The Inherent Parent Coach

12/19/2025

Happy holidays, dads.

12/19/2025

Too real.

12/17/2025

Here's a favorite photo of my kids when they were younger. Same parents. Same setting (fun kids activity at church). Same materials. Same adults overseeing. Same prompt given. But their methods of engaging in the activity were so different. One bold and impulsive, messy and fast. The other methodical and reserved, detailed and cautious. Differences in their style, personality, and sensory experiences revealed in a simple and fun 10 minute craft where they were both allowed to do it their way.

12/16/2025

Once upon a time my kindergartner made this NYE resolution. Shout out to his teacher for translating.

12/14/2025

Sometimes I ask myself why I wasn't a more patient fairytale princess mother when my kids were younger. And then I see things on my timehop that remind me that each conversation with a 3 year old is equivalent to interpreting a riddle from an Indiana Jones expedition. And that's BEFORE you can even solve the riddle or request.

12/13/2025

Helpful emotional regulation tool for kids and adults

12/12/2025

Thanks to The Mom Psychologist for this Bell Hooks quote.

12/10/2025

For anyone engaging with kids you don't often see this holiday season, remember connection can look different for a kid than it does for adults. Add in the potential for overstimulation, exhaustion, holiday travel, sleeping somewhere other than home, being in a new environment, overdosing on sugar or screens, being out of routine, being cooped up in the car, or people they aren't used to seeing, and the holidays can be really overwhelming.

12/09/2025

12/07/2025

Holiday cookie baking, caroling, travel, shopping, crafting, wrapping presents, going to see Santa, going to see Grandma, picking out a Christmas tree, decking the halls, watching someone else open a present, or smiling for a photo... which is the worst?

12/06/2025

Warning: playmobil toys need a parental advisory. May contain sax and violins.