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Parenting sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Parenting.

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 apocalypseIllustrated family tree chart explaining cousin relationships, including second cousins once removed, with ‘You’ in the centre and various familial connections branching around.Understanding Second Cousins Once Removed: A Simple Family Tree GuideEmotional hot potato cartoon: spreading a bad mood through a family to the dog who pees on the floorEmotional hot potatoAddiction: 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
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