By Dionna Ford

Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Compassionate Advocacy

This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and href="http://www.hobomama.com/2011/04/april-carnival-of-natural-parenting.html/" target="_blank">Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared how they advocate for healthy, gentle parenting choices compassionately. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.

Recently a puppy wandered into our yard. Kieran was the first one to notice, and when he did see the puppy he started yelling, “papa! papa! We need to help that puppy!”

Tom looked for a tag. He told Kieran that the puppy lives in our neighborhood,... More...