A primary goal of mine is to connect families with resources regarding behavior, development, and parenting. One of those resources is me myself. Here is what I know.
Childhood matters. Intrinsically and as a foundation for the future.
Parenting matters. It is undervalued and under-supported by society at large, in specific ways with specific fallout in fields such as medicine, education, social services, etc etc.
Families thrive when they function with mutual respect and when the members are building skills and strategies that bolster that families’ unique quirky values.
Kids thrive when those skills and strategies build social emotional competence and resilience.
Good enough parenting exists. It is both necessary and sufficient for kids to thrive.
Many, many families are in survival mode.
Other families strive for perfection.
Helping families move from surviving or striving to thriving is my love language.
Kids’ behaviors reflect specific needs and are maintained by specific gains
if you identify needs or gains or both, you can then meet the need and/or adjust the gains. This shifts behavior.
It is supposed to take a village.
I’d love to be a part of your village. I would live on the outskirts of town in a home surrounded by flowers with delicious baking smells wafting out. Like a witch, but actually nice and helpful. So basically Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, but without the 1950s social constructs.
This blog is dedicated to fleshing out each of these bullet and sub-bullet points with my thoughts and experiences, summaries of the science, round ups of resources, conclaves of connection, and anything else I deem helpful and alliterative.
I would LOVE to engage with reader conundrums and questions regarding development, behavior, and parenting. Go to my contact page and send me your queries. Any stories or answers I share on the blog will be 100% anonymous.