Crunchy parenting a newish trend that started around 2012 time frame and has taken off. I’m not sure if I understand why parents, moms specifically, feel the need to label themselves as a certain type of parenting that is above all other ways of parenting. Don’t get me wrong I fall into some of those categories because that’s what I believe in but I don’t label myself as one thing over another. I’m just a half assed hippie learning from my mistakes and what works my family and yes, I guess you could say I’m a little “crunchy” but I wouldn’t go further than that. Here are some ways of parenting that would label you as “crunchy.”
- Co-Sleeping – I’m down for this, I let Little E co-sleep with me until he was 3-4 months old
- Baby Wearing – also something I’m a big fan of, its nice
- cloth diapering – did with my first and will with my second as well
- Elimination communication
- natural birth – I tried but didn’t make it, maybe number 2?
- home birth – I wish!
- water birth – I want to but don’t have the guts
- delayed cord clamping – no, this is weird to me
- breastfeeding – obvi
- extended breastfeeding – no thanks
- delayed vaccination – definitely did and will do again
- selective vaccination – didn’t with my first but will with my second
- vaccination exempt
- holistic medicine – just getting into this!
- alternative health
- Veg/Vegan
- Tree Hugging drug free Hippy Mama – why do you have to be drug free? do you remember hippy’s from the 70’s? lol
- Homeschooling/Unschooling – i would be a terrible homeschooler
- Natural Products – already do this
- Toxin Aware
- Plastic Free – working on this!
- No Cry It Out – I am for the cry it out method to an extent
- No Spanking – I don’t participate
- Peaceful parenting – always striving for this
- Minimalist
- Free Range Children
- Child Led learning
- TV Free – definitely not our family
- Limited Media
- Eco-Friendly Home – working on this still as well
- Buy WAHM – maybe again one day!
- Buy Small Business
- Buy Local
- Travel Green (On foot or Bike or bus) – can’t do it
- Organic Gardening – starting this summer 🙂
- Buy Organics First – always
- Poison Free Homes
- Midwife Care
- No Circumcision – would like to but doubt it will happen
- Handmade
- Activism
- Human Rights / Animal Right -for sure
- Active Parenting
So now that you’ve read the list what do you think? Are you a little crunchy too?
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