Welcome to the place for parent coaching

Posted on by Tamara Dickerson, M.D.
Photo courtesy of Otturatore Photography. www.otturatorephotography.com/home
Photo courtesy of Otturatore Photography. http://www.otturatorephotography.com/home

Welcome to my answer to a parenting “housecall”.  I am a practicing pediatrician who has been asked on many occasions if I could/would come home with my families.  I have been offered whole wallets (full of credit cards and checks) and even the invitation to “please take my child for the weekend”!  My favorite suggestion/threat has been to a child “I’m going to leave you with Dr. D” – I still haven’t decided if this was aimed at me or the child…but my standby, humorous response is, “No, you will not… I will chase you down to remind you that you forgot a very important person!”

This will be as close as I will get to most of you in going home with you.  My dream is to provide you with practical and humorous tips to make your parenting journey appear more successful and definitely more enjoyable.  I want this to be a resource that offers help in those moments when you feel like you are not leading the battle, let alone winning it.  In those moments when you just need a little creativity but keep coming up with a blank.  When those big eyes of your child are looking up at you, challenging – are you ready for this?! Instead of gulping and waving the white flag…drop by here for a little bit of parenting encouragement and creativity.

Despite the humor that I use to share my message, I want to reassure you that I have heard each request and take them very seriously.  What I bring to the table is not only my credentials as an accredited pediatrician, but just as validating is that I, too, am a fellow parent in the trenches with you!  So what I have to offer you, I pray, is creative, effective and grounded in truth and reality. This blog will become my way, for now, to be more available to you and to share my parenting pearls.

So…a toast to christen this maiden voyage. May we laugh and cry together…may we agree and disagree…may we always encourage each other that our children are worth climbing every mountain, scouring every valley, crossing any desert – to find a parenting pearl that will positively change a course of action for us and them.

“If you correct your children, they will bring you peace and happiness.”

Proverbs 29:17 CEV

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Published by Tamara Dickerson, M.D.

Welcome to my answer to a parenting housecall! I am a practicing pediatrician who has been asked on many occasions to come home with my families. I have been offered wallets (full of credit cards and checks-hehehe!) and even the invitation to, “please take my child for weekend”! Here is my 21st century version of a house call. This will be as close as I will get to most of you in going home with you. My dream is to provide you some practical and humorous tips to make your parenting journey appear more successful and definitely more enjoyable. Wisdom Moments is a resource that offers help in those moments when you feel like you are not leading the battle, let alone winning it. In those moments when you just need a little creativity but keep coming up with a blank. When those big ole’ eyes of your child are looking up at you , challenging – are you ready for this?! Instead of gulping and waving the white flag…drop by here for a little bit of parenting encouragement/reinforcement. Despite the humor I use to share my message, I want to reassure you have heard each request and take them very seriously. What I bring to the table is not only my credentials as an accredited pediatrician, but just as validating is that I, too, am a fellow parent in the trenches with you! So what I have to offer you, I pray, is creative, effective and grounded in truth and reality. This blog will become my way, for now, to be more available to you and to share my parenting pearls. So…a toast to christen this maiden voyage “May we laugh and cry together…may we agree and disagree…may we always encourage each other that our children are worth climbing every mountain, scouring every valley, crossing any desert – to find a parenting pearl that will positively change a course of action for us and them”.

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