Nurture Parenting Magazine - The Burning Facts eZine ~ Issue 3

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I couldn’t even imagine leaving my 13-month-old for a night” ~ to which I was told encouraged other women to judge the woman. Now, my vision for Nurture is not to judge other women, but rather to support parents and provide researched information on raising children.
However, then someone posted: “Making personal judgements about others choices is what establishes our own. It is how the human mind works, we notice, we judge the situation and we rationalise. The meaning of judgment changes with the person using the term. It can mean criticism to one, calling a spoon a spoon to another or it can merely be a simple realisation for one. We judge and compare our experiences against others to arm our own beliefs in life. This is how we evolve.
Acceptance follows judgment if you allow yourself to move past this state of ‘my way or the highway’.
To add to this, I would also like to work on my compassion and empathy ~ especially now while William is still young as I know that I am a model of behaviour for him. So instead of harsh unwavering judgment, I will try to have more understanding (eg. rather than think “Why is that mother just letting her baby cry”, think “Oh, there must be a reason why that mother is not picking up her baby” (eg. could be sleep deprived, the baby could have colic, the mother may have post-natal depression etc).
So, as not everyone may have seen the posts on Facebook, I asked Claire Eaton, one of Nurture’s contributors, to write an article on judgment in our society (page 8). I hope you enjoy it and get something out of it because a world in which we can encourage compassion and empathy rather than simple harsh judgment will be a better world indeed.
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**Whilst the parenting articles in each issue, are timeless, the branding is not lol! We rebranded from issue 22, regardless, enjoy the gift of Nurture!
Kristy xo