What techniques will be shared on this blog?

I am sure some of you reading my blog are wondering what exactly I will be sharing, well that is pretty easy to answer :) I will share what worked for my family and what choices were made or pondered when deciding what to add to my palette. Since my children are still younger and not grown adults I will mainly be sharing my experiences from infancy to the teenage years. My children have also faced various medical challanges so how the diagnosis impacted our parenting choices will also be shared.

Unlike many books that give you step by step guides on how to do something for it to work, it is not my intent to tell you what is the best parenting choice or how it is done to be most effective. I will share what worked for me. It is then up to you to take this information and add it to your own palette to create your own parenting style, because what worked for me may not work for you or be an approach you wish to use.

I may reference techniques such as The Ferber Method, Elimination Communication or Attachment Parenting etc. It is up to you to do your research to determine if they are techinques you wish to consider. To determine if you wish to add them to your palette of options.

It is my goal that when someone asks you what parenting style you wish to use you will answer stating "The Palette Method". They will in turn understand this to mean that you don't follow one method but have created your own style with bits and pieces of various parenting approaches & techniques.