Trust Me Mom
Trust Me Mom
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🌟 Welcome to Trust Me Mom, your go-to destination for trusted parenting advice and expert insights! 🌟
Parenthood can be an incredibly difficult journey filled with challenges, despair, and frustration. This podcast is dedicated to providing you with practical tips, expert interviews, and evidence-based strategies to navigate the complexities of raising children, especially kids with special needs. Tune in for parenting strategies and tips for kids with ADHD, ADD, sensory issues, learning disabilities including dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia, anxiety, autism, and many other conditions.
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The podcast covers a variety of parenting-related themes, including strategies for managing conditions like ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities. Episodes feature discussions on managing mental health in children, understanding parenting's mental load, and innovative educational approaches such as virtual learning.

🌟 Welcome to Trust Me Mom, your go-to destination for trusted parenting advice and expert insights! 🌟
Parenthood can be an incredibly difficult journey filled with challenges, despair, and frustration. This podcast is dedicated to providing you with practical tips, expert interviews, and evidence-based strategies to navigate the complexities of raising children, especially kids with special needs. Tune in for parenting strategies and tips for kids with ADHD, ADD, sensory issues, learning disabilities including dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia, anxiety, autism, and many other conditions.
In this Trust Me Mom conversation (Season 2, episode 35), Mike Draper shared what it really takes to raise resilient, thoughtful kids without losing the humor and warmth that make family life fun.Mike’s path is anything but typical: struggling in high school, serving in the Air Force, working as a police officer, earning an MBA, and building a massive content career (2.3M+ followers). In this episode we unpack the mindset that helped him grow and how he applies the same principles to parenting his daughter, Ellie.To learn more about Mike, click here: https://stan.store/MikeDraper00:41 Intro: Meet Mike Draper (creator, entrepreneur, veteran, former police officer)01:20 How Ekaterina found Mike’s parenting content01:54 From struggling in high school → military → policing → MBA05:50 Social media journey + building a personal brand08:59 Becoming a dad: priorities shift11:00 “Dad first, friend second” + preparing kids for life17:04 Your kids are only little for a short time20:20 High standards + high support (and why it works)26:11 “Be the example” + raising your own standards28:57 Practical steps for busy parents (audit your life)33:49 The “wall behind you” + cutting distractions41:56 Sleep, health, and avoiding burnout47:27 Growth seasons: doing hard things & taking action55:50 Money mindset + learning from high-level operators1:08:51 Teaching lessons in the moment1:12:27 Talking to kids about relationships without planting fear1:19:22 Using movies as teaching moments1:24:14 Wrap-up#TrustMeMom #Parenting #GirlDad #Fatherhood #RaisingStrongKids #ResilientKids #IntentionalParenting #ParentingTips #HighStandardsHighSupport #FamilyLife #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #Entrepreneur #ContentCreator #WorkLifeBalance #mikedraper

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