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A Personal Message from Raelee (click play)

Raelee Peirce
PCI Certified
Parent Coachｮ
Mother of Two

For the past 13 years I have been supporting moms of young children (ages 2-7) with some of their top parenting struggles: communicating without yelling, disciplining without punishing, and nurturing their own needs without guilt.

Mothering your modern-day child is no easy task. Essentially, it requires that you slow down, keep things simple, and recognize that mothering is noble work.

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Stop Yelling at Your Kids!
My 30-minute audio interview with psycho-therapist, parenting expert, and mom of 2, Emily Keller.

Creating Consequences That Work
A special report on what to do when your young children won't cooperate.

The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal
This book will provide you with a step-by-step process of nurturing yourself and your needs as a mom.

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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/06/noble-mother-gets-a-make-over/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Noble Mother Gets a Make-Over">Noble Mother Gets a Make-Over</a></h2>
				<small>June 15th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-836" title="breaking news" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/breakingnews1-300x226.jpg" alt="breaking news" width="300" height="226" /><strong>One of the many things that I love about working with parents is that it allows me the opportunity to learn and grow as a parent as well. </strong> Each day that I work with a mom, I re-examine my own parenting tools and my growing relationships with my two young children.</p>
<p><strong>What I’ve most recently become interested in exploring is the idea </strong>that in more ways than one, my parenting philosophy and methodology is like a daily spiritual practice.</p>
<p><strong>For example, it is my belief that I want to nurture the character of my children</strong> by teaching them appropriate behavior by acknowledging it and providing them with clear boundaries so they learn from their mistakes.</p>
<p><strong>In striving to implement this ideal into my daily mothering,</strong> I desperately have to work on my own self-discipline when my children push my buttons. And what about flexibility and tolerance, you ask?  It’s amazing how much fear runs through my veins when I see a 3 year old squeezing an ice cream sandwich, put it on the table and then balance themselves on the wall and chair with their sticky hands.  I’m accepting that each day as an opportunity for me to grow and mature right along with my children!</p>
<p><strong>The exciting news is that all of this reflection on acquiring and practicing virtues necessary for me to parent well, (e.g. patience, compassion, and assertiveness), has inspired me to create a new site that has a new purpose and new support services for mothers. </strong> I want to thank you for being such a loyal reader of my posts this past year and it’s been a joy to work with many of you in my 5 week course and individual coaching sessions.  I hope my new services will be the next step for you along your parenting journey!</p>
<p><strong>Soon, Noble Mother will look very different to frequent visitors.</strong> To help ease you into things, I’m offering a new Parenting Tool Kit to those who are interested in coming along with me for the ride.  You’ll see I  have a brand new look with brand new offerings that help more moms afford parent support and coaching.  Once the new page is up, you’ll have the chance to jump aboard by subscribing to my new bi-monthly ezine, which automatically provides you with my parenting tool kit that addresses yelling, consequences, and taking the guilt out of taking care of yourself!  It’s a must-have kit and it is absolutely F*REE!</p>
<p><strong>So, rest assured that great things are happening and evolving and I hope you will be inspired and motivated to join me in continuing to parent well in this modern age, together.</strong></p>
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<p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/spirituality/" rel="tag">spirituality</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/virtues-discipline/" rel="tag">virtues</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/announcements/" title="View all posts in Announcements" rel="category tag">Announcements</a>,  <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/featured/" title="View all posts in Featured" rel="category tag">Featured</a> |   <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/06/noble-mother-gets-a-make-over/#respond" title="Comment on Noble Mother Gets a Make-Over">No Comments »</a></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/05/live-inside-out/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Live Inside Out">Live Inside Out</a></h2>
				<small>May 20th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-833" title="liveinsideout_mandala_000" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/liveinsideout_mandala_000.jpg" alt="liveinsideout_mandala_000" width="143" height="143" />There isn’t a mom I know who doesn’t enjoy some time for herself.</strong> Fortunately, I think more moms are understanding the significant connection between nurturing themselves with the ability to parent well.</p>
<p><strong>When our cup is full, we parent from a place of abundance, acceptance, compassion, and joy.</strong> When we neglect our cup, and we fail to keep it full, we have so little to give that the odds of being abrasive, resentful, exhausted, and frustrated toward our loved ones is great.</p>
<p><strong>I want to invite you to register for a Free Self-Renewal Tele-class with renowned author and speaker, Renee Trudeau.</strong> Renee authored the book, <em>The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal</em>.  She will be speaking to mothers from around the world who call in on June 11, 5-6pm PST, 7-9pm CST, 8-9pm EST.  <strong><a href="http://www.reneetrudeau.com/contact/mothersday.html#tele">Click Here</a></strong> to receive all of the details about the call!</p>
<p>Featured extensively in national media and described as  “The best book on balance,” by women’s health guru <strong>Dr. Joan Borysenko,</strong> author of <em>Inner Peace for Busy Women, </em><em>The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal</em> can help you:</p>
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<li>reconnect  with who you are</li>
<li>manage  your energy and practice saying “no”</li>
<li>tap  into the Transformative Power of Self-Care</li>
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<p><strong>What is <a href="http://www.reneetrudeau.com/contact/liveinsideout.html">LIVE INSIDE OUT</a> all about?</strong> More than ever, thousands of us are hitting the pause button and reflecting on what’s really important in life. We’re realizing our external environment can change on a dime. And, we’re seeing how essential it is that our actions, words and thoughts align with our internal wisdom and core values.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong>I believe that our <em>inner  life should be as rich as our outer life</em>.</strong> What would this look like for  you? For many this means:</p>
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<li>living more intentionally</li>
<li>living a life that is driven by your internal  values—as opposed to external or societal values</li>
<li>living from a place of peace, rather than a  place of fear (and making decisions that are reflective of this)</li>
<li>responding to circumstances, rather than  reacting to them</li>
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<p><strong>I encourage you to take part in our celebration</strong> and begin exploring ways that you can approach your relationships, work and life—from the inside out.  You can start on<a href="http://www.reneetrudeau.com/contact/mothersday.html#tele"> <strong>June 11, 2009 with a call</strong></a> that can remind you that honoring your own spirit is a good thing.</p>
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<p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/motherhood/" rel="tag">motherhood</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/renee-trudeau/" rel="tag">Renee Trudeau</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/self-care/" rel="tag">Self-Care</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/spirituality/" rel="tag">spirituality</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/honor-your-own-spirit/" title="View all posts in Honor Your Own Spirit" rel="category tag">Honor Your Own Spirit</a> |   <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/05/live-inside-out/#respond" title="Comment on Live Inside Out">No Comments »</a></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/05/preschool-play-is-preschool-work/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Preschool Play is Preschool Work">Preschool Play is Preschool Work</a></h2>
				<small>May 17th, 2009 </small>

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					<div><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-830" title="mg-fall-festival-34" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mg-fall-festival-34-225x300.jpg" alt="mg-fall-festival-34" width="225" height="300" />My 3 year old attends a sweet Waldorf nursery 3 mornings each week.</strong> The atmosphere is loving and centered around playing outdoors.  His teacher, Miss Anne, is one of the most gentle, wise, and compassionate women I know.  I’ve never trusted anyone with my children as much as Miss Anne.</div>
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Often, Miss Anne writes to us about the happenings at the nursery, Moss Garden. </strong> She lets us know about the dynamics of the children and their play.  Just this past week she sent such an articulate and interesting email that I wanted to share it.  I asked her permission to quote her and she was flattered.</div>
<div><em><br />“Speaking of special, I’ve been thinking lately about your children and how they have been working/playing so well lately. And it isn’t always easy. Play can be challenging, especially when it comes to playing outside with others. Like when one of your children is in a tree and they happen to take the fastest route down after slipping off a tree branch. </em></div>
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<div><em><br />Fortunately, the tree branches that they climb here are not too high and the ground is fairly soft. Or when a child accidently swings a broom around to meet another child’s nose. Or when a child misses the chance to get on the tire swing and feels left out. I know that, as parents when we hear about or see these events, that we can kiss the boo boos and try to help smooth out the hurt. But we want to know if we are doing enough.</em></div>
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<div><em><br />Instinctively we know that at times we need to protect and nurture and other times we know to let go so that our dear ones can have the experiences that will help them to grow. Slipping off a branch informs the body and imprints on the brain in a way that is far more effective than telling a child, “Be careful and don’t slip”. When a child hits another child, accidently or intentionally, there is so much information involved with such an act, that it may be hard for children (and even sometimes for us adults) to sort it out. But again, it is an action with a reaction that in the future will inform the child that swung the broom, “if I swing a broom, a friend may be near by and I may hit them”. As children learn impulse control and social skills, they then develop various tools for dealing with or preventing such swinging-broom type accidents. </em></div>
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<div><em><br />Probably the hardest boo boos to remedy are the ones we can not see, hurt feelings. Especially if your little one is a <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-831" title="mg-fall-festival-32" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mg-fall-festival-32-225x300.jpg" alt="mg-fall-festival-32" width="225" height="300" />girl, hold on for the ride (though of course boys get hurt feelings, too, but boys are wired differently, they seem to get over it faster.) It seems to start around the age of 5 and since I’m almost 50, I can testify that so far, it lasts about 45 years. </em></div>
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<div><em><br />When it comes down to it, while the above happens at Moss Garden, it represents only the occasional incident. For the most part, they are playing “in the zone”, sharing, being polite and respectful to adults and each other, pretending they are pretty much anything but themselves, and playing beautifully in the dirt. In fact, last week several times the children’s behavior stopped me in my tracks… and I thought, “These children are really learning and growing up”. </em></div>
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<div><em><br />They like to be together, they trust one another, they speak in commanding voices when they need to be heard, they apologize without being asked, they take turns, they accept being the last to get served and the one to get the smallest stick, they recite verses as if they are one voice, they hold hands in a circle, they trust that there is a place outside their family circle that is safe and they are loved, they trust that if they fall down and get hurt, wet, or dirty that it’s not the end of the world and nothing that Father Sun or Fairy Drops won’t remedy. They are beautiful children, each one of them, and I am honored to be in their lives.”</em></div>
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<p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/childhood/" rel="tag">childhood</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/children/" rel="tag">children</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/consequence/" rel="tag">consequence</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/discipline/" rel="tag">discipline</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/patience/" rel="tag">patience</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/play/" rel="tag">play</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/preschooler/" rel="tag">preschooler</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/waldorf/" rel="tag">Waldorf</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/teach-life-lessons/" title="View all posts in Teach Life Lessons" rel="category tag">Teach Life Lessons</a> |   <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/05/preschool-play-is-preschool-work/#respond" title="Comment on Preschool Play is Preschool Work">No Comments »</a></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/got-nature/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Got Nature?">Got Nature?</a></h2>
				<small>April 28th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-821" title="children-at-play" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/children-at-play-150x150.jpg" alt="children-at-play" width="150" height="150" />Last night I attended a workshop on connecting our children to nature.</strong> It was a wonderful discussion about why our generation of children are spending their days inside or at a scheduled activity.  The free flow of play time after-school has been replaced with soccer, piano, and ballet.</p>
<p><strong>We’re afraid of the outdoors.</strong> We’re afraid of predators who will snatch our child from our front yard and if we dared to let them out of our sight and run through the field across the street we fear we may never see them again.</p>
<p><strong>I am so excited about the ideas the facilitator shared with us in this workshop.</strong> Getting closer to nature helps me feel more balanced, centered, and spiritual.  It was a surreal experience 2 weekends ago, sitting at<a href="http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/jord/main.php"> Jordan Lake </a>and staring at the campfire while the kids were snuggly sleeping in the tent.  My husband and I rarely have the opportunity to talk in space so quiet, without distractions of computers, television programs, and phones.</p>
<p><strong><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-824" title="rain1" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rain1-300x203.jpg" alt="rain1" width="300" height="203" />One of the take-aways I got from the workshop is to build in<a href="http://www.greenhour.com"> an hour of free play outside</a>.</strong> Sure, we get outside, but I plan to be more <em>mindful </em>about it.  The facilitator suggests to “lead from behind.”  The idea that for an hour I will be present, both emotionally and physically, following their lead outside, is different than sending them outside to play in the fenced in yard.  It’s about discovery, conversation, connection to nature and to each other.  It’s about making this part of our experience together and developing our <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/about-2-2/principles/">family culture</a>.</p>
<p><strong>One of the <a href="http://www.virtuesproject.com/strategies.html">Five Strategies</a> I teach in my parenting course is called <a href="http://www.virtuesproject.com/strategies.html">Honor the Spirit</a>.</strong> This strategy includes discussion and implementation of your own family culture.</p>
<p><span style="color: #993333;"><strong>Are you the family that loves the stars, or the family who gardens together, sings songs before bed, cooks vegetarian dishes, collects things, eats pancakes every Saturday morning, or solves riddles and tells jokes?<br />
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<p><span style="color: #993333;"><strong>What rituals, traditions, rhythms, rules, boundaries, values, beliefs, and rites of passage are you creating that are becoming your<em> family culture</em>?</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Learn More!  <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/onlinecourse/">Registration is open</a></strong> until May 4th for the next 5 week distance-learning course, “The Virtues Project:  Parenting the Modern-Day Child”.  The course starts Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 6pm PT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET from the comfort of your own home!  <strong><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/onlinecourse/">Read more about the course!</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/testimonials/">Find out what other parents have said</a></strong> about this course and why it stands out as unique compared to other parenting workshops!</p>
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<p class="postmetadata">Tags: <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/behavior/" rel="tag">behavior</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/childhood/" rel="tag">childhood</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/preschooler/" rel="tag">preschooler</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/spirituality/" rel="tag">spirituality</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/virtues-discipline/" rel="tag">virtues</a>, <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/tag/virtues-project/" rel="tag">Virtues Project</a><br /> Posted in <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/establish-a-family-culture/" title="View all posts in Establish A Family Culture" rel="category tag">Establish A Family Culture</a>,  <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/category/featured/" title="View all posts in Featured" rel="category tag">Featured</a> |   <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/got-nature/#comments" title="Comment on Got Nature?">3 Comments »</a></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/follow-your-gut/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Follow Your Gut">Follow Your Gut</a></h2>
				<small>April 19th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-813" title="ptyhhomestudycover" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ptyhhomestudycover-300x278.jpg" alt="ptyhhomestudycover" width="300" height="278" />I just had an amazing conversation with <a href="http://www.childrenlights.com/about_dumari.htm">Dumari Dancoes</a>, founder of <a href="http://www.childrenlights.com/welcome.htm">www.childrenlights.com</a>.</strong> Dumari is a parent coach just like me and we have discovered that we are true kindred spirits.  We realize how much our work with parents is wrapped around the same message - helping parents regain their confidence and acknowledging that raising children is an opportunity for us as moms and dads to personally grow.</p>
<p><strong>Dumari has a beautiful energy and I think you will really connect with her if you remain open to her ideas. </strong> Some parents might find her approach too simplified, but hang in there!  I believe that her bold reminders of following our intuition, or what she explains as tapping into your higher self, can help you parent with integrity.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nobleMother/2009/04/15/Parenting-Through-Your-Heart">LISTEN NOW</a></strong> to Parenting Through Your Heart.</p>
<p><strong>Allow your new mantra to be “What Would Love Do?”  “What Would Love Say?”</strong></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/build-your-tribe-mama/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Free Stuff You Want For Mama Time!">Free Stuff You Want For Mama Time!</a></h2>
				<small>April 15th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #336633;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-30" title="trudeau" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/trudeau.jpg" alt="trudeau" width="202" height="242" />FREE</span> </span>MOTHER’S DAY BOOK DOWNLOAD </strong></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/join-the-slow-parenting-movement/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Join the Slow Parenting Movement">Join the Slow Parenting Movement</a></h2>
				<small>April 13th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-808" title="hannabubbles1" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hannabubbles1-300x204.jpg" alt="hannabubbles1" width="300" height="204" />For awhile now I’ve been asking the question about why do parents today feel so less confident than generations of the past?</strong></p>
<p>I think <a href="http://www.carlhonore.com/">Carl Honore</a>, author of  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061128813"><em>Under Pressure:  Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting</em></a>, may have the answer!</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.carlhonore.com/?page_id=20">Honore</a> believes that because so many parents are having children later in life, increasing risks and the amount of planned pregnancies, we also have increased the worry and concern about the well-being and health of our children.</strong> As older moms, moms in their later 20’s, early and mid 30’s and older, we are thinking a lot more about raising children and what they need to be healthy and happy.  We are also having fewer children, providing us with a lot more resources and focus on our kids than parents who had bigger families were able to do.</p>
<p><strong>As a result, we look to parenting “experts,” read books on parenting, and we are more vulnerable to product marketers who prey on our desire to raise the smartest, most well-behaved, and happiest child.</strong> The bottom line is that we don’t trust ourselves nor our own intuition.  Unfortunately, our generation believes that children who are involved in sports, creative outlets, and tutoring at an early age will provide them the stimulation and learning that they will need in order to be successful and talented adults.</p>
<p>Or will it?</p>
<p><a href="http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/what-is-slow-parenting/">Honore says</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean childhood should be a race. Slow parents give their children plenty of time and space to explore the world on their own terms. They keep the family schedule under control so that everyone has enough downtime to rest, reflect and just hang out together. They accept that bending over backwards to give children the best of everything may not always be the best policy. Slow parenting means allowing our children to work out who they are rather than what we want them to be.</p>
<p>Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it’s a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Your kids may not grow up in a completely care-free, stress-free way that we did, but you can try your best to simply slow down.  This movement is about making small changes in your every day life.  Here are some examples…</strong></p>
<p>1.  If possible, walk or ride a bike to your child’s school or for errands 1 or more times each week.<br />
2.  Bake with your children as a morning or afternoon activity - allow them to crack the eggs, put in the ingredients, stir, and fill the pan with the batter.  Let go of the mess; nothing can’t be fixed with a little sponge and water.<br />
3.  Eat a meal outside - on the deck or on a blanket in the yard.  Linger and let the kids play.<br />
4.  Commit to only one extra-curricular activity per child.  Let go of the pressure to have your 5 year old taking piano, soccer, and swimming.  It’s not about being the best or about being perfect, it’s about enjoying each day without the rush to get somewhere.  Make free play time a priority!<br />
5. Plan to read to your child every night before bed; give yourself enough time to start a chapter book rather than racing through 2 short stories.  Remember, we’re slowing down.<br />
6. If you play soccer, play an instrument, speak another language, create art, think about teaching your child this skill in-house rather than hiring someone else to do it.<br />
7. Give your children a bit more freedom than you are currently doing.  Create new, broader boundaries for outside play.<br />
8. Plant a garden.  There’s nothing that will help you slow down more than nurturing a garden this spring and summer.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2008/05/lms_20080521.mp3">Listen to an interview with Carl Honore.</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Want more help to slow down?  Yes! You admit it, you are struggling to know how to raise children in today’s fast-paced world.</strong> Raising a child with quality character is more important to you than raising a genius.</p>
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<li>How do you slow down and focus on allowing your children to “work out who they are and not what they want to be” and make parenting more about the journey, not a project?  You want to create a strong family culture.</li>
<li>How do you feel confident and effective with your parenting skills, especially when you feel bombarded by so much advice?  You want to teach your child life skills.</li>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">This course has helped me to be more detached from my child’s emotions while remaining compassionate so that I can help him access his strengths from within.  I am working on my own spiritual greatness while guiding my little one on his own spiritual journey.  Raelee has helped open up so many new doors into my own journey as a mother and companion.  <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/testimonials/">Read the full testimony…</a></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #993333;"><strong>Let’s slow down together! </strong></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #993333;"><strong><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/courses-services/programs/onlinecourse/">Register </a>for the next 5 week telecourse  starting in May to provide you with healthy parenting tools for raising your modern-day child.</strong></span> </span></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/whats-behind-the-name-noble-mother/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to What’s Behind the Name “Noble Mother?”">What’s Behind the Name “Noble Mother?”</a></h2>
				<small>April 11th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-806" title="heart-in-hands" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/heart-in-hands-300x295.jpg" alt="heart-in-hands" width="180" height="177" /><strong>Recently I had a conversation with a mom who enjoys the content and message of my site and she suggested that I change the name from Noble Mother to something else. </strong> She shared with me that she had referred  her mom friends to check out my site and that some of them were turned off by the name “Noble Mother.”</p>
<p><strong>The name made them feel inadequate or in some way not enough.</strong> For others, they thought the name was presumptuous and arrogant of me.  That some how I was implying that I am THEE noble mother.</p>
<p><strong>I am so grateful for her feedback; I’m always interested in constructive criticism. </strong> I am open to change and I invite new ideas.  My name is right for the message that I’m bringing to the world.  I’m interested in bringing dignity to the role of motherhood.  <a href="http://www.noblemother.com/why-noble-mother/">Check out my new page that explains why I chose to call my site, Noble Mother.</a></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/talkin-bout-the-birds-and-the-bees/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Talkin’ Bout the Birds & the Bees">Talkin’ Bout the Birds & the Bees</a></h2>
				<small>April 6th, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-796" title="the_birds_and_the_bees" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_birds_and_the_bees-224x300.jpg" alt="the_birds_and_the_bees" width="224" height="300" />“It was magical elves” was the answer the mom at <a href="http://www.dooce.com/">dooce.com</a> gave to her 4 year-old daughter this winter when her little girl asked her how the baby on the ultrasound got into her tummy. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Talking to <em>your</em> young child about sex may not scare <em>yo</em>u</strong> or make you feel tongue-tied, but it’s definitely not always an easy answer, or one that you have quite formulated until it’s too late.</p>
<p>I once read that the appropriate age to go into the details is at 8 when your child is practical and less silly about “just the facts.”  So, in my own mind I had planned to have that conversation at that time, not before.</p>
<p>However, recently my 6 year old daughter pinned me down.  “Mom, just exactly how <em>does</em> a baby get into your belly?”  Perhaps like <strong><a href="http://www.dooce.com/">dooce.com</a></strong> I would have liked to have  claimed “magical elves”, but with a savvy 6 year-old who has her doubts about fairies and gnomes, she probably wouldn’t have bought that.</p>
<p><em><strong>“Well, mommy and daddy love each other in a very special way and when we make that special kind of love, a baby can be made.”</strong></em></p>
<p>Whew.  I did it.  She got quiet and I haven’t heard from her since.  However, since that moment I’ve thought more and more about that little conversation.  Was that age-appropriate?  Could I have said something else?</p>
<p><strong>Fortunately for you, in my search for answers, I came across two great resources. </strong> One is the hilarious dialogue at <strong><a href="http://www.momversation.com/episodes/mommy-where-do-babies-come">momversation.com</a></strong> about this very subject - a “must see” for all moms who are stumped on the baby-making question.  Be sure to watch this side-splitting video!</p>
<p><strong>The other resource is <a href="http://www.birdsandbeesandkids.com/index.html">Amy Lang</a>, a coach and expert on how to talk with your kids about sex.</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.birdsandbeesandkids.com/index.html">Amy’s website and blog</a></strong> are chock full of interesting information and resources.</p>
<p>I am very excited to have the opportunity to talk with her and ask her my own burning questions live this <strong><span style="color: #993333;">Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:30pm EST</span> on my <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nobleMother/2009/04/09/The-Birds-The-Bees-Kids">Blog Talk Radio Show</a></strong>.  You can tune in and feel free to call into the show and ask Amy your questions too!  The call-in number is <strong>646-378-137</strong>0; we’d love to hear from you!</p>
<p><span style="color: #993333;"><strong>Hope you join us to listen Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:30pm EST for the show!</strong></span></p>
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				<h2><a href="http://www.noblemother.com/2009/04/is-a-tantrum-misbehavior/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Is A Tantrum Misbehavior?">Is A Tantrum Misbehavior?</a></h2>
				<small>April 1st, 2009 </small>

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					<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-794" title="tt" src="http://www.noblemother.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tt-300x199.jpg" alt="tt" width="300" height="199" />Most parents think that tantrums are definitely bad behavior.</strong> Our culture is intolerant of intense emotions from anyone, adults and children.  And we are savvy enough to know that children can use the waterworks and screaming as a tactic to get their parents to cave in in order to get what they want.</p>
<p><strong>Preschoolers tantrum because they do not like limits. </strong> When they want a cookie or a toy, or they want another story before bed, or they want to sleep in your bed, or they want to watch a show, or they don’t want to leave the park, what do they do?  They cry and scream.  This is absolutely one of the most common behaviors young children do that pushes their parents’ button.</p>
<p><strong>Depending on your parenting style,</strong> you may bribe your child with something else, which can be different than redirection, “Jonah I’ll buy you a cookie if you stop crying.”</p>
<p>Or you may feel so much frustration and overwhelm that you cave and give your child what they want, “Fine, you can watch another tv show, but just one more!”</p>
<p>Or you may have an intense need to control your child and believe that tantrums and crying are so unacceptable that you put your child in their room, yell at them, or even physically threaten or hurt them.</p>
<p><strong>Let’s face it, it isn’t a fun parenting moment when our child has a meltdown. </strong>It’s stressful.  Do you feel yourself feeling overstimulated because the crying and screaming create so much drama and chaos?</p>
<p>One thing to note that may help you understand what is happening to your preschooler when they are upset, is the idea that <strong>your child’s brain has been “hijacked” by her emotions</strong> at the moment she explodes.  When her thinking brain has been “hijacked” she is unable to be reasonable, to follow logic, or to immediately calm down.</p>
<p><strong>Tantrums are not misbehavior.</strong> They are actually a misguided choice your child is making in order to deal with their disappointment, anger, frustration, and helplessness.  Tantrums, crying, and raging is just one way your child responds to stress.  Other ways children release stress are through play or through laughter.</p>
<p><strong>Crying and tantruming are developmental.</strong> Some children are unable to deal with their stress without this intense release.  Many times children who are allowed to tantrum, without being disciplined or interrupted, in a way that is not physically hurting anyone or themselves, will be calmer and better behaved the rest of the day.</p>
<p>In Aletha Solter’s book, <em>Tears and Tantrums</em>, she explains that children only have so much raging in their system for a day.  She uses the analogy of defecating.  Your child only has so much stool - no more, no less.  It has to come out.  If you interrupt her while she’s having a bowel movement, you’re just postponing her from getting the rest out.  Yeah, it’s not a pretty analogy, but it does help to explain why your child may seem like she’s crying or upset all day.  Is it because you have placated her, redirected her, calmed her down when really she needed to release her pent up emotion?</p>
<p><strong>Want more information about managing your child’s tantrums?</strong> Check out my podcast <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nobleMother/2008/11/20/Temper-Tantrums-101"><em>Temper Tantrums 101</em></a>.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.pickardsmountain.org/summer_camps.php" title="Our organic gardens, sustainable livestock production, biofuels, and renewable energy systems are dedicated to children of all ages, with the hope of finding ways of living more harmoniously within the planetary community.  We offer educational programs f">Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.trianglemothercare.com" title="Need a postpartum doula and you live in the Triangle, NC?">Post Partum Doulas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theguiltfreemom.com" title="Help with your strong-willed child!">The Guilt-Free Mom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.virtuesconnectionportland.com" title="A beautiful site that explains the Virtues Project.">Virtues Connection</a></li>
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