The Green Parent

Non-judgemental, uplifting parenting content from pregnancy to teenagers. The Green Parent is full of ideas on living outside the mainstream, with advice on how to nurture yourself so you can thrive (not just survive!) as a parent. Heaps of activities to bring fun and connection into every day life, a welcoming community and positive news!

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INSPIRE • Seasonal Celebrations: Fun things to make and do – 11, Interview: Reclaiming the wild – 13, Reader Stories – I'm a real-life fairy! – 15, Craft: Make a nature suncatcher 17

JOURNAL • Seasonal celebrations, activities and joy for your family in August and September

Reclaiming the Wild • Roshni is a London-born poet, writer and speaker, the daughter of Indian immigrants to the UK. She started and ran a diversity and inclusion company and grew it to a seven-figure business with no external funding. Just before she left London she completed a Masters with Distinction in Culture, Diaspora and Ethnicity

READERS' STORIES

CATCH THE SUN • Shelly Carlson of welcometonanas.com uses summer wildflowers to make a suncatcher wind chime. This is a super easy summer kids craft

baby • Meet a breastfeeding author, discover milk-boosting teas and how to manage teething pain

POSITIVE + NUMBERS 26 • September is the most popular day to be born! A peak in births in late September show that more babies are conceived around Christmas than at any other time of the year.

When We're Ready

BE PREPARED • Pip Davies is a midwife and pelvic health expert. She's drawn on over ten years of experience to put together her Guide to a Positive Birth; an information-packed manual designed to give parents-to-be the tools to experience a calm and confident birth

Sacred Space • Jade Evans lives with her partner and two children aged nine and 17 months in North Wales. She set up The Nesting Space to create wholesome, nurturing and sacred spaces for mothers and babies

toddler • Why not to take your toddler tantrum personally and a magical mum business

POSITIVE + NUMBERS 72 • Percentage of parents who want more time to play with their children or to take them places to play

PICTURE BOOKS FEATURING KIDS WITH AUTISM

LETTERBOX LEARNING • We check out some of the best and most inspiring subscription boxes available

Beach Bairns • Our pick of the very best ethical beachwear for kids this summer

child • 3 beautiful magazines for kids and how to bring the sacred into everyday

JOLLY JOURNALS

How I became a footie mum! • Crafty mum, Tiana Kubik is more at home with a paint palette but here she shares why she enrolled her home educated kids in a year of football practice

RAIN, WIND OR SHINE • Laura Stroup is founder and director of School of the Wild, a completely outdoor school held at Lovett Pinetum in Missouri

THE BOOK & GAMES NOOK • We sent out a bundle of books to some of our subscribers, packed with picture books, tales for older readers and games. Here are their reviews:

teen • Deepen your relationships and listen to a podcast from a mum of a transgender child

POSITIVE + NUMBERS 8 • The percentage of yoga practicing young people, according to research by the NCHS

TIME TO LOG OFF • One of the biggest causes of teen-sion in many families is screen time; how long young people spend on their phones, tablets and laptops, and, what happens when they are online. Tanya Goodin is an author, public speaker and tech ethicist. Her book, The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing speaks directly to teens about...