What is REAL-LIFE Parenting?
What's unique about REAL-LIFE Parenting?
REAL-LIFE Parenting helps parents create a less stressful, more joyful, family life with 10 minutes a day of “good parenting” moments. The moments that make us feel like good parents. Parents focus on giving their children ROOTS & WINGS: A foundation of loving relationships and a sense of belonging (ROOTS) that makes it easier to teach them the skills, mindsets, and values (WINGS) that will prepare them for REAL LIFE. There are NO books to read, NO daily emails, and NO hour-long podcasts. We’ve developed simple tools that do the work for you by creating conversations and activities around the life lessons you want to teach your children. You can relax and enjoy the time you have with your kids, knowing that you are giving them everything they need to grow into responsible, resilient, kind, confident, and competent adults.
This is what REAL-LIFE Parenting looks like…
REAL-LIFE Parenting is about Being REAL.
Sometimes we’re tired, we get frustrated and raise our voices. It’s OK to apologize and show our kids we are human. That's how they learn to apologize. We have BIG FEELINGS too, and we can calm ourselves back down again. Children realize it’s OK to make mistakes, that no one is perfect, and we all just try to do better next time. They learn by watching how we manage our emotions and handle situations.
Trying to be perfect is not teaching them anything but that everyone should be perfect. As long as parents are not emotionally or physically harming their child in any way, it’s OK to be human and express our frustrations respectfully. We teach kids about empathy by talking about how others feel and what others need or want. And that includes us.
REAL-LIFE parenting is about being REALISTIC.
We love our children dearly, but we need to take care of ourselves so that we have the energy, patience, and resilience to take care of them. Sometimes we need to do things that are important to us - be on time for work, finish an adult conversation, make dinner, exercise, or get some sleep - and children need to learn that the world does not revolve around them.
The Gentle Parenting movement is not working because parents are expected to remain perfectly calm and patient while waiting 35 minutes for a toddler (who has already made them late for work) to finish screaming or throwing things, decide they feel like getting dressed and hop into the car seat. This is not SUSTAINABLE, because it’s not balanced and it's not REALISTIC. Gentle Parenting has also failed because, instead of teaching emotional intelligence, which was the original intention, it teaches children that others don't matters.
Being REAL,
instead of trying to be PERFECT, teaches kids
about EMPATHY.
REAL parents are better teachers because they’re RELAXED
REAL parents who get their needs met are not stressed, exhausted, or frazzled. They are more relaxed, present, and naturally more patient. They feel in control of the situation at home. Kids feel the difference between a parent who is naturally calm and present and one who is trying to be, but on the inside feels stressed and frustrated. Kids are more relaxed when parents are more relaxed. That’s when REAL learning takes place.
REAL people have better relationships because they're AUTHENTIC
REAL people have better relationships because they are more likely to communicate authentically and respectfully and get their needs met. A one-way relationship that’s all about meeting the needs of the child, while completely ignoring the needs of the parents – which is common in many of the today’s popular parenting styles - does not build real trust, respect, or empathy. There needs to be a balance. REAL-LIFE Parenting is a less stressful, more joyful, and more balanced way of parenting.
REAL parents prepare their kids for REAL LIFE
REAL LIFE has natural consequences, so parents need to prepare their kids for REAL LIFE. If we step in too often to help, fix, coddle, protect, or rescue, we prevent our children from experiencing the challenging situations and uncomfortable emotions that will help them learn and grow into competent and confident adults. If we allow our children to behave in disrespectful, hurtful, or controlling ways, they begin to think that those behaviors are acceptable. But no one in REAL LIFE is going to be as calm, patient, and accepting of unacceptable behavior, as Mom and Dad. Consequences are not punishment. They are gifts of kindness and a necessary part of good parenting. Whether they happen naturally or we create them to fit a situation, they are the mini life lessons that will prepare your children for REAL LIFE.
Parenting has become much more difficult than it
needs to be. REAL-LIFE Parenting MEMBERSHIP
helps parents create a
less stressful, more JOYFUL family life.
The REAL-LIFE Parenting
Founders Membership
WAIT LIST
If REAL-LIFE Parenting feels like a good fit for you, and you’d like the SUCCESS PATH, TOOLS. and GUIDANCE that make it easy to succeed on your journey from a stressful, chaotic family life to a relaxed and happy one, then read on. You may be interested in learning about our FOUNDERS Membership. We want parents to start their journey at the same time so they can learn, experience success, and share tips with each other. We'll send out official invitations once we have 300 parents on our WAIT LIST. The regular price is $29/month, but as a FOUNDING member, you will receive the 50% discounted price of only $14 - FOR LIFE.
We are looking for parents who are:
1. TIRED OF STRESSFUL, EXHAUSTING PARENTING strategies and trends that don’t feel right and don’t seem to be working.
2. SERIOUS ABOUT RAISING GOOD KIDS who are prepared for real life. Kids who are responsible, resilient, empathetic, respectful, honest. kind, and grateful.
3. EAGER TO GET A STEP-BY-STEP BLUEPRINT to help transform your family life from the overwhelming one you experience daily, to the more enjoyable one you wish you had.
4. INTERESTED IN SHARING WHAT WORKS - and what doesn’t - in a community of like-minded parents, who are also searching for an easier & better way to parent.
5. EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA OF COLLABORATING with the founder, to test our SUCCESS PATH and products, to help us create a parenting plan that makes it easier to be good parents.
SEE WHAT YOU GET:
The REAL- LIFE Parenting Membership offers a surprisingly simple step-by-step SUCCESS PATH that can transform your family life from chaotic and stressful to balanced and fun. Click below and you will see the SUCCESS PATH, Trackers, LET’S TALK Conversation Starters, MINDSET Mini-Tools, 3-IN-1 FAMILY FUN Bundles, and other benefits that are included in this one-time-only $14/month FOUNDERS membership program.
JOIN OUR WAIT LIST:
If you are interested in being part of an exciting community of like-minded parents who want to find a better, more joyful way to parent, click below. You’ll have access to 100+ digital products, and your comments will help us create the best SUCCESS PATH & TOOLS for other parents, NO OBLIGATION & NO CHARGE until the membership begins (Jan-Mar 2026).
THE REAL REASON WHY:
If you haven't already read our home page or THE REAL REASON WHY PARENTING HAS BECOME AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB, and you want to know why you feel stressed, exhausted, confused, and disappointed - click below. Everything will finally make sense, and you’ll understand why you, and most parents, feel compelled to do everything you do for your children. Just remember, you’re NOT alone and it's NOT your fault.
