Let's be honest, okay.
When it comes to parenting, most of us are completely winging it.
Things are probably going okay, but we all know there's always some little voice in our heads telling us we're screwing up our kids for life.
Honestly, we just remind ourselves that the odds are with us, and we know most kids turn out to be just fine.
But that doesn't mean there isn't a better way to make some small but meaningful differences as an active parent.
I tried to figure out what that better way was.
It turns out that there actually are some pretty simple secrets to creating meaningful moments with your kids, and there are some pretty emotionally intelligent people using them daily...
Stuff you can do even when you're running on 2 hours of sleep and haven't showered in 3 days.
This won't take long to show you (about 4 minutes, and that's if you read like my grandmother).
Here's the problem:
WITHOUT intentional connection strategies, you're basically throwing spaghetti at the wall and hoping your kid turns out okay.
WITHOUT understanding how to create those meaningful moments, you're missing critical windows of opportunity to shape who your child becomes.
WITHOUT some simple disciplines for connecting with your kids, you're making parenting way harder than it needs to be.
EVEN IF you love your kids more than life itself.
EVEN IF you read all the parenting books.
EVEN IF you're trying your absolute best.
The dirty little secret of exceptional parenting isn't spending MORE time with your kids.
It's about making that time count.
I've collected these strategies from parents from all over - the ones whose grown children STILL call them regularly, whose teenagers ACTUALLY tell them what's going on in their lives, whose kids are thriving despite all the crazy challenges in today's world.
The simple truth? Kids don't need perfection. They need presence. But not just any presence - strategic, intentional presence that builds their resilience, creativity, and emotional intelligence.
I wrote this 2-3 week email series to help you cut through all the parenting noise and give you a framework that works.
This isn't another boring lecture about how you should be enjoying every moment (because let's be honest, some moments of parenting straight-up suck).
Instead, it's a practical, sometimes irreverent guide to creating meaningful connections with your children that will pay dividends for DECADES.
Look, your kid doesn't come with a manual. And somehow we're expected to raise functional humans while also working, maintaining a household, and occasionally remembering to brush our own teeth.
The research is clear: strong parent-child bonds are protective against almost every negative outcome you can imagine. From risky teen behaviors to future relationship problems to mental health issues.
But here's what they don't tell you: building those bonds doesn't have to be complicated, time-consuming, or Instagram-worthy.
You can do this even if...
- You work full-time (or more)
- You have multiple kids pulling you in different directions
- You're a single parent juggling everything
- You didn't have great parenting models yourself
- You're already exhausted just thinking about "one more thing"
I didn't create this because I'm some perfect super-parent. I'm a guy who explains things for a living and I happened to do a lot of research on this.
I made it practical. I've cut out all the fluff, all the guilt-inducing perfectionism, and all the unrealistic expectations. You can read each email in under 10 minutes and start applying the concepts immediately.
You probably don't want to spend hundreds of hours reading contradictory parenting advice or testing different approaches only to find they don't work for your family.
You don't need another person telling you to "cherish every moment" when you're running on fumes and just trying to make it to bedtime.
What you need are battle-tested, simple techniques that work even when parenting feels impossible.
For $20, you get the entire email course delivered over 2-3 weeks.
But here's the thing - I believe in this program so much that I'm letting you choose what to pay. If $20 feels right, great. If you can only do $10 right now, that works too. If you want to pay more because you found extreme value, I won't stop you. Parenting is hard enough without adding financial stress. And I genuinely believe these strategies should be accessible to everyone raising tiny humans.
Plus, let's be honest - at this price point, you've got nothing to lose. Skip one takeout coffee or that impulse Target purchase, and you've covered it.
If you don't think this is the most useful, practical parenting advice you've read this year, just let me know and I'll refund your money.
No questions asked. No weird hoops to jump through. No guilt trips.
You will make mistakes as a parent. That's not a prediction - it's a guarantee.
But with the right tools, those mistakes don't have to define your relationship with your child or determine who they become.
Because while the days with kids might be long, the years are ridiculously short. And you don't get a do-over. So invest the time now to learn how to follow a few simple, timeless parenting disciplines that can set your child up for life.
