Sketchplanations
Big Ideas Little Pictures
Get the book!
Sketchplanations podcast photo of Rob Bell, Tom Pellereau and Jono Hey
Prefer to listen?
🎉 Help keep Sketchplanations ad-free by supporting me

Parenting: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Parenting, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

Unknown Unknowns or the Awareness-Understanding matrix, or the Rumsfeld Matrix illustrated with the example of having a babyUnknown UnknownsThe 5 Gift Guide for Christmas: for a meaningful Christmas with less stuff. Showing the 5 categories "Something: I want, I need, to wear, to read, to do."The 5 Gift Guide for ChristmasThree types of "no" illustrated animation with parenting examples. The Yes No (no to ice cream, yes to eating). The Material No (Yes I'd get it down if I had a ladder). The Priority No (Yes we can take the bear but we'll leave to have one of the others)Three Types of "No"What is attribution bias example explained: a parent consoling a child and correcting their attribution of winning and losing to the situation and actions not to personal traitsAttribution biasA parent and child entering an immaculate living room with perfectly behaved children unwisely find themselves comparing with their own chaotic house.Front of house, back of houseJoy and Vulnerability illustration: as a parent tucks their young child into bed at night, they simultaneously acknowledge their deep-felt love and anxiety for if anything should happen to the child; they simultaneously experience joy and vulnerability. Joy and vulnerabilityFact Tennis illustration: two individuals with tennis racquets knock unproductive, point-scoring arguments back and forth over a pile of laundry. Fact tennisExamples of the 4 horsemen of relationship apocalypse from John Gottman: criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stonewallingThe 4 horsemen of relationship apocalypseWhat is The Destiny Instinct example explained: the meaning of the destiny instinct shown by an individual, bent over on hands and knees, inspecting a line of ants through their magnifying glass. At some point later in time, they return to find an enormous anthill that towers overhead. The Destiny InstinctSquare cube law illustration with volume increasing faster than length and an elephant, an ant carrying a giant leaf and a child on the monkey bars as examplesThe Square-Cube lawFamily tree explained chart showing the meaning of second cousins, once removed and twice removed, and how cousin relationships work across generationsUnderstanding Second Cousins Once Removed: A Simple Family Tree GuideThe meaning of the third teacher as the environment from Reggio Emilia together with teachers/parents and peersThe Environment as the Third Teacher in Early Childhood and BeyondEmotional hot potato cartoon: spreading a bad mood through a family to the dog who pees on the floorEmotional hot potatoHow to speak plainly illustrated by Owl-speak and Pooh-speak from Winnie-the-PoohHow to speak plainly, by Pooh BearAddiction definition: An increasing or compulsive tendency to avoid pain or boredom and replace inner development with outer stimulation. — Felicitas VogtAddiction: an alternative definitionWhy beaches are amazing for play showing a parent and child at the beach and listing out many aspects of what make beaches amazingBeaches: amazing for playFilm credits: the best source of baby name inspirationThe expanding circle of attentionLessons from LewisSave some landfill with reusable nappies/diapersDon’t push your socks on. Pull them on insteadDon’t hold grudgesLive in the presentChildhood is not a raceBuild a play tentBabies learn control from the top down

Suggest an idea

Buy Me A Coffee