Parenting Blog

Last week, I was interviewed by Jessica Williams of Love Parenting about healthy attachment as kids move beyond the baby stage, and how empathy keeps us close to our child, even as we're setting limits.  This interview was the launch of an extensive project that Jessica is calling  The Ultimate Parenting Course.

Jessica has put together a home study program for parents of children from birth to seven years, compiling the science, research, insight and experience of MDs, PhDs, psychotherapists, educators and best-selling authors. The experts, who were specifically selected for their commitment to conscious, evolved, informed and respectful parenting, include:

Christine Carter, PhD (Raising Happiness); Kim John Payne, M.Ed (Simplicity Parenting); Betsy Brown Braun, MA (Just Tell Me What to Say); Elizabeth Pantley (No-Cry Sleep Solution); Catherine McCord (www.weelicious.com); Shajan Joy Aziz, M.Ed (Discover the Gift); Dr. Jay Gordon, MD; FAAP, IBCLC; Dr. Laura Markham, PhD (www.AhaParenting.com); Dr. Linda Folden Palmer, DC (The Baby Bond); Dr. Jennifer Karon Flores DNM; Nathalie Kunin, M.Ed; Sheryl Paul, MA; Catherine DeMonte, MA, LMFT; Carrie Dinow, MA, LMFT; Victoria Melgard, MA; Hala Khouri, MA; Veronika Sophia Robinson (editor in-chief of The Mother Magazine); Bill Stierle; Jessica Williams (creator of Ultimate Parenting Course)

I don't have experience with all of these experts, but the ones I do know I hold in high esteem, so I want to let you know about this course in case it seems like something that would support you in your parenting.  I greatly enjoyed my video interview and my teleseminar call with Jessica Williams (both of which are included in the course), and felt we covered some essential ground in how to raise terrific kids.  Throughout, I was impressed with Jessica's insights into parenting.

The Ultimate Parenting Course contains 8 videos with a compilation of expert interviews covering 8 essential parenting themes, including:

1. PARENT IDENTITY: integration, intention, and awareness

2. SLEEP: nighttime sleeping, bedtime routines, naps, and more

3. FEEDING YOUR CHILDREN: nursing, weaning, solids, toddler eating, school lunch, and more

4. ATTACHMENT: creating a secure healthy attachment and sustaining attachment beyond babyhood

5. INDIVIDUATION: facilitating the child’s need for separation and autonomy

6. CONFLICT: dealing with challenging behavior with respect for everyone involved

7. CO-PARENTING: effective communication under one roof or two

8. COMMUNITY: building and sustaining community with extended family, neighborhood, school, spiritual community, other families and more

Each theme contains an exclusive interview with at least one Ultimate Parenting Expert.  In addition to the eight videos, the Ultimate Parenting Course  includes a Handbook with written tools for navigating challenges and deepening connection, as well as action exercises.  For more information, click here. 

Just so you know, if you click from this page to the Ultimate Parenting Course and purchase it, I will receive a commission for sending you their way.  That commission goes toward the costs of sustaining all the free material on this website, and of course I would never recommend something I didn't believe in.  As always, please only make purchases based on my recommendation if your heart tells you it will be helpful to you and your family.