Connected Parenting

I had the opportunity to sit down with Jenny Lisk from The Widowed Parent Podcast and discuss building resilience in our kids. We covered the importance of resilience and how when tragedy strikes (as it has for the folks listening to her podcast), we can give ourselves grace and trust the process of our kids […]

Since I always encourage you to support your kids’ independence and ability to play alone, I wanted to share this exciting research with you. Independence can give so much to our kids. This research helps put into perspective just how important childhood independence truly is, and how deeply it can lead to a child’s resilience.

[Read the previous Learning to Learn post on Building Resilience in a Perfectionist Learning Environment] Welcome to our Learning to Learn series, where we chat with working mothers on how their own experiences at school shape who they are now at work and as parents. Today, we’re discussing becoming your own advocate with Deinya Phenix, […]

Welcome to our Learning to Learn series, where we chat with working mothers on how their own experiences at school shape who they are now at work and as parents. Today, we’re discussing resilience and perfectionist thinking with Sara Bierenbaum, a powerful customer success executive and mom to an awesome 8 year old! Let’s get […]

Welcome to the Learning to Learn series, where we discuss how our early learning experiences shape who we are at work and how we parent. [Read the previous Learning to Learn post FROM GRADES TO GUIDANCE: SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGES ABOUT EDUCATION TO OUR KIDS] Hey there. Welcome! Let’s start off with you introducing yourself […]

Welcome to our series on Learning to Learn, where we interview parents about their experiences in school. Catch up by reading previous interviews here. Well, hello. Welcome, Sara. I’m so glad to be here with you today.  Thank you. You too. I’m excited for this.  Great, It’s gonna be good. So, we’re going to talk […]

“Sometimes we’re asking kids to do things before they’re ready, everyone is putting a lot of pressure on that. I’ve noticed as my 7 year olds have gotten older, sometimes it’s just time. They might need a couple months or half a year to grow into something.  The way school is structured these days, they […]

This is part of the Learning to Learn series, where I’ve been interviewing working mothers with school-age children to understand how their learning experiences as kids shaped who they are as working professionals and as mothers raising the next generation of learners and doers. [Read last week’s Learning to Learn post on Goals vs Growth] […]

This is part of the Learning to Learn series, where I’ve been interviewing working mothers with school-age children to understand how their learning experiences as kids shaped who they are as working professionals and as mothers raising the next generation of learners and doers. [Read Last Week’s Learning to Learn on “Failing Better Next Time“] […]

This is part of the Learning to Learn series, where I’ve been interviewing working mothers with school-age children to understand how their learning experiences as kids shaped who they are as working professionals and as mothers raising the next generation of learners and doers. Hi Rebecca, good to see you. So let’s start. If you’d […]