Dear Parents,

I don’t know about you, but parenting advice can feel overwhelming. Don’t get me wrong, many professionals are sharing incredible, research-based strategies and tools. I’m one of them. Based on research I can tell you what your children need to become confident, secure, respectful, responsible, high-achieving, mentally healthy, and well-rounded (you fill in the blank) people, but I can also tell you that research and reality are two different things. I have sat with hundreds of parents (just like you and me) and talked about how to handle all sorts of parenting challenges. It is sound advice and works well for a while, but it is only a matter of time before we seem to return to old ways: anger, sarcasm, ignoring, sadness, tears, or guilt.

Parenting comes down to our reactions. I always say, change your reactions and change everything. The problem is our reactions have less to do with our children and more to do with us. If you want to raise confident, secure, respectful, responsible, high-achieving, mentally healthy, well-rounded people, you must get to know your worries, insecurities, and fears. They are to blame for most of your unhealthy reactions.

We are raising children during challenging times. Fear-based living, a technology-saturated world, and over-the-top expectations are taking a toll on families. Combine this with our worries, insecurities, and fears, and parenting becomes very difficult. It does not need to be that way. If any of this resonates with you, I would love for you to join me and my community of moms. Parenting is tough. Parenting together makes it just a little bit easier.

With love,