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Combining research + love to parent children for today's complex world. Research-backed parenting insights, plus tips to help you feel more confident trusting that you know your child best.
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The Power of Your Child’s Inner Voice (opens the original)
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If you enjoy my writing, consider becoming a paid subscriber. I dedicate hours each week to ensure that these articles are well-researched, thoughtful, and helpful. Paid subscribers receive:access to the complete archive of articlesaccess to the Library - a collection of printable resources for families, including 2 free digital products from my Etsy shopthe ability to comment on postsI remember when my older son was a little guy, toddling around the house. We had a big metal trash can in the ki
Big News (opens the original)
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Today is a big day! I’m re-launching my course for stay-at-home moms, The Intentional Stay-at-Home Mom.I first created this course back in 2020 after spending almost 10 years as a full-time stay-at-home mom. After years of experience, and my background in child development added to the mix, I felt I had valuable insights to share with other moms who might just be starting out on this journey.Please watch the video above where I share important details and context about what this course is all ab
The Parenting Mistake That Feels Like Kindness (But Isn't) (opens the original)
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This post is free for everyone. If you enjoy my writing, consider becoming a paid subscriber. I dedicate hours each week to ensure that these articles are well-researched, thoughtful, and helpful. Paid subscribers receive:access to the complete archive of articlesaccess to the Library - a collection of printable resources for families, including 2 free digital products from my Etsy shopthe ability to comment on posts<
How Your Child's Body Helps Them Learn Better Than Any App (opens the original)
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As our world has gotten more detached from the physical world, I think we’ve lost something in understanding how children develop. If you think back to the thousands of years prior to the emergence of screen media, humans learned about the world by being in it physically.You learned what a stick was by holding it and someone telling you the name of it. You learned about the texture of water by feeling it while playing in a bucket or pond. What we’re seeing now is a detachment of our experience f
A Reintroduction (opens the original)
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We’ve had quite a few new subscribers join us here so I thought I’d do a post to reintroduce myself to all of you.For the full story behind The Thoughtful Parent, read this post, but here’s the quick recap:I started my blog about 16 years ago, having just earned my Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Sciences. I had just spent over 4 years reading the… <a href="ht
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