by Eva van Strijp | Jul 3, 2023 | Peaceful Parenting
Parenting babies and young adults (and everything in between) at the same time is an enormous privilege and so much fun! It’s also hard, but I’m finding the joy far outweighs the hard. It feels like every week there’s a new milestone and they’re so wildly different…...
by Eva van Strijp | Sep 25, 2019 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
I’m 9 months into an alcohol-free year and I wanted to take some time out to share why I started, how it’s going and my thoughts for the coming months. I’ve always had would I think would be considered a fairly healthy relationship with alcohol. As a young adult and...
by Eva van Strijp | Oct 17, 2018 | Homeschooling, Peaceful Parenting
We’ve been homeschooling now for almost seven years – since our first hit school-age – and every year (and indeed each child!) brings new opportunities and challenges that we never could have anticipated when we first began the journey. One of the most...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 19, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting, Simple Living
So many things to do. A list as long as our arm. Things for the home, our family, our community, our kids’ school or homeschool, our work. So many competing priorities, and many times we get to the end of the day, look at our new year’s resolutions on the back of the...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 5, 2018 | Peaceful Parenting
We all want to give our children more and better. More than we had as children. Better opportunities. More toys, better food, more clothes, better education, more experiences, better sports skills, more extra-curricula activities, better prospects for adulthood. Oh my...