This online group began in January 2005 when two Hartland, MI moms connected via the Internet, seeking support for their natural living choices. In the first year, we grew to 35 online members! It is an active group with several new posts per day.

motheringcircle maintains a strong focus on Attachment Parenting (AP) and other mindful and gentle parenting practices. Our members are diverse and interested in many natural living issues including: Natural Mothering / Fathering, compassionate discipline, education, natural pregnancy / birth, breastfeeding, marriage, our environment and health, food and nutrition. Our members often (but not always) choose to make some of the following choices: drug-free pregnancy / birth, home / midwife-attended birth, breastfeeding, child-led weaning, co-sleeping, cloth diapers, no-cry / biological sleep "training", no spanking, organic or raw foods, non-circumcision, partial / no vaccination, alternative education (e.g. homeschooling).

Once your membership is approved, please submit a self-introduction to the message board. When you are posting, please provide INFORMATION only--you are not providing medical advice for others. For instance, your reply should begin with, "What I did for my family was..." rather than, "You should use this remedy for your child..." Also remember to treat other members' advice with respect, even if it differs from your own opinion. This list is for sharing, not criticizing. From the words of La Leche League, "Take what you need and leave the rest."