Great Parents Empower https://www.greatparentsempower.com/ Leadership development for working parents-at home Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:39:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.greatparentsempower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GPE-video-150x121.jpg Great Parents Empower https://www.greatparentsempower.com/ 32 32 A thriving garden is like a thriving family https://www.greatparentsempower.com/why-intentional-parenting-is-about-creating-the-conditions-for-growth-not-controlling-the-outcome/ https://www.greatparentsempower.com/why-intentional-parenting-is-about-creating-the-conditions-for-growth-not-controlling-the-outcome/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:02:24 +0000 https://www.greatparentsempower.com/?p=9440 A Thriving Garden Is Like a Thriving Family: Helping Roots Grow Strong Why intentional parenting is about creating the conditions for growth, not controlling the outcome. A thriving garden doesn’t happen overnight. (I know because I love working in gardens.) A connected, emotionally healthy family doesn’t happen overnight either.            …

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]]> https://www.greatparentsempower.com/why-intentional-parenting-is-about-creating-the-conditions-for-growth-not-controlling-the-outcome/feed/ 0 The Day I Decided Motherhood Wouldn’t Mean Giving Up Myself https://www.greatparentsempower.com/the-day-i-said-yes-to-becoming-a-great-parent/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:42:55 +0000 http://greatparentsempower.com//?p=1 The post The Day I Decided Motherhood Wouldn’t Mean Giving Up Myself appeared first on Great Parents Empower.

]]> The Stress Nobody Sees: A Working Mother’s Silent Burden https://www.greatparentsempower.com/the-stress-nobody-sees-a-working-mothers-silent-burden/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:38:01 +0000 https://www.greatparentsempower.com/?p=5778 I asked Melinda this: "When you're not overwhelmed, how would you like to feel?"

We explored her idea of having peace of mind. Not a perfect life without worries, responsibilities, or difficult emotions. But a sense of inner steadiness.

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]]> Why Aren’t Parents Seen as Leaders? https://www.greatparentsempower.com/why-arent-parents-seen-as-leaders/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:16:49 +0000 https://www.greatparentsempower.com/?p=9492 Apparently, being a parent wasn't enough. You needed a professional title to be taken seriously.
And why? Why do we recognize leadership in the workplace, yet rarely recognize it in the home?

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]]> Before Something New Can Grow, You Have to Prepare the Soil https://www.greatparentsempower.com/before-something-new-can-grow-you-have-to-prepare-the-soil/ Tue, 27 May 2025 11:40:44 +0000 https://www.greatparentsempower.com/?p=8152 What kind of parent do you want to be?
What do you want your home to feel like when everyone returns after a long day?
Which beliefs and habits will help your family thrive? Which ones get in the way?
And perhaps most importantly: Who do you need to become to create the family life you envision?

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]]> Why being an intentional parent begins with being not doing https://www.greatparentsempower.com/why-being-an-intentional-parent-begins-with-being-not-doing/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:15:07 +0000 http://greatparentsempower.com/?p=653 The post Why being an intentional parent begins with being not doing appeared first on Great Parents Empower.

]]> What Is It Like for My Child to Be Listened to by Me? https://www.greatparentsempower.com/what-is-it-like-for-my-child-to-be-listened-to-by-me/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:00:28 +0000 http://greatparentsempower.com/?p=496 Have you ever noticed your child nodding while you're talking? I sometimes ask mine, "Is that nod because you understand? Because you agree? Or because you're hoping I'll finally stop talking?"

As a parent, I want to make sure my children understand what I'm saying. So sometimes I repeat myself. But when I ask them what I've just said, I discover they haven't heard a word!

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]]> Thanksgiving: What Are We Really Teaching Our Children? https://www.greatparentsempower.com/thanksgiving-what-are-we-really-teaching-our-children/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:56:20 +0000 http://greatparentsempower.com/?p=1407 How could I use Thanksgiving to help my daughter understand the values I wanted her to grow up with?
I wanted her to understand gratitude.

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]]> Homework Trouble? Is It Becoming a Power Struggle? https://www.greatparentsempower.com/homework-trouble-is-it-becoming-a-power-struggle/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:06:57 +0000 https://greatparentsempower.com/?p=3251 The way we handle everyday disagreements teaches our children far more than how to finish homework. It teaches them how to communicate, solve problems, manage frustrations, and navigate relationships. And it begins with how we lead ourselves, so our children can learn to lead themselves, too.

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]]> My mom is … Written by a 21 years old https://www.greatparentsempower.com/my-mom-is-written-by-a-21-years-old/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:21:15 +0000 https://greatparentsempower.com/?p=2342 I think back on our journey up to this moment. How incredibly annoying it was when she, my working mom, experienced burnout, after which she was home to recover—just when I had gotten so used to having my own time and space. Those two hours a day that my sister and I spent at home on our own—after our school day ended and prior to our mother’s walk up to the house upon completion of her workday—had been delicious.

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