That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress

Why Pursuing Your Goals Can Help You Raise Confident Kids with Madison Friedman, Ep. 167

That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress

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Send us Fan Mail Can pursuing your own goals actually help your children? In this episode of That’s Good Parenting, Dori Durbin talks with Madison Friedman, founder of Elevated Minds Growth Center and a child and family development coach, about why parents do not have to choose between pursuing meaningful personal goals and raising children who feel loved, understood, and supported. Madison encourages parents to recognize that two things can be true at once: You can pursue the goals that fulf...

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