For
Parents
Being a parent is a radical invitation to growth and connection for both you and your child. We’ve created this space to explore what healthy human development looks and feels like, including the messy, uncomfortable parts. We hope you’ll find encouragement and direction for the journey you’re on with your little (or not so little) ones here.
We also hope you’ll release the idea that there is a wrong or a right way to be a parent. Instead, embrace where you are right now, and believe that your story is unfolding in its own mysterious way, with its own unique beauty. Then together, let’s offer our hopes and dreams and worries for our kids up to the God who holds them. The God of the wild and wilderness who constantly calls us back to each other and on to love—a love that will not let any one of us go.
The 6 Needs of Every Child
Drawing on decades of psychological research, neuroscience, and our own experience, the book presents six relational needs for human growth that will transform the way you think about your child—and yourself.
Discover Your Patterns
Take our free self-reflection quizzes to explore which of the Six Needs you may respond to most naturally and which may be harder for you to meet.
Parenting When Our Own Stories Show Up
A 90-minute online workshop exploring how our own histories shape the way we respond to our children, and how the Six Needs can help us move toward greater awareness, connection, and repair.
Much of the way we’ve been taught to think about parenting focuses on what to do with our kids, rather than the unique, individual relationship that we have with them.
We believe it’s time to put aside our worries over whether or not parenting is something we’re doing well and ask ourselves a better question:
“HOW SHALL I BE WITH THIS PERSON?”
Conversations
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04MarchEpisode 8: A Guide to Connection with Lori Beth Auldridge
A discussion on how staying present with our kids over time, through the hard things, builds strengt
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11MarchEpisode 9: The Transforming Power of Delight with Kelle Hampton
In this episode, we introduce the importance of delight and discuss how faith and science come toget
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18MarchEpisode 10: Support that Embraces Mistakes with Daniel & Christina Im
A conversation about what healthy support looks like for our kids, and why children grow stronger wh
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25MarchEpisode 11: Boundaries that Free Kids to Grow with Valarie Kaur
A discussion on how to give our kids healthy boundaries so they can safely grow strong while learnin
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01AprilEpisode 12: Protecting our Kids from True Harm with D.L. & Krispin Mayfield
What research shows us about real dangers kids face and how opportunities to overcome manageable amo
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08AprilEpisode 13: Comfort that Strengthens our Kids with Claire Bidwell Smith
It's natural to want to dismiss or move quickly past our kids’ suffering, but making time for comf
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22AprilEpisode 14: Equipping that Gives Vision with Hope with Dr. Andrés Panasiuk
A conversation about the power of approaching our children’s pain with curiosity and how to help k
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29AprilEpisode 15: The Key to Connection: Repair after Pain with Andrew Hanauer
A conversation on repair and the importance of being open to making things right after moments of pa
As our kids are growing, we can grow, too.
Understanding how our children are developing and how we can support that development leads to healthier relationships within our families and more thriving futures for our kids.