hey.im.janelle / TikTok Several different parenting styles have made the rounds recently — gentle parenting, helicopter parenting, and co-pilot parenting to just name a few. Each family molds and mends their version of one of these to fit their family and their children’s individual needs. Still, there’s one parenting style called “FAFO Parenting” that surfaced...
MesquitaFMS/Getty Images Before becoming a parent, I was overwhelmed by the idea. As I saw it growing up, motherhood demanded sacrifices I wasn’t willing to make: losing time, setting aside ambition and even your sense of self to become “mom.” Instead, I focused on my career, spending seven years building my business. Spending nights working...
Instagram / @mrs._colleen_b “I can’t.” “It’s too hard.” “I just don’t know how.” If these are phrases are among your child’s most frequently used, they might be experiencing learned helplessness. Learned helplessness occurs when someone adopts the belief that they’ll always be unsuccessful in solving a problem. Fortunately, anything learned can be unlearned, and Colleen...
TikTok “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” We’ve all heard it at some point, many of us probably from our parents. But that’s not to say our parents were always practicing what they preached. And hey, nobody’s perfect, but it’s also important to be mindful about what messages...