I firmly believe in intentional parenting and its ability to make us extremely good parents to extremely good kids. This means that I believe in doing the best that I can as a mother and working to teach my children and guide them with thoughtful and deliberate choices. All of this enables me to raise each of them to be independent, problem solving, and productive members of society. This includes everything from the words I use, how we implement consequences, and what we choose to expose them to as children.
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I hope that you will find a way to implement intentional parenting strategies into your life and lifestyle to serve the needs of your children and prepare them for the future. While all children are different and not all strategies are one size fits all for each family, I hope some of my struggles, victories, successes, and failures can help you along the way in your own parenting journey.
Solutions to Parenting Struggles
- Teaching Toddlers Consequences
- Communicating with Toddlers
- What I want my kids to know about the bad in the world (so they're good)
- Effortless ways to connect with your kids
- How to Handle a Bossy Toddler
- Parenting Without Saying No
- Fear Based Parenting and What not to Say to Kids
- Why our family gave up Spanking our Kids
- Affirming & Understanding How Children Show Their Love to You
- Overcoming being a frustrated parent
- Managing when kids are defiant
Peaceful Parenting Ideas
Teaching Toddlers & preschoolers Safety Lessons
Life Skills for kids of all ages
Raising Kids that Care
- Instilling gratefulness in children
- Manners that matter when raising genuine, respectful kids
- Nurturing emotional intelligence and empathy
- Raising selfless kids in a selfish world
Empowering Able & Capable Kids
- Teaching Children to Problem Solve
- Encouraging my Child Through the I Can't Stages
- Encouraging Toddler Independence
- Toddler Friendly Chore List
- Raising confident children in the times they fail
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Easy Ways to Implement Intentional Parenting that can Radically Transform your Parent-Child Relationship
The main reason I love intentional parenting is because even though it’s a hands-on approach to raising kids, it means that as they get older, you can be more hands off. Whether it’s because you have built skills in them to help them cope with emotions and obstacles or because you simply trust them more, there is a benefit to being an intentional parent from an early age.
Don’t forget to check out my Parenting Podcast!
Some of the most popular episodes are as follows:
Teaching life skills to end entitlement
My child is melting down in public, what do I do?
Parenthood is hard and I am about to break. Help me!
The trouble with overpraising children
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Kara is an author, wife, and mother of 3 children living in Boston, MA. She has her degree in Secondary Education & Adolescent Childhood Development and is passionate about connecting with and even helping other parents on their journey to raise awesome kids!
Sarah
Oh my gosh you have no idea how excited I am to find this podcast/website!!! I literally just stumbled upon the podcast yesterday and binge listened to 5 episodes in a row! I’m hooked. I needed this in my life. My son is 15 months now and everything you’re saying makes sense and is doable and necessary. I’ve always wanted the focus to be on intentional parenting but I’m not always sure I’m doing it right (because I’m not perfect-which I knew now I don’t need to strive for!). This is so encouraging and I feel I have more useable tools now! Thank you!!
Tochukwu Ibe, Guides for Christian Parents
I love your blog, you are really doing a great job, by helping parents fulfill their parenting goals and dreams. keep up the good works. recently added your blog to my recent article 20 top family and parenting blogs and websites. Thanks.
Thena
Thank you so much!