01/22/2026
Let's be honest: that elaborate chart you made to track your kid's progress? It probably stressed everyone out more than it helped.
Stars, stickers, apps with notifications. It all sounds good in theory, but in practice, tracking progress can turn into just another source of pressure.
The thing is, we don't need complicated systems to know if kids are growing. Most of the time, a simple conversation does more than any chart ever could.
This week's blog breaks down how to track child progress without stress. Simple approaches that actually work, questions to ask instead of charts to maintain, and how to know when tracking has crossed the line into pressure.
Read the full post here.
Let's talk about something that sounds productive but can actually backfire: tracking a child's progress.We're not saying we shouldn't pay attention to whether kids are learning and growing. Of course we should. But somewhere along the way, progress tracking became this whole production. Charts on t...
