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Welcome to our REAL PARENTING community. Each month we will focus on a popular topic. This is where we speak from the heart, unfiltered, true. We provide the resources and you decide how to use them.
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It’s time to flip the narrative parents. “Embrace the suck” as Brene Brown would say and let’s lean into the realities of parenting. This week we want to put a flashlight on the benefits of having a strong-willed child and how they WILL make the world a better place.
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Join Dr. Kristen Ohlenforst, licensed clinical psychologist, for a round-table discussion on parenting pandemic-era toddlers. Participants will learn strategies to promote self-care, endurance, and emotional regulation… while also enjoying the opportunity to connect and be supported by fellow parents.