5 Things to Ensure Kids Feel Valued and Important: Flexibility

Last but definitely not least, one of the most important things you can do to ensure that your kids feel as important as they are is to be flexible. Be flexible in life. Be flexible because things are going to change. You know the one thing that’s constant in our lives that we can’t change is the amount of hours …

5 Things to Ensure Kids Feel Valued and Important: Self-care

Today, we’ll talk about another thing you can do to ensure that your kids feel just as important as they are. The fourth thing is self-care. A lot of people forget about this, and to be honest, I used to forget about it a lot in my earlier days. I realized I have to put my own oxygen mask on …

5 Things to Ensure Kids Feel Valued and Important: Delegating

Let’s talk about the third thing you can do to ensure that your kids feel just as important as they are: delegating. I know it’s cliché to say, “It takes a village,” but it really does. As I mentioned a minute ago, my husband sometimes has to travel for work, so it’s easier for me to look at the schedule …

5 Things to Ensure Kids Feel Valued and Important: Quality Time

The second thing you can do to ensure that your kids feel as important as they are is to focus on quality versus quantity. What does quality time look like? It’s not about thinking, “Oh! I spent eight hours working, so I need to give my kids eight hours.” When we spend quality time with our kids and are fully …

Judgment on Asking Questions

There’s no judgment about the questions. And I’ve always told parents, “Are you having a meaningful conversation with your kid?” And most people can’t remember the last time they did, but they definitely can remember the last time they had conflict. It is important to have a way of inviting conversation because, back in the day, as a busy mom, …

Increasing the Level of Awareness in the Family

How do parents keep their kids safe and yet still allow them enough space to learn what they need to learn? The secret is awareness. We need to teach our kids a level of awareness that other kids don’t have or that other people don’t have. And it’s a muscle. Awareness gives you clarity. Clarity gives you focus. Focus gives …

Critical Race Theory: Its Impact on Schools and Society

What is going on in schools today? The hoped outcome is to educate parents who have questions about Critical Race Theory (CRT). Many parents may have done some research on the topic but ended up confused due to the information they found online. The first 50 hits on Google often state that CRT is great and wonderful, claiming it helps …

Killing the Stigma of What People Think Transgenders Are

How do we kill the stigma of what people think transgender people are? Let’s start with awareness. We should understand that when a human baby is born, that baby can be born in three ways. One can have a male body child, a female body child, or an intersex body child. The term “intersex” wasn’t used frequently. In the 1970s, …

Helping Children take Opportunities

A lot of the kids that I do have the privilege of coaching don’t know their purpose. And that’s why parents contacted me. It’s like, “Can you coach my kid? What’s their purpose? What’s their passion right now?” Kids need to know what opportunities lie ahead of them. And so, as parents, the more we know, the better we can …