Tweaking Hodgepodge Parenting

I'd like to be more regular, though not monthly, in my updates on the various aspects of what brings me joy.  In looking over my introduction to the reinvention of Hodgepodge Parenting, I see a somewhat long list.  The spaces between the topics indicate how I envision grouping them, into four more manageable parts.  

attachment parenting
gentle discipline
stay-at-home parenting

raising a multilingual childhomeschooling

minimalism
green living


spirituality

General parenting encompasses my staying home, as this has a direct effect on how we parent, and our ability to reach various parenting goals.  Attachment parenting was the philosophy I heavily subscribed to throughout Natalia's first year of life and beyond.  But as she entered toddlerhood, gentle discipline began to seem more pertinent, though there are aspects of attachment parenting that I continue to ascribe to, especially breastfeeding and co-sleeping.

The educational aspect of our parenting warrants a separate section.  Raising a multilingual child and homeschooling both fall under this category.

Minimalism and green living sort of play off of each other.  I have to admit that my enthusiasm for this section and the next (spirituality) comes and goes.  But when it comes, I'm very into it.

The spirituality section started out having a non-religious label - spiritual independence/deism.  I have since gone on a Catholic women's retreat and decided, for the sake of not splitting hairs and to keep a consistency within the family, to embrace Catholicism once again.  As my confessor told me on retreat, God will meet me where I'm at.  Regardless of what I do and don't believe.

So with these four categories in mind, and without further ado, I shall get to updating!