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Parente, Mountain View, CA (2026)

12/30/2025

These questions aren’t meant to be answered quickly.
They’re meant to help you close the year with awareness.

Not to judge yourself.
Not to make promises for next year.

But to pause and notice:
what patterns repeated,
what reactions became automatic,
and what your child learned from how you showed up.

Because what we don’t reflect on,
we usually repeat.

Close the year with honesty.
So you don’t carry the same patterns into the next one.

12/29/2025

Right now, most of us are running the same mental loop.

Everything that didn’t happen.
Everything that should’ve been better.
The money you lost.
The money you want to make.
The habits you’ll fix.
The parent you swear you’ll be next year.

It’s that invisible list we all carry around at the end of the year.

And while we’re busy replaying it…
we miss something quiet but essential.

Connection.

Not the big moments.
Not the perfect conversations.
The small, ordinary ones —
when your child just wants you there.

No plans.
No fixing.
No future version of you required.

Just presence, right now.

Because when that list finally goes quiet — even for a moment —
what’s left isn’t guilt or goals.

It’s connection.

And that’s what actually carries into the new year.

Save this if it hit.
Share it if someone you love is stuck in that list too.

12/27/2025

This year maybe wasn’t gentle.
And maybe you weren’t either — sometimes.

You messed up.
You snapped.
You rushed moments that mattered.

Not because you didn’t love your kids,
but because life got louder than your nervous system could handle.

Owning your mistakes doesn’t mean staying stuck in them.
It means choosing not to repeat them on autopilot.

A new year isn’t a reset.
It’s a choice.

To pause sooner.
To listen one beat longer.
To repair faster when you mess up.

No drama.
No perfect-parent fantasy.

Just doing it a little differently than last year.

12/27/2025

We want kids to tolerate frustration better,
so we push.
We motivate.
We correct.
We tell them to try again.

But when a child is already frustrated, pushing usually does the opposite.
They get more upset.
They cry.
They shut down or give up.

Most adults respond automatically:
“Don’t worry.”
“It’s not a big deal.”
“Just try again.”

The intention is good.
The effect… not so much.

When a child feels frustrated and unheard, a lot of their energy goes into holding that feeling in — not into the task in front of them.

What actually helps is much simpler than we think.
When an adult names what the child is feeling —
“I see you’re upset. That makes sense.” —
kids tend to stay engaged longer and are more willing to try again.

Not because expectations were lowered.
But because we stopped fighting their feelings.

This doesn’t make kids fragile.
It helps them keep going.

12/26/2025

We want kids to tolerate frustration better,
so we push.
We motivate.
We correct.
We tell them to try again.

But when a child is already frustrated, pushing usually does the opposite.
They get more upset.
They cry.
They shut down or give up.

Most adults respond automatically:
“Don’t worry.”
“It’s not a big deal.”
“Just try again.”

The intention is good.
The effect… not so much.

When a child feels frustrated and unheard, a lot of their energy goes into holding that feeling in — not into the task in front of them.

What actually helps is much simpler than we think.
When an adult names what the child is feeling —
“I see you’re upset. That makes sense.” —
kids tend to stay engaged longer and are more willing to try again.

Not because expectations were lowered.
But because we stopped fighting their feelings.

This doesn’t make kids fragile.
It helps them keep going.

12/24/2025

Everyone’s chasing the perfect Christmas.
Kids aren’t.

They rarely care about the decorations.
Or the matching pajamas.
Or the “magic” you’re forcing.

They feel your rush.
Your stress.
Your tone.

That’s what lands.

If you want to create a Christmas your child will remember —
be there.
Be the parent who plays,
who calms, who laughs,
who hugs.

That will matter more than anything else.

12/23/2025

Your child opens a gift
and doesn’t react the way you hoped.

No smile.
No thank you.
Maybe disappointment. Maybe a meltdown.

Before you think ungrateful.
Before you punish.
Let me tell you something.

Gratitude is not a reflex.
It’s a skill that develops over time.

Kids learn gratitude through experience, not pressure.
By watching what gratitude looks like.
By seeing their parents express appreciation—out loud, in real life.

In the moment of opening a gift,
their brain isn’t thinking,
“Mom and Dad worked so hard for this.”

It’s processing excitement, frustration, comparison, and overload—
all at once.

That’s why, when kids are overwhelmed,
their nervous system goes first
and manners disappear.

This moment needs guidance, not punishment.

Stay calm.
They’ll get there.

12/22/2025

Christmas can hit harder than people admit.

Not because you’re ungrateful.
Not because you’re “doing it wrong.”

But because this season brings everything to the surface at once:
old dynamics, old grief, old expectations, unfinished conversations.

You’re managing emotions.
Yours. Your child’s. Everyone else’s.
While trying to keep things calm, joyful, and “normal.”

That’s a lot.

So if you feel overwhelmed, irritated, emotional, or exhausted—
it doesn’t mean you’re failing the holiday.
It means you’re human.

And even in the middle of all that,
you’re still showing up for your child.

That matters more than the perfect tree, the perfect mood,
or the version of Christmas you were told you should have.

Save this if you need the reminder.
Share it if someone else might too

12/20/2025

Parents have been warned for years that screen time equals harm.
But research doesn’t say that.

The Oxford study actually shows a curve:
too little,
too much,
and a middle point where screens are not harmful — and can even be okay.

That doesn’t mean “give them unlimited access.”
And it definitely doesn’t mean counting minutes like a stopwatch.

It means this:
screens are not the enemy.
Context matters.
Age matters.
What they’re watching — and how — matters.

There is a point where screens stop helping and start getting in the way.
But it’s not as fragile or dramatic as we were led to believe.

So no, you don’t need to panic because your child watched a movie.
And no, this isn’t permission to disconnect completely.

It’s just a reminder:
screens are a tool — not a moral failure.

And parenting works better when we replace fear with information.

12/19/2025

Yes, we all want gifts this year.
That’s a given.

But beyond the presents…
what do you want this Christmas with your child? 🎄

Mornings without yelling?
Transitions without a meltdown?
Clear limits without the guilt spiral?
A hard moment that doesn’t ruin the entire day?
Going to bed feeling like “okay, that was enough”?

No perfect answers.
Just honest ones. 💛

12/18/2025

Your kid dropped a bad word.
Cool. Parenting milestone unlocked.

Let me tell you something:
Kids don’t invent language.
They borrow it. From us. From the room. From life.

And that collective gasp from the adults?
Congrats — you just turned that word into a headline moment.

Big reactions = big memories.
And big chances they’ll try it again… louder.

So maybe next time:
less drama, less audience, less replay.
Name it once. Calmly. Move on.

Because half the time, the issue isn’t the word.
It’s the whole performance that follows😅.

12/17/2025

We keep saying parenting is exhausting.And yes — it is. No one’s denying that.
But no one talks about how exhausting it is to be small in a world that never slows down.

Kids live surrounded by urgency.
By adults scrolling, multitasking, rushing.
And somehow… they’re expected to stay calm, flexible, quiet, and “easy.”

When they struggle, we label it behavior.
When they react, we call it attitude.

But what if that “behavior” is just a nervous system trying to survive adult chaos?

So in those moments, pause and ask yourself:
Is my child having an “out of line” reaction…
or are they simply being a child?

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