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Part 3 of 3: What the 2026 Cost of Care Report Reveals — And What You Can Do Right Now We’ve covered a lot of ground in this series. In Part 1, we sat with the emotional weight — the burnout, the isolation, the guilt of a life that feels like it belongs entirely to…
Part 2 of 3: What the 2026 Cost of Care Report Reveals About the Forces Behind the Crisis In Part 1 of this series, we sat with the emotional reality of what parents are carrying right now — the burnout, the isolation, the grief of a life that feels like it’s happening to you rather…
Part 1 of 3: What the 2026 Cost of Care Report Reveals About the Emotional Toll on Parents Today Can I ask you something? When was the last time you did something just for you — not because it would make you a better parent, not because it was a “self-care strategy” you read about,…
Published in honor of International Women’s Day I have two daughters. One is 16, deep in adolescence, figuring out who she is and what she wants from the world. The other is 8, still in the wide-eyed, unselfconscious territory of third grade, blissfully unaware of most of what I’m about to write. I have spent…
Published in honor of International Women’s Day If you’re the parent of a teenage son and something has felt… off lately — if he’s been ruder, more dismissive, angrier, or more contemptuous than you can chalk up to “just being a teenager” — I want you to know something first: You are not imagining…
I heard another parent educator say this once—I wish I could remember who—and it hit me like a ton of bricks: Our job as parents is not to protect our children from the world. It’s to prepare them for it. I’ve been sitting with that idea for a while now. Because if I’m being honest?…
My girls and I were curled up on the couch last week watching the women’s figure skating free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympics. If you watched, you know it was one of those nights where the ice told a dozen stories at once. But there was one moment that stopped our living room cold.…
I need to say something that might ruffle some feathers in the child safety world, and I’m okay with that. There are programs out there—well-intentioned, well-funded programs—that teach children how to “protect themselves.” They use cool branding and fun activities. They tell kids things like, “The best way for you to be safe is to…
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Christy Keating is a certified parent coach, positive discipline educator, and motivational speaker. She is the founder and CEO of The Heartful Parent Collective, which includes Heartful Parent Coaching, Savvy Parents Safe Kids, and Heartful Parent Academy.
The mother of two amazing daughters, Christy strives to build a happier, healthier world - one child, one parent, and one family at a time.