Almost as soon as they arrive, our kid is being compared to others - are they eating enough, growing enough, hitting all the milestones at exactly the right time?

What have I come to embrace that made the biggest difference?

Every child learns and grows at their own pace.

For some kids, small speed bumps in daily routines or expectations can send them spinning. It’s a lack of flexible thinking. Do you have a kiddo in your house that struggles with this too?

It stinks when your child lies. Your reaction to it, thought, doesn’t have to be defcon level yelling and frustration. 6 strategies to deal with lying.

Does every left-behind piece of homework or lunchbox have to be a lesson on responsibility? I don’t think so. Let’s Reframe it as support and scaffolding.

We all want the big parenting wins, but it’s not that easy. To get to the big, long-term, sustainable wins - however long they take - we need to keep showing up.

Is your child disorganized and you don’t know why? It may not be what you think. What is executive function anyhow? It might be the heart of the problem.

Feeling overwhelmed as a parent? It happens. Everything isn’t under our control. But maybe we can be a little less overwhelmed and have some compassion for ourselves.

Other parents - they have opinions, don’t they? And they really want to tell us how they would do things differently (aka better). Don’t get stuck in the poisonous ‘I would never’ trap.

Parent-teacher conferences are valuable for parents. I’m sharing some strategies to get the most out of those meetings. Every parent can benefit, but If your child is struggling at school, parent teacher conferences can be worth their weight in gold.

It’s all harder when we don’t have the parenting information we need, when we need it. Here’s my reflection on this issue & some ways to navigate it.