Parenting With Teacher Nancy

You can't be a perfect parent. Otherwise you would have to do all of this... ------------------------ Facebook post by Bunmi Laditan May 1 at 2:25pm How To Be A Mom in 2017 : Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, understimulate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed foods-free, GMO-free, negative energy-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalitarian but also authoritative, nurturing but fostering of independence, gentle but not overly permissive, pesticide-free two-story, multilingual home preferably in a cul-de-sac with a backyard and 1.5 siblings spaced at least two year apart for proper development also don't forget the coconut oil. How To Be A Mom In Literally Every Generation Before Ours : Feed them sometimes. (This is why we're crazy.) ------------------------

A strong body is helpful for parenting.  I have chronic back issues due to pregnancy, birthing and child rearing.  If someone talked to me about the importance of having a strong core when having a child, these issues may have been prevented.  So here it is:  Take care of your body.  As a parent, you will want an able body.  When they are young, you'll need to schlep them around: into their car seats, carrying, lifting...  And when they are older, you'll want to do things with them:  hiking, sports, traveling.. Without a strong core and body, the more likely you may hurt yourself.  The sooner you begin to take care for yourself in this way, the happier you will be.  Here's a place to start.  It's only seven minutes (in total, it's actually nine minutes-- everyone has 9 minutes!). Seven Minute Scientific Workout- New York Times Here's one youtube version.   There are many more Fatherly, the parenting blog, has an article called Seven Essentials for Building