question of the week, and ooooooh boy! It’s a doozy! I reckon

We’ve been talking about the basic tenets of unschooling. If you’d like to catch up, here is Part I and Part II. In Part II we talked about the Freedom of Activity. I mentioned that freedom was such a

The Initial Intro When my oldest child was a baby, I was living in Denver. Almost all the friends I had were made through La Leche League. It’s a really wonderful community, and we all had a lot in common

I was inspired by a post I read today by @slhomestead about passing along an ethic of environmental stewardship to children without burdening them with guilt or that horrible idea that somehow humans are

Wow. Here we are in Part IV! I had no idea I had this much to say about raising world changers. I am beginning to understand that a big part of my work here on this planet is in assisting the children

Children are people! Now, think about it.. Children have rights, they are human and they are people. ..when I see you putting your child on a leash "for their own safety" How would you feel if

With her ironic fast, the woman wanted to start a discussion about the right of parents to dispose of their children's body, but in return received insults and threats of murder. June 28, the mother of