Do not 'bring up' children

This article was written by Jesper Juul and translated by Hayes van der Meer – FamilyLab Australia/New Zealand – www.familylab.com.au

It was probably easier raising children centuries ago. Ideas and methods only changed slightly from one generation to the next. Parents simply raised their children the way they had been raised themselves. They knew what [...]

Partner first - then parent

By Jesper Juul

translated from Danish by Hayes van der Meer

www.familylab.com.au

 

When two people fall in love and move in together they “give birth” to their first baby – their relationship. When their second child arrives there is a risk that their first ends up as a neglected child. The relationship will, just [...]

Birth Activism or Mother Celebrations

It is needless to say that birth in our culture, is very different to what it used to be and  also to what it was meant to be. We save more mothers and babies than we used to in poorer times, but we are now at a place where the medicalisation of birth, is continuing [...]

Miscariage from a Dad's perspective

Miscarriage is often not counted as anything much. The foetus is not really a child in medical terms and no one around you have got much of a relationship to this pregnancy yet. But for the woman, who was pregnant, it is big. Even if she is only 12 weeks, she has spend that time [...]

Book list from BaBs book review

Hi everyone, here is the list of books, DVD’s and websites that were recommended by the men and women attending BaBs on the 22nd of November. They are about parenting, birth and pregnancy. They are not in any particular order and are not an expression of what we as facilitators from BaBs believe in. Use [...]