#spiritedchild

[just-1-voice]

Learn about angry and violent meltdowns and the techniques I use to get our family through them safely. #RepublishedAutomatically https://just1voice.com/parenting/violent-meltdowns/?utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=revive

[hollymarlow]

Burning off some excess energy at soft play after school today. Reckon they'll sleep, for a change? No, me neither! 😂 . #softplay #energy #hyperactivity #hyper #spiritedchild #spiritedkids #raisingmyspiritedchild #raisingspiritedkids https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLP16ussl7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[responsiveparenting]

My dear spirited child, The spirit that flows from you can fill a room with joy. You remind the world how to just “be.” You have no agenda, no priorities, just to feel every moment. Our society is so used to focusing on goals, the future, completing tasks and deadlines. Your ability to live so freely from the trappings of expectations is intimidating to others. We are used to order, structure, planning. You are a free bird with a wild spirit. Just continue to ignore us. You are the one who has it all figured out. We need to learn from you how to be free. Not teach you how to conform. Your humble student, Mom #responsiveparenting #peacefulparenting #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #momblogger #childdevelopment #childhood #momlife #mindfulparenting #chooseempathy #thefreespiritedchild #spiritedchild #freespiritchild #spiritedchildren https://www.instagram.com/p/B_s-Ebmnymv/?igshid=1h4u5uinv4amv

[justinalmeida]

Happy mother's day from us to you. #mothersday #lovelove #spiritedchild (at Victory Heights, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CABbYdkHBavFNUCUUAEPvuiJkX3t1bAyi06ga00/?igshid=gaw2brvgzfst

[momcave]

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Happy first day my girl. May you make true friends, learn amazing things, and finally have someone else to reign you in on a daily basis. #kindergarten #wildchild #spiritedchild #waldorfeducation #momcanworknow #wahm https://www.instagram.com/p/B2NX7TmJwz6/?igshid=riheyxotk8s8

[thelucoid-blog]

So, apparently Alice took quite an interest in the woodworking area at nursery the other day. Not exactly a surprise to me, but I guess it's taking her a while to show them the full extent of the awesome, crazy character that's out big style this morning She's always challenging things, trying stuff out, pushing everything to its limit and beyond. Create, destroy, repeat. And yes, that is a toy pushchair hat. . #hammertime #spiritedchild #familylife https://www.instagram.com/p/BnqMYu2nTYZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t8v9c0279908

[parentsneedtoknow]

To all the mamas of spirited children: I am with you. I wrote this for us, and someday, for them! #momlife #spiritedchild #raisegoodhumans http://bit.ly/2J3wQPp http://bit.ly/2Jl5wLU

[hollymarlow]

"Higher, higher! Up to the sky!" 😍 . #sensoryseeker #sensoryseeking #sensorystimulation #sensoryplay #sensoryregulation #downregulation #spiritedchild #raisingmyspiritedchild #therapeuticparenting https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvbCkTssFh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[responsiveparenting]

My dear spirited child, The spirit that flows from you can fill a room with joy. You remind the world how to just “be.” You have no agenda, no priorities, just to feel every moment. Our society is so used to focusing on goals, the future, completing tasks and deadlines. Your ability to live so freely from the trappings of expectations is intimidating to others. We are used to order, structure, planning. You are a free bird with a wild spirit. Just continue to ignore us. You are the one who has it all figured out. We need to learn from you how to be free. Not teach you how to conform. Your humble student, Mom #responsiveparenting #peacefulparenting #gentleparenting #attachmentparenting #momblogger #childdevelopment #childhood #momlife #mindfulparenting #chooseempathy #thefreespiritedchild #spiritedchild #freespiritchild #spiritedchildren (at Halifax, Nova Scotia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2_fhJbn35D/?igshid=chnjmwhurcy5

[ldellthompson]

My daughter ate the concert program tonight. ATE IT. Spirited is an understatement. #spiritedchild #feralchild #shemayneedtherapy #wildchild

[californiamommablog-blog]

We’ve Got Spirit: Spirited Toddlers

On the long and windy road of our sleeplessness saga, I began researching child issues by temperament. If you think about it, it makes a lot of sense that an easy-going child is going need a different method of-- everything -- from a child who is more stubborn, or timid, or whatever.

There's a lot of information out there on child temperament. Sleep consultant Rebecca Michi categorizes children as "easy," "difficult," and "slow-to-warm." The easy child is, well, easy:

Regular eating, sleeping, elimination cycles

Not easily frustrated

Adapts to change

Good mood most of the time

Then there is the difficult child:

Irregular eating, sleeping, and elimination cycles

More easily frustrated

Negative response to new situations, such as tantrums

Slow to adapt to change

I have to admit that I have not read this book, only overviews online. These descriptions are so black and white, so divided, that I don't find them helpful -- at all. My daughter is bits of both. Irregular and easily -- and loudly -- frustrated, but she thrives on new people and places. In fact, she's so social, she's usually in a better mood at a big party then she is playing at home.

Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka has a much more interested take on children who are not that easy to parent. She calls them "spirited" and refers to them as "more" children. She has her own spirited child and so she speaks from personal experience. Right off the bat, she lists traits of the spirited child, similar to Michi, but a bit more complicated. The gist is a spirited child is "more." More intense, more persistent, more sensitive, more perceptive, and more uncomfortable with change. She also lists bonus characteristics, including irregular schedules (yes!), more energy (yes! yes!), more time to warm up to new things, and more serious mood.

Kurcinka emphasizes that not every spirited child possesses all of the traits, but her or she will possess enough to make them stand out. My daughter fits more bonus characteristics than the first 5 traits, so I am <em>still </em>not sure she would be considered spirited. If she's not, that's enough to make me seriously afraid of having another child. Maybe she's actually going to be easygoing and I have yet to find out what a truly spirited child is??? Shudder.

Regardless, I think Raising Your Spirited Child is one of the more helpful baby/toddler/child/whatever books I've read (part of. Sorry, I have a spirited 1 year old baby. I'm busy.) to date. Kurcinka has a positive perspective on the more trying aspects of raising children who expect more from their parents (read: are demanding). It's geared to kids who are a little older than mine, but it still gives me insight into her personality and what to do about it. If you, like me, suffer from night-waking-toddler induced insomnia and are looking for good midnight read (or 1 am, 3 am, and 5am read, I mean, who am I kidding?), check it out.

[kanguraventuras]

I'm loving how independent you are sometimes and how you love to explore everything out there! • He's a spirited kid and I'm one proud mommy, but this boardwalk had uneven boards and he didn't want me to carry him when it was unsafe for him to walk. • It's in pretty good shape, considering it held through a category 4 hurricane, just watch where you're going. • • • #paseotablado #cataño #bahiaviva #caribbean #caribbeantravel #caribbeanlife #sanjuanbay #bahiadesanjuan #isladelencanto #borinquen #puertoricogram #puertoricotravels #islandlife #instatravel #travelblogger #travelgram #momblogger #bloggermom #bloggermum #bucketlistpuertorico #spiritedchild #spiritedkids #myhonestmotherhood #optoutside #adventuretravel #adventurebaby #momtogs #momlifeisthebestlife #motherhood #motherhoodinspired (at Bahía Viva, Cataño) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn2Yj_XhuHy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t2kjougk3gxh

[thelucoid-blog]

Joy! This morning, Alice spent a very industrious ten minutes turning my Mother's Day flowers into confetti in a perfect demonstration of how 3 year olds have no impulse control. I really should have known she was up to something I wouldn't like, she was so quiet! Alice has always loved the sensation of petals on her fingertips and the way it feels when they pull away from the flower, so I guess I'll just have to put the vase out of reach next time. #gentleparenting #spiritedchild

[memeaddai-blog]

I see me in her. Oftentimes, we we try to find our kids in baby pictures of ourselves, and I never can!😂. But I see the me now, as an adult which I find strange. #kidszone #justher #simplicity #happykid #parkhilldesign #spiritedchild #candidchildhood #onthetrail

[hollymarlow]

I can't check. That would set a whole new time-wasting precedent. It would become an extra step in the daily routine, somewhere between "can I have another drink" and "can you sort my blankets out again?" He will sleep eventually, right?! 😂🙈 . #parentinghumor #honestparenthood #honestparenting #family #adoption #spiritedchild #bedtime https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVxciBsx6H/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[responsiveparenting]

Childhood was never meant to be training for adulthood. Contrary to Popular Belief.... Adults don’t know how to be children. Children know how to be children. Adults know how to be adults. Children will too, when they become adults. Believing the purpose of a child’s life is to become a productive, compliant member of society, robs children of the necessary time they need to be an autonomous, carefree child. Childhood is a necessary part of development... childhood in it’s purest form.... not childhood as training for adulthood. You don’t see caterpillars practicing flying. Nature knows what it’s doing. We need to stop trying to change something that was never meant to be changed. J. Milburn Even toddlers?? Yes! Even toddlers lol. Learn how with the Toddler Workshop Series. Link in bio @responsive_parenting #ResponsiveParenting #JMilburn #Childhood #ChildhoodIsMagic #ChildhoodIsAJourneyNotARace #LetKidsBeKids #Kids #ChildhoodMemories #LetThemBeLittle #Toddler #Memories #CandidChildhood #HappyKids #Play #Childrens #Moments #Unschooling #SpiritedChild #Homeschooling #MindfulMamas #FreeYourMind #Motherhood #Fatherhood #Parenting #Learning #ChildLed #LifeLongLearning #ToddlerLife #Parenthood https://www.instagram.com/p/CeddVE9uz9q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=