Barb Lundgren, director of the Rethinking Everything Conference talks about the challenges of being a conscious, intelligent, resourceful, loving, unconditionally supportive parent in Western civilization.

"I have a child with someone and we want to raise her/him together in partnership... but, we aren't in love with each other. Is this possible? If so, how?"

A tribute to one of my heroes.

ESS = "Essential Self School," something I invented for myself when I wanted to learn about the workings of my inner self. It's radical, time-consuming, and nearly impossible to do while your kids are young (unless you send them to live in foster care for a year).

Some things to think, talk, and decide about BEFORE you have kids.

"All I am saying in this book can be summed up in two words: Trust Children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves, and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted." - John Holt

What sounds like more fun: camping on an island haunted by the Old Testament's ten plagues, having bed bugs while 11 people are trying to sleep in a 1400 sq foot home, working 16 hours a day, or foreclosing on your home?

Can you believe that Kara is going to be a Grandmother?...?... Well it's true. Any day now.

Parenting is hard.... maybe some tricks will help a tiny bit.

It would seem that the good news is no different than the bad news, and even worse is that it's not news whatsoever: there are no simple answers.