New Year, New You: A Fresh Start For Your Parenting Journey
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

New Year, New You: A Fresh Start For Your Parenting Journey

This blog supports parents who want a fresh start in the New Year by focusing on conscious parenting and meaningful family connection. It explores how small mindset shifts—like pausing before reacting, getting curious about behavior, and repairing after hard moments—can create lasting change at home. The article also explains how parent coaching provides personalized guidance, emotional awareness, and practical tools to help parents feel calmer, more confident, and more connected to their child. Ideal for parents of young children seeking positive parenting strategies, emotional regulation support, and a more peaceful family dynamic.

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 Conscious Parenting In Everyday Moments
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Conscious Parenting In Everyday Moments

In being conscious parents, the goal is to build a healthier, more authentic, connected relationship by putting in clear boundaries, AND responding to situations with intention and empathy, rather than reacting using threats and punishment.

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Why Punishment Doesn’t Work
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Why Punishment Doesn’t Work

Punishments don’t truly teach or correct behavior because they focus on external control rather than internal understanding. When children are punished, they may comply out of fear, but they don’t necessarily learn why their actions were wrong or how to make better choices in the future. Instead, positive, conscious parenting helps us connect and teach our child, creating a lasting change in their behavior.

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Parenting Without Yelling. It’s Possible
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Parenting Without Yelling. It’s Possible

Yelling is commonly a parenting pitfall. Whether we’re trying to get their shoes on and leave on time or get our kids to the dinner table, yelling is often what we feel is the only thing that works. It really doesn’t. And it doesn’t feel good either. Positive, conscious parenting helps in ways that actually teaches a new skill and creates a family dynamic based on respect.

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Off-to-School Confidence
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Off-to-School Confidence

Parenting confident kids and growing confidence in our child includes helping our child feel capable, not perfect

What kids really need to develop is strong self-esteem.

We support this by praising effort, not outcomes, with us by their side not as a fixer, but as a supporter.

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Understanding Our Own Triggers In Parenting
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Understanding Our Own Triggers In Parenting

 Parental anger and even moments of rage are incredibly common—but rarely talked about. Many parents carry shame about their outbursts, thinking it means they’re “failing” or “broken.” The truth? Anger is a normal human emotion. It's not the anger itself that's the issue—it's what we do with it that matters most. Read on to learn tips in consciously managing our anger and frustration in parenting.


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More Challenges In Permissive Parenting
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

More Challenges In Permissive Parenting

Permissive parenting, where we have low demands and low expectations for our child, can have impactful challenges in our parenting and in our child’s behavior. Read on to learn how to move out of this loose, untethered parenting style, into a more grounded and connected style that supports our child.

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Honoring Connected, Loving Dads: The Power of Your Presence
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Honoring Connected, Loving Dads: The Power of Your Presence

The role of a father has grown far beyond being just being a provider. Children need connected dads—fathers who show up emotionally, mentally, joyously in spirit, and physically for their family; that strong father-child bond. Today we celebrate you for being your child’s hero.

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Growing Self Esteem In Our Child
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

Growing Self Esteem In Our Child

When we believe in our child’s kindness, believe in their goodness, relishing in their beautiful moments, we can remember that everything we say and do leaves an imprint. We can help strengthen their self image, making for a more confident and resilient child.

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A Love Letter For Mother’s Day
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

A Love Letter For Mother’s Day

What your kids need is not a perfect mom—it’s a present one. One who can say, “I love you, and I’m learning right alongside you.” Let’s give ourselves the compassion we give others and celebrate being the mom we are- the one that is full of love and is changing and growing with our child.

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The Power To Choose Builds Confidence and Cooperation
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

The Power To Choose Builds Confidence and Cooperation

When children are given appropriate choices, they learn to make decisions, problem-solve, and take responsibility for their actions. When a child has a say and an opportunity to choose, they’re more likely to cooperate.

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The Hidden Cost Of Forcing Kids to Compete
Debbie Kravitz Debbie Kravitz

The Hidden Cost Of Forcing Kids to Compete

Teamwork and resilience are important values to teach our child, but excessive pressure to compete can lead to anxiety and fear of failure. Read on to learn the balance between encouragement and competition so our child feels seen and understood, and has the power to succeed in ways we may not realize. Conscious, positive parenting teaches us to lean in, with compassion.

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