#intentional parenting

[solarpunkqueen]

Sunday reading.

Trying to remember all the things my lineage has lost.

All the knowledge and wisdom that took centuries to develop.

The cultures and magic.

The undying faith in something more while living life simply.

This is what I long for.

This is what I’m reviving in my soul.

#permaculture #forest floor #cottagecore #vintage #witchyvibes #simplicity #intentional parenting #motherhood #garden #appalachain mountains #firefox #appalachian witch #folklore #folklife #culture #back to my roots #back to the basics #farmcore

[connieaaa]

I saw some of my mom's family over the holidays, including one abusive uncle.

He was the same as always. I was very different.

I had the most profound experience:

My cousin's kid made snowballs out of wrapping paper and collected them into a pile. We had 8 adults (3 with severe mobility difficulties) and 3 dogs in about 600sqft and the pile became a safety risk so I collected her paper balls into a plastic bag. Kid came back from the bathroom and got upset and pulled the bag out of my hand and dumped everything back on the ground.

Every adult in the room is upset with her on my behalf, and my uncle is yelling at my cousin to give her crazy child more meds.

Kid frantically starts trying to explain that she was making snowballs for a snowball fight. I explained that I was aware of that, but there wasn't enough time because people had to leave, and there wasn't enough space on the floor, so I had been carefully putting the balls in a bag for her to use later. I had her help clean up the second time.

I turned my attention back to the adults, and it was like nothing had ever happened. I had put every emotional fire out by not providing it fuel.

#dysfunctional family #cptsdsurvivor #dysfunctional parents #bad parenting #narcissist parents #breaking generational curses #generational abuse #generational curses #maternal narcissism #abusive mom #abusive uncle #family scapegoating abuse #runs in the family #emotional regulation #intentional parenting #intergenerational trauma

[fastlane-freedom]

Four Steps to Create Affirmations to Improve Parenting Skills

Here are simple steps to create and implement results-oriented Miracle Morning affirmations that will program your conscious and subconscious mind to produce results and take your levels of personal and parenting success beyond what you’ve ever experienced before. “The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love and support each other.” – Zig…

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#affirmations #child development #conscious parenting #guide to parents #how to create affirmation #intentional parenting #mindful parenting #mindfulness #nurturing children #parenthood joy #parenting #parenting goals #parenting journey #parenting tips #parenting wisdom #parents #positive affirmations #positive parenting #power of affirmation #power of affirmations

[relationshipsonline]

Eat healthy: 8 ways to be intentional with the time I have to spend with my family

It’s never too late to restart and make a change to the relationships with each of our loved ones. Making a fresh start is possible and can bring about new habits that have a lasting effect. Consider these 8 ways to be intentional with the time you have to spend with your family. Try using these motivations to kickstart new habits in your household. 8. Eat healthy – Providing healthy meals is…

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#healthy eating #intentional parenting #rituals #traditions

[awisewomanbuildsherhome]

“Your children won’t remember all you did, but they will remember how you made them feel.”

There are certain seasons when my parenting becomes reactive and completely lacking intention and focus. Someone said this a few days ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. It has shifted my mindset not just in how to respond to them and what I’m saying, but to also pay attention how it’s truly coming across to them - how am I making them feel? In their vulnerability, am I coming along and helping them feel safer? Lord, help me give my all to this tiny portion You’ve entrusted me with. Help me to be faithful.

#parenting #healing #childhood trauma #healing from trauma #parenting better #intentional parenting #my loves

[ofswordsandpens]

oh and I sincerely believe that Poseidon telling Percy "You're my favorite child" was absolutely a manipulation tactic/power play and it worked

#he may have even been being honest #but a parent telling one of their children that they are their favorite... #oh there are intentional dynamics being sewn there #and none of them are healthy #pjo #percy jackson #mine

[bangarangdarling]

blame the “hitting on your mom as a punishment” tiktok i just saw that literally blew my brain up. established because they’re disgustingly in love and because i say so

Eddie would normally consider himself pretty immune to the roar of arguing teenagers. Chaos surrounds their little Party. They’re not a quiet bunch when all together. It’s all shoving and yelling, giggling and roughhousing. Carpet-burned battle scars from the floor of Steve’s living room.

Lord knows Eddie himself wasn’t an inside-voice kind of person. He was certainly wont to standing on coffee tables and screeching demands for the remote when it was unjustly stolen away by villainous hands.

Eddie loved these people to death, and they were a lot of fucking fun to hang out with, it’s just this...this was an unreal level of noise. A normal sleepover night turned a little too rowdy, the adolescents celebrating the start of Summer with a bang.

Steve had already asked them to keep it down four times this evening. Nothing seemed to calm them. Not requests. Not threats of being sent home. Usually their Dungeon Master threatening their characters’ souls did the trick, but no go. 

Getting teenagers to listen? A feat more impossible than defeating creatures from an alternate universe. 

Dustin and Erica were in a bitching match about the best D&D class. Lucas and Mike had been fighting over movie choices for the last half hour. Eddie’s money was on the VHS player breaking before that, the constant mishandling and shoving of tapes had the poor thing practically smoking.

Will, ever the diplomat, was trying to be an impartial party when asked his movie opinions. Which, of course, caused more yelling. 

Max and El had been the only ones being semi-quiet, but that quickly ended when they followed through on their surprise attack pillow fight, pummeling the boys senseless and causing the already unbearable volume to kick into overdrive. Eddie could practically feel Steve’s migraine building, even from where the dude had retreated to the kitchen. Dinner had been pizza. Quick. Easy. Clean. Or, it would have been if it hadn’t had been for the food fight. Steve was still in there scrubbing cheese out of his parents’ tiled backsplash. Dishes clattered in the distance when the cacophony hit its crescendo. 

It was the proverbial straw. 

“Alright, that’s it! Hey. Come on, guys. Knock it off,”

Nothing. 

“HEY!”

He maybe overdid it that time, but the absolute ear-splitting boom of a yell he let out stopped the ruckus dead. 

Silence rang for a beat.

Huh. Maybe Eddie should try out incorporating that into his music. He honestly hadn’t known he could get to that range. 

The teenagers in the room stared at him, not cowed in the slightest, but curious enough to know what the hell Eddie’s problem was. Max was the first one to quirk an eyebrow at him.  “Geez, need attention much?” 

Eddie folded his arms to show he meant business. “Steve has asked you guys to tone it down. You’re waking the fucking dead. Why don’t you guys, like, actually go be good human beings and help him clean up your mess you all made in the kitchen, huh?” 

Lucas snorted. “Yeah, okay, mom. Why don’t you go help him, you guys will probably just make out in there, anyway.” 

It was a teasing comment. Meant to jokingly rib before getting back to doing whatever the hell they wanted to do.

But, see. That just gave him an idea. 

Never let it be said Eddie couldn’t be creative with his punishments. He was a DM after all. 

“Alllllllright. New plan. Listen up or suffer, ankle biters,” 

He really didn’t appreciate the snickers that brought about when he was trying to be intimidating. Rude. 

“You going to send us to our room or something? I’m real scared,” Erica’s scathing, dry wit was unparalleled, truly. 

“Nope. Better. It’s a new rule: You little shitheads give me attitude and don’t listen, I hit on your babysitter.”

It was silent for a minute, brains audibly computing that statement and coming up ERROR. Will hesitantly spoke up. 

“Uh, Eddie, I really don’t think that’s--”

“Yeah, what the fuck?” Mike interrupted. “Why would you beating up Steve hurt us? I mean, like, I guess it would emotionally, but that’s fucked up, man.” 

Eddie rolled his eyes, still smirking wickedly as his plan solidified.  “Oh, I don’t mean that kind of hitting, young Wheeler. Though, it may yet get physical--Hey, Steve?” He called out. The sink in the kitchen shut off after a second.

“Yeah?” 

“Can you come here?” 

The kids shuffled around on the floor warily as the other man walked into the living room. The energy had obviously shifted, it was probably an odd vibe to walk in to, but Eddie cut Steve off before he could ask any questions.

“You tired?”

“Uh, no. I’m fine--”

“It’s just you just keep on runnin’ through my mind constantly. I figured you’d be exhausted, sweetheart,” Eddie purred, the words cloyingly sweet and full of exaggerated charm. 

There was a countdown, three, two, one...

A collective groan let out. A few uncomfortable laughs.  “Dude, what the hell?” 

“You guys agreed not to be gross in front of us!”

“Oh, my god, can I actually get sick from how cheesy that was?” 

Eddie had to work at keeping in character when his very first line had pulled the intended reaction. He was already reaching forward to curl an arm around Steve, pulling him in in a slow, sultry attempt at being smooth. 

“What? Can’t I be sweet on my guy? You all will understand when you’re in love one day. Right, sugar?” 

Fake gags and retching sounds, too dramatic to be real protests, but still indignant and annoyed. Eddie was pretty sure Dustin slapped a hand over his eyes.

“Uh...yes?” Steve, who had previously looked like a car accident had happened directly in front of him, was catching on to the play. He eyed the disgruntled floor-children with a growing grin and let Eddie snuggle up to him.

God, his baby was so clever. He always knew what Eddie was thinking. 

Too busy having a non-verbal conversation with Steve on how to best annoy the kids, Eddie didn’t see Mike turning his attention back to the tv. He did, however, hear him telling the others to “Just ignore them, they’ll get all gushy and leave us alone.” 

Oh, Michael, Michael. Wrong move. 

“How you doing, babygirl?” Steve flushed, deep and red and--huh. Okay. Revisiting that one in the future. “You good? You need anything? Your head hurting, sweet thing? I can kiss it better,”  Eddie ducked forward to kiss Steve’s cheek. It was chaste, a sweet little thing...that Eddie made infinitely worse by the smacking, obnoxious kissy sounds he emulated there. The chorus of groans and protests started up again. He didn’t even pull his face away to call over to them. 

“I’m sorry, is that attitude? Am I hearing more attitude?”

“Dude, Eddie, noooo!” 

“Jesus, it’s like watching your parents make out, oh my god.” 

“You guys, let’s just go already,” 

“Yeah, I’ll take washing dishes over this,” 

The grossed out teenagers whooshed past them. Grumbling and glaring--except Eleven, who smiled up at them sweetly--leaving Steve and Eddie standing in the living room, still wrapped up together. 

It was too tempting then, with the kids safely out of range, for Eddie to resist the temptation to drop his kisses a little lower down Steve’s neck. To let them get a little less chaste. Just a little.

What can he say? He’s a weak man. 

“That was evil,” Steve hummed. His shoulders dropped, though, relaxing into Eddie’s hold, the closest thing they’ve had to quiet all night settling in. 

“Hey, I accomplished two things. Got them to chill out and I get the perk of feeling you up in the middle of sleepover night. It’s a win-win.” 

A crash and a muffled argument broke out in the kitchen before Steve could respond to that. 

The audible scuffling was cut off by Eddie calling out “Your ass looks great in these jeans tonight, Harrington!” 

The fierce whispers and shushing were enough to get both of the older boys cackling loudly. 

#Listen this is cheesy and poorly written but i HAD to #go find that tik tok because it was hilarious but also radiated love and healthy parenting #they called it 'gentle parenting with malicious intent' looooool #steddie #the party #my brain vomit

[cursednotesapp]

#adult adhd #lgbtq #mental health #writer #cursednotesapp #20 something #tw depressing thoughts #queer community #intentional parenting #pro choice #please for the love of all things fluffy think before you procreate

[mangokabuto]

Some dance + real-world-equivalent-ethnicity headcannons :)

Some more little bits i be thinking abt for those who want more dance content: (under the cut)

Usopp with his salsa fundamentals and luffy with his vague memories of samba end up, at some point, coming up with their own much more chaotic combo of the two. They r spinning around so fast its insane. Luffy is about to launch them into the sun. They're having a great time.

Sanji being absolutely miffed when the only other ppl on the crew who know how to couple's dance with him are Usopp and Luffy. He gets over it ofc, being able to actually dance with another person quickly overwhelms the "I wanted to tango with a beautiful lady" grief

Sanji being able to help Usopp re-learn salsa and them bonding over their moms abt it 🥲Luffy is a lost cause tho he's not learning shit /j

BaroqueWorks Robin and Bon Clay bonding over ballet Q_Q

Brook inventing the most INSANE new dips/twirls/transitions because he no longer has muscles or skin or whatever in the way

Also I firmly believe Usopp listens & dances to anything made by Spice, Mr. Killa, and Yung Bredda, but he refuses to let the crew know this. He's not embarrassed or anything he's just fairly sure Sanji would have a heart attack and die if he heard the lyrics

Sanji listens & dances to Rodrigo y Gabriela he's in love with their story

Zoro is one of those freaks who has no desire to listen to music at all but he won't turn it off if it's on, yk?

As made obvious above I think Usopp and Sanji are the 1st and 2nd most versatile dancers, but neither of them dance more Often than Franky

If i had to rank them based on how often/readily they will dance its....in the order I placed the pictures, with chopper between brook and nami. Luffy is only so low cause he'd usually rather be eating, and brook cause he'd rather be playing, and zoro cause he'd rather be drinking/napping

Robin will readily dance with you if you ask her but she's not going to initiate

If you love dance like i do and want to see some specific choreographers/dances i had in mind while drawing these, that will be the rest of this bullet list!

Sanji is doing Derek Hough's little solo bit from his pasodoble choreo on dancing with the stars. look it up it is so peak

Dancing with the star (chopper <3)

In my head Usopp is perfectly capable of dancing any choreography by Latrice Kabamba (west african steps), Tricia Miranda (dancehall), or Yeifren Mata (mostly male solo salsa)

For Franky I think some old way choreos by Nastya Batrachenko or Dashaun Wesley (he mostly does fem now but he has good old way stuff) r good

#my art #dancing HCs #they're all transgender if you didnt notice btw <3 #wano is such a clear and intentional allegory for isreal/palestine and zoro's family came from there. he has some brown in him i stg!!! #i know oda said Brook was from austria but oda is wrong <3 brook told me so himself in a dream i prommy #sanji is apparently french. his birth parents are clearly german royalty. his real father is irish. why is he french /hj #chopper is canadian ofc but he is also. a deer

[starry-bi-sky]

Dead on Main Childhood Friends Memes

Because now that I've gotten the hang of making au memes, i can't stop.

#dpxdc #dpxdc crossover #dpdc #dpxdc memes #dead on main #i keep calling this ship undead on main #childhood friends au #jason not believing that danny's gonna kill the joker is not only one of the funnier things i've come up with for this au but ALSO #my attempt at fixing that little plothole i made in the first post with danny outright stating his intentions about the joker #bc i didnt think i was continuing the post #it was mostly a prompt LMAO #sam's list is her internalized misogyny hypocrisy performative activism entitlement and her general refusal to accept that she can be wrong #remember how sam and danny hated each other in the beginning? yeah thats why #like lbfr sam's parents canonically spoiled her that has GOT to have affected her views on everything despite how she likes to act otherwis #hey look these memes have more variety than my clone danny ones #jason and danny are paralleling each other with their conspiracy boards btw #and if i could make an animatic of this au it would be with the song 'Hollow Moon' by. you guessed it. the crane wives

[sammy8d257]

"What do you get when you mix blue and pink together?"

"A mess."

-

Aka the horrors of realizing, for better or for worse, you are your parents

#Sammy8D art #alan becker #ava purple #avm purple #animation vs minecraft #avm shorts #avm #Context: “You are your parents” is a phrase used to describe how the way your parents act will influence how you act as an adult #often in a similar manner #And by golly did Reg Blue and Orchid influence Purple #Reg Blue for obvious reasons #But I will stand by the fact that although not intentional #Orchid absolutely left Purple with some less than healthy mentalities #Let Orchid be a loving mother and an incredibly flawed individual #Both can and should exist at the same time #askdgljsgs these past few days have been a lot #I just needed to draw something that wasn't related to anything I'm currently working on #Sammy8D Stick Stuff

[cartoonsbyandie]

HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY TO OUR FAVORITE LITTLE DETECTIVE!

Ran’s baking the cake next year.

#Conan gets a convenience store cake and doesn't complain because it's more effort than his actual parents are putting in #Anyway I agonized what to draw for this and in the end I had to do something with Kogoro #kogoro mouri #mouri kogoro #conan edogawa #edogawa conan #shinichi kudo #kudo shinichi #dcmk #detective conan #Yeah it's Case Closed and OCs #mouri ran #ran mouri #Are you picking up some slight hexfloog au vibes? Good ! #They were at least somewhat intentional right at the end

[connieaaa]

Kids' are still learning impulse control but they are rarely selfish. Kids' haven't learned tact, but they are rarely rude. Kids' lack adequate vocabulary, but they speak with intent. Kids' sense of justice can be caustic to adults, but they are rarely mean. Kids seem chaotic, but their logic is as rock solid as the moon that pulls the ocean.

Kids learn, kids grow, kids mature.

And, yes, I have met a few kids that are liars, rude, selfish, and cruel. They live in an upside down world, the adults that should love and care for them have modeled selfishness, rudeness, and cruelty. They lie to survive, they have adapted to stay alive. But the adults are responsible, not the child.

If you were raised in cruelty and broken as child, and decided to grow, to heal, and to stop your family's curses. I applaud you, I love you, and you are changing the world.

#cptsdsurvivor #dysfunctional family #narcissist parents #dysfunctional parents #good parenting #intentional parenting #gentle parenting #breaking generational curses #non violence #kids #consensual living #peaceful parenting #kids do well when they can

[golyadkin]

Long road to Colorado

#accidental child acquisition? no. intentional teenager acquisition. #the venture bros #pete white #billy quizboy #billy whalen #the invisible hand of fate #fanart #art tag #sorry i'm like obsessed with their backstory there's so much to dig into with it #the sort of kidnapping... the cocaine... the roadtrip... the media coverage... the aftermath... it's just so tasty #tonight we're thinking about pete taking this kid in and discovering only after that surprise! a teenager still needs to be parented #even the genius ones #also like was pete still high out of his mind during all this? was he still doing blow? or had he run out by the time they were on the road #also like... the necessity for immediate trust and reliance on one another because if they didnt have any other choice #and like why didn't billy ask his mom to take them? why did it have to be a secret thing? #i have... so many questions that will never be answered the whole thing was so fucked up #also i ignored their scooter design because it was dumb they're riding a vespa here whatever

[relationshipsonline]

Create rituals and traditions: 8 ways to be intentional with the time I have to spend with my family

It’s never too late to restart and make a change to the relationships with each of our loved ones. Making a fresh start is possible and can bring about new habits that have a lasting effect. Researchers call this feeling the “fresh start effect”. They have found that we tend to motivate ourselves into good habits by using a new beginning (like the start of the week, month, year, season, etc.) as…

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#intentional parenting #predictability #rituals #traditions

[angelpuns]

I wish my parents understood that when I am having a Bad Time ( meltdown) that I need to be left alone because if they come into my room or ask what's wrong or literally even look at me they're actively making it worse

#also this is how it has worked since i was little #anyway #im so #they have good intentions #most of the time #but i just need to be alone #i haven't had a big one like this in a while #augh #its cause im living with my parents agaun #vent tw #sorry for vent #im having a bad time