Hi! Thanks for being here! I know your time is tight, and I'm humbled you've carved out a minute or two for this page. I'm Sarah and I'd love to help you.
We're living in a crazy, dynamic world where change is constant and accelerating - I know I don't have to tell you that. There are few places where one feels this more than when you're trying to raise kids in the midst of what feels like chaos! You're not imagining it - it's hard, confusing, and unsettling all at once in part because your kids are changing just as fast, at the same time!
So, first, congratulations on finding this page and taking the time to read it. I'll make this short and sweet:
There's good news: we have information and science today that previous generations didn't have. Over the past 25 years developmental science has exploded, overturning centuries-old parenting 'wisdom', and unveiling insights into growth at each stage of development, from birth to death. And amongst that, we've learned that adolescence - the period between roughly 10 and 25 - is the transition from childhood to adulthood, and with it comes more change than at any other period. Adolescent brain growth only rivals the first few years of life! Most importantly, we've learned that adolescent growth, while complex, happens in a predictable order. And, as different parts of the brain grow, related needs are heightened, and behaviors follow.
This is HUGE, because now we can better understand why kids do what they do, and flip the script on adolescent behavior! It's a magical growth adventure!! And YOU are lucky enough to be along for the ride...if you know how to let them drive, and be the passenger-guide they know they need.
Adolescents aren't prone to stupidity!! Quite the contrary - they're prone to fulfilling important developmental needs, and perhaps stumbling in their process to figure things out. What might appear as dumb, unnecessary, or even ludicrous choices or behavior from an adult perspective, is likely a bumbling attempt to fulfill the critical and changing needs of adolescent growth.
If you can understand their driving needs, you can understand their wants, choices, and behaviors. And, best of all, you can change your parenting approach to meet their needs before they are even aware of them ... putting you in the most important passenger seat you'll ever occupy.
I've made it my mission to use this new science to simplify the job of raising kids into healthy, prepared young adults. Less guesswork. More progress. Better relationships today and into the future.
If you understand them and know how to prepare and respond, it's so much easier! And the ride is SO fun!
Sign up, tune in, and let's help your kid become the best version of him/her/them-self!! It's a journey and they need a guide.
Why should you listen to me? Great question... Here's my story.
While raising my two kids, I became increasingly disturbed by the difficulty I had finding resources that helped me learn how to parent as my kids evolved and grew. Things kept happening, and I found myself lamenting, "Oh, I wish I knew that before!" too frequently. After sharing these situations with friends and strangers alike (at the soccer field, at work, at the gym), I discovered that I wasn't alone. Many parents shared that after infancy, usable information and support decreased rapidly and they were just making it up as they went along, hoping for the best.
After a few years of this, I realized that we were all parenting looking backward! We were in constant reaction mode, and most of the existing resources told us how to REACT to common behaviors or situations that were objectionable. But, as my kids approached the tween and teen years, I seemed to be exacerbating the problems that were cropping up by misinterpreting their behavior, presuming that I knew what was going on, and responding in ways that were not helpful and not meeting their needs. The fact was, I didn't understand their foundational needs. "How could I be so unprepared for something so important?!".
So I enrolled in a certification course on Human Development, realizing that I had an MBA and needed an MHD (Masters in Human Development)! Finally, so many experiences I'd had with my children made sense! I also realized that many of the challenges we experienced were due to my lack of understanding, and in many cases, my response! I learned that, like me, most parents were well-intentioned, under-prepared, and under-supported for this incredible journey of raising humans.
Leveraging my career in Education Technology and online learning, I founded my first company, Lemonade Lessons, followed three years later by Well & Ready both of which offered science-based content to parents.
During the pandemic, we closed Well & Ready, and I embarked on further exploration - how to support today's parents best. The neuroscience of brain development was still exploding, technologies had advanced, Childhood emotional distress had been declared an epidemic, and our society had become exceedingly comfortable with online learning. This opened up all kinds of opportunities, and parents needed easy-to-access, get to the chase, help and support that evolved as their children evolved.
I launched EPIC Parenting to address the "Well-Intentioned, Under-prepared, and Under-Supported" condition of today's parents; to help parents become more proactive in the way they approach parenting, decreasing their stress and worry, and increasing their kids' health, vitality, and success.
Thanks for being here. I'd love to get to know you and help you learn to be EPIC!
Sarah
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