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The Heartbreak of Suicide: Why Moms Need Support Too
The author reflects on a tragic incident involving a mother who drowned her children and herself, emphasizing the importance of heeding cries for help. Amid rising suicide rates, especially among vulnerable groups, the post urges compassion toward those struggling. It highlights the need for support, self-care, and encouragement, particularly for mothers.
Continue Reading September 24, 2025 at 8:24 pm Leave a comment
What My Students Are Teaching Me This Semester
This semester didn’t start the way I planned — chaos in the classroom and in life. But my students reminded me of a lesson I’ll always need: patience💜
What are the people in your life teaching you right now?
Continue Reading September 10, 2025 at 1:51 pm Leave a comment
Navigating the Mother-Son Relationship: Building Bonds
The mother-son relationship is a unique bond that significantly impacts both individuals. While nurturing is essential, encouraging independence and setting boundaries is crucial for healthy development. Mothers must avoid over-nurturing to prevent raising dependent sons. The author offers strategies in her book to cultivate balanced, respectful relationships that foster emotional intelligence and responsibility.
Continue Reading October 10, 2024 at 8:12 pm Leave a comment
How to Help Your Child Develop Independence and Accountability
Helping children learn personal responsibility is one of the most important lessons they can carry into adulthood.
Continue Reading September 25, 2024 at 1:10 pm Leave a comment
Self-Care First: The Secret to Thriving in Motherhood
As a mom, it’s crucial to prioritize self-care despite societal pressures. By taking care of yourself, you enhance your ability to care for your family and set a positive example for your children. Simple steps like scheduling “me time” and incorporating self-care into your routine can make a significant impact on your well-being and relationships.
Continue Reading September 4, 2024 at 6:13 pm Leave a comment
How Moms Can Reclaim Balance, Purpose, and Joy!
Being a mom is one of the most rewarding roles in the world, but it often comes with significant challenges. Between managing household responsibilities, juggling work, and raising children, moms often find themselves stretched thin and overwhelmed.
Time management becomes a daily struggle as they try to balance their endless to-do lists while still making time for themselves. Self-care, unfortunately, takes a back seat, leaving moms feeling exhausted and depleted. The constant push and pull between being fully present for their families while pursuing their own passions or careers can lead to feelings of guilt and frustration. Finding purpose and fulfillment outside of motherhood becomes an elusive goal when life feels like an endless cycle of tasks.
This struggle isn’t just about not having enough hours in the day; it’s also about feeling disconnected from your own identity. Many moms feel like they’ve lost a sense of who they are beyond being caregivers. With so much focus on taking care of everyone else, it’s easy for their goals, dreams, and aspirations to get lost in the shuffle. The lack of balance and time for self-reflection can lead to burnout and a sense of being stuck. The search for a better work-life balance, clear priorities, and a renewed sense of purpose is what so many moms yearn for but struggle to achieve on their own.
That’s where my coaching program comes in. My 30-day program is designed to help moms reclaim control of their time, rediscover their passions, and create a life that aligns with both their family and personal goals. Through personalized strategies, goal-setting exercises, and mindset coaching, I guide moms on how to effectively manage their time, prioritize self-care, and cultivate a balanced, purpose-driven life. The program isn’t just about giving advice; it’s about working together to create actionable plans that work for your unique situation. With my support, you’ll find the clarity, confidence, and tools needed to thrive as both a mom and an individual. If you’re ready to take back control and start living intentionally, this program is your solution.
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C. Lynn Williams, #MsParentguru#
Parent Coach, Author & Speaker
Setting Boundaries As A Way to Manage Your Down Time?
Managing downtime for parents is essential for a healthy work-life balance and family well-being. Setting boundaries helps prioritize needs and emotional well-being. Key points include identifying priorities, communicating needs, scheduling dedicated downtime, creating physical and digital boundaries, learning to say no, leading by example, and being consistent. Setting and respecting boundaries reduces stress and strengthens family connections.
Parenting Skills All Moms Need
How many times have you thought that your kids were the worst kids in the neighborhood, but you weren’t sure how to make them more well behaved? 🤔
Reading the news and watching people with their children, I wonder what kind of discussions take place at home. For example, you tell your child “Clean up your room”. You walk by his room an hour later, and not only is it not cleaned up, but he’s also playing a video game.
What do you do?
1. Yell at your child
2. Ignore them
3. Institute consequences
I love instituting consequences because it teaches your child life lessons. The life lesson is that people like dealing with well-mannered people. So, as adorable as your child is (to you), when they mis-behave no one likes them, including you. 🤷🏽♀️
Did you know, the older your child is, the harder it is to teach them manners and good behavior. They are difficult to deal with at school and in public. Then they become the teacher’s problem, or a statistic with law enforcement.
If you ask your child to do something and it’s not done – how do you hold them accountable?
If you don’t hold them accountable, what are the consequences to you and your child?
How do they learn the lesson that you’re trying to teach them?
If you are having a difficult time holding your child accountable, it might seem easier to expect your child’s teacher or another adult to take responsibility for parenting your child. It sends mixed messages to a child when someone else outside of you or your spouse becomes the responsible parent your child. Because that’s what happens when law-enforcement gets involved or the teacher has to discipline your child at school. Instead start when your child is very young, giving consequences that are appropriate for them at their age.
For example, before naptime, show your child how to pick up their toys and put them in the toy box. They cannot take a nap until the toys are in the toybox. My mom used to do that with us. What’s crazy is that I hated taking naps, 😴 so I can’t believe that I was duped into cleaning up my room before I laid down to take a nap that I didn’t want.
But it worked!
If you start when they’re 2-3 years old, by the time they are 5, 6, or 7, they are pretty well mannered.
The other thing about discipline and consistency is that it doesn’t work (as well) if you are not giving your child your attention on a regular basis. If the only time you interact with your child is to discipline, yell or scream at them, then you have lost their attention (and respect) when you want them to be well mannered and obedient.
Let me know how instituting consequences works for you and your child. If you need help, click on the link and let’s talk:
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C. Lynn Williams, #MsParentguru
Parent Coach, Author & Speaker
How to Build Accountability In Your Child
Happy New Year and no… this is not a list of resolutions for better parenting!
Having talked to quite a few parents during the Holidays who wanted their child to do what they were asked; I’m reminded of two things:
- Keep it simple
- Hold your child accountable
As you tell your child for the 5th time to pick up his/her toys, clothes, etc. you might wonder what it will take for that delightful child of yours to become more accountable.
According to Century Dictionary, accountability is the state of being accountable or answerable; responsibility for the fulfilment of obligations; liability to account for conduct, meet or suffer consequences, etc.
The thing is, we want our kids to grow into accountable adults, which means that we want accountable teens, youths, toddlers.
So how do you get started?
Start now…ideally when your child is very young and impressionable. My daughter has been “guiding” our 2½ year old grandson with picking up his toys, since he could walk. He understands what picking up toys means, how to do it and the consequences of leaving them all over the floor.
Is she 100% successful? Nope, but she and her husband have a great start provided they stay consistent with their work with him. It gets more challenging, if you are starting to with children who are older and aren’t used to having to pick up after themselves.
Not impossible, but your work is cut out for you because your child won’t understand why all of a sudden, you are asking them to do something they’ve never had to do before.
3 tips for helping your child be more accountable:
- Model behavior (that you want to see repeated)
- Be as consistent as possible in holding your child responsible for what you’ve asked them to do
- Help your child see things from another person’s viewpoint
Modeling the behavior, you want to see, is one of the skills that a leader uses. It’s much easier to get your child to pick up their toys, clean their room, clean the bathroom, if they see you do the same.
Teaching your child to see things from another’s perspective builds empathy and compassion. If occasionally you have your daughter help her brother or sister clean their room, fold clothes or clean the kitchen, they may be less inclined to fight, argue and compete with each other.
Just a couple of thoughts as we enter 2022.
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C. Lynn Williams, #MsParentguru
Parent Coach, Author & Speaker
Relinquishing Control Releases Stress
It’s the wee hours of the morning, as I lay here trying to go back to sleep, a car sits outside beeping it’s horn for whomever is supposed to come out. I want to yell at that person to stop 🛑 waking up everyone while he tries to get his passenger. 🤬
The question at the moment is, can I do anything about the beeping horn? Am I going to lose more sleep 😴 or can I refocus on something else?
2021 taught me three things:
• There are things I can’t change like: when COVID ends, how to make an adult act differently, etc.
• Remember who I am and be true to myself
• Focus on what is working instead of what isn’t
The common denominator here was that I focused a lot on controlling events, relationships and my feelings. When I chose to live through each experience, I discovered the best parts of it and moved on, I was happier.
I learned in 2021 that when it comes to peace of mind, control is overrated‼️
Are you thinking about those Aha” moments you experienced?
Or maybe like me, you’ve had enough experiences occur that have left you worn out‼️ As my friends at Unity School of Christianity say – “Give life the light touch”
How are you ending 2021? 🤔💬
Wishing you and your family lots of love and a happy and prosperous new year. 😘 🌚🎉🧧
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