Earlier this year, we read Vicki Hoefle’s Duct Tape Parenting as a family. Hoefle’s non-interventionist style, with an emphasis on nurturing both executive function and family connectedness, is a perfect fit for us. I suspect many other families (ADHD and not) will find the same. And yet. And yet, just the other day, I broke […]
Tag: Vicki Hoefle
The only early childhood activity worth my money
“Whose child is this?” Talk about mortifying parenting moments. This one happened at a sing-a-long story hour at our local library branch. All the other children were sitting placidly on their caregivers’ laps while R, who was probably around a year old at the time, had walked straight up to the front of the room. He wasn’t misbehaving — at […]
Book Review: Duct Tape Parenting
Do you yearn for less chaos, more connectedness, and a more fulfilling life with your children? Duct Tape Parenting: A Less Is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible, and Resilient Kids might turn your current parenting philosophy on its head. Or it could reaffirm what you’ve always believed but never translated to reality. Reading a parenting book may feel […]