I will be starting a series called “What I Believe” and I plan on addressing parenting issues such as breastfeeding, co-sleeping, natural childbirth, circumcision, cloth-diapering, and babywearing, but I will definately not limit myself or anyone else to those subjects.
What I have to say is not necessarily best for everyone. It’s just what I have found to be best for me. It is What I Believe. Go ahead and argue with me. Show me what research you have done that proves your way better. Even if you can’t change my mind, you will have earned my respect for the effort you have gone through to discover what you believe.
Please play along! It makes my heart happy to see you guys researching and explaining that which is near and dear to you. It broadens my horizons. For ideas and my past WIB posts, click here.
On to the rules: so far, I just have this one:
- Family friendly. That includes language.
So here’s what you do:
- You write your post.
- You leave a comment on my What I Believe (WIB) post this Thursday (not just any WIB post). You leave a link to your WIB post (not your blog in general. Right-clicking on either the time-stamp or the title of the post and selecting “copy link location” will give you the link) on your comment.
- Also leave a nice little blurb about what your WIB post is about.
- You link back to me in your WIB post so that your readers can enjoy the plethera of responses I’m bound to receive.
- Oh, and go ahead and use my brilliantly designed scrolly icon on your post as well. It will make it seem so much more official. Right click on it, select “copy image location”, go to your post, insert image by URL, and paste that URL right then and there.
And as much as I wish I could tell you when these posts will appear – I’m just not that organized. I don’t want to have to post a half-finished piece or skimp on the research just to meet a deadline. Because we all know how reliable life is with small children. So just keep an eye out and pass the word along.
I like your philosophy — and your open-mindedness. I only wish my “children” (15 and 20) would buy into the more natural philosophy. Some day…
http://greenbeanboutique.blogspot.com/2007/08/parenting-in-america.html
I just made a post somewhat about this. My whole blog is pretty much about what I believe 😛 I’ve only been a momma for 11 months + 9 that she was in, and I can’t believe how cut and dry right and wrong is for me. Vax? Absolutely not! Sleeping in another room? Over my dead body. Leave her in daycare? Oh, I would rather run myself ragged working from home. Cry it out? Sometimes she needs it to release stress, but if she needs to be picked up then that’s what I do. I truly had no idea that mommas could be programmed like this, I feel so *driven* to do certain things for my child, it’s very different than I was expecting.