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The meaning of the term "intuitive parenting" is fairly self evident - it is parenting by intuition. It is a phrase which I coined (although I am sure that others have used it) to describe our own style of parenting which we have evolved in our family.

It is listening, if you will, with the heart. It is keeping your eyes, ears, and mind open to your children, and letting what you see, hear, and feel speak directly to your heart, and letting your responses to your children come from your heart. It is, in short, doing what you feel is best.

Intuitive parenting is based on our conviction that we all really know what our children need, and what to do for them, if we only just listen to ourselves. It is based on our belief that for the most part we know what is right, and even best, for our own children, far better than anybody else could. It is the courage to do what is right for our children by listening to, and acting on, our own parenting instincts.

For who among us has not struggled with the dilemma of our own feelings as to what would be right for our child being at odds with what our mother, our neighbor, our pediatrician tells us? We all know that feeling. Have you ever ended up wishing that you had listened to everybody else instead of yourself? Have you ever not been glad that you followed your own instincts about what your child really needed?

Your child will tell you what they need. You only have to listen - with your ears, with your eyes, with your heart.

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- Anne