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Toddler Green Living Guide

Top 20 Toddler Buzz Stories of 2009

Posted by Suzanne Murray
on December 30, 2009 at 7:13 AM
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Top 20 Toddler Buzz Stories of 2009

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Discipline

Moms and Kids as Equals—New Parenting Approach

What the post said: It explains a new parenting approach called Consensual Living, in which punishments and rewards are considered tools of manipulation and unnecessary when the whole family is working together toward a common goal."

What moms said: "When Bobby and Susie can change their own diaper, get themselves to school, and pay some bills, then we can talk about equal. Until then, you be the child and I'll be the parent." — Lakota505

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