Cultivating healthy child development, offering trust, safety, and emotional warmth for a fulfilling future
Promoting emotional regulation, mutual respect, and mindful interactions
Achieving emotional growth, self-awareness, discovering inner resilience, and improving communication
The strict one? The mean one? Chaotic? Mom-guilt/rage? Reactive, passive, triggered, doubtful, anxious, overwhelmed, survival mode...you name it. We've all been there! Floundering with the techniques we know or grew up with and trying to power our children into what we think they need to be.
BUT! What if you could redefine yourself?
Would you be "the safe parent?" Fun? Reliable? Present? Consistent? Understanding? Emotionally mature? The possibilities go on! Your intention may be to do right by your child(ren) or to raise considerate and productive members of society; and without conscious effort, our parenting methods can actually work against our best intentions and cause conflict rather than connection.
It's Always Time to Become a Better Parent
Regardless of where you are in your parenting journey, the best time to become a better parent is NOW. Conscious parenting is absent of shame, guilt, fear, punishments, and aggression and focuses on safety, emotional development, boundaries, mutual understanding, and connection! Allow yourself to let go of outdated and generational pattern parenting... parent from a place of confidence and assurance that you ARE parenting the best way for your child(ren).
And parenting is my passion!
I’ve been working with children for 15 years; the 12 being an elementary teacher; and 6 of those as a special education teacher to children with autism. I focused heavily on emotional regulation, creating a safe environment, and culturing mutual respect fostered out of connection and understanding. I aimed to be a safe person for children to be unapologetically themselves.
Parents have the opportunity to set their children up for success by nurturing them from a safe and emotionally regulated place. While teachers have to go through trainings and professional development to remain effective, parents get no training! We are blessed with children and then….where’d that village go? What do we do when our child presents with big feelings and curious behaviors that give us wrinkles? How do we parent from a place of emotional regulation when no one showed us how? How do we balance firmness with grace? How can we resist that looming guilt?
Children deserve to be treated with respect, to be messy, to be comforted in times of distress, to be given grace for mistakes happening the umpteenth time. And! Parents deserve to learn how to do that, grow into a better parent, experience healing from their own childhood, and truly meet the needs of their children.
The traditional methods of parenting, such as using fear, shame, bribery, and punishments, may seem to be effective in achieving immediate results. However, these methods can harm the mental and emotional well-being of children, and sever the secure and comforting connection they need with their parents. Conscious parenting, on the other hand, focuses on establishing, maintaining, or restoring a strong bond between parents and their children, bringing joy back to parenting through gentleness, rather than punishment or power-over parenting.
Asking for help as a parent can be daunting, but it's okay not to know everything. Seeking guidance in other areas of life, such as in careers or health, is common, so why not have a parent coach who can help guide you through one of the toughest jobs you'll ever have?
Parent coaching provides a judgment-free environment where you can receive support. The goal is not to "fix" your children, nor to shame your parenting skills. Rather, with your commitment to prioritizing your relationship with your child(ren), a parent coach can witness your healing, educate you on best practices, offer insight into child development, and help you unveil the safe, loving, and effective parent that's already within you.
By choosing to parent with gentleness, you can restore and maintain a strong and healthy bond with your child(ren). This approach recognizes that the relationship between a parent and child is a two-way street, and that parents can learn just as much from their children as their children can learn from them. The key is to prioritize that relationship and to seek guidance and support when needed. With the help of a parent coach, you can become the best parent you can be, and provide your child(ren) with the love, support, and guidance they need to thrive.