NOVA Families for Natural Living

NOVA Families for Natural Living

I won’t try to define natural family living myself. The group’s description on yahoo is as follows:

“Northern Virginia’s Families for Natural Living is an organization of like-minded families who joined together to support each other in exploring natural alternatives for themselves and their families. We offer support and education on topics such as nutrition, birth options, attachment parenting, vaccinations, alternative health choices, concern for the environment and much more!”

I consider myself a hybrid mom with one foot set firmly in the natural parenting arena and the other still planted in a more mainstream parenting model. I generally shy away from pushing my alternative ideas on others, but ever since last week’s Oprah there seems to be a lot of buzz about vaccines within moms groups on both sides of this fence. I find myself reading the emails from my local groups, and thinking many folks would benefit from the perspective this group has to offer on vaccinations. And if you are like me and sometimes feel alone in cloth diapering, nursing past 12 months, delaying-preschool, or even choosing a compost bin and a CSA you will welcome the wisdom and encouragement shared by the NOVA Families for Natural Living on many topics.