Parent Coaching

Are you struggling with your spirited or strong-willed child? I'm here to help!

Parenting a child who is more sensitive, more persistent and more demanding than other kids is HARD.

You've likely read and tried just about every parenting technique and strategy out there, with little or no success...and as a result, you may feel hopeless that anything will ever change.

Many of the parents I talk to say they go to bed at night feeling utterly defeated - because they know that what they're doing isn't working, but they have no idea what needs to change.

Some of the challenges they face on a daily basis include:

But while it's undeniably difficult raising a spirited child, there IS hope! It's true...these kids require different parenting strategies than other kids. But when we parent them with warmth, sensitivity and respect, these kids can truly become most amazing human beings!

I'm Holly Klaassen, MS, BA, and Parent Coach. I'm also the Founder of The Fussy Baby Site, and mom to two big kids, 12 and 15 - one of whom has come out the other side of "spirited".

My passion is helping parents of fussy or high need babies and spirited toddlers and preschoolers thrive with their incredible child.

I have a Master of Science in Family & Human Development, and my parenting advice has been featured in major media publications like Parents, Healthy Way, Motherly, Huffington Post, Today's Parent, Romper and others. My Facebook groups for parents of spirited kids of all ages help support over 40,000 parents. 

Do you ever feel like you really want to talk to someone who truly understands what you're going through with your child?

Someone who can provide support and guidance, offer proven strategies that have worked for other parents, all while walking beside you as you set and meet your parenting goals?

This is a parent coach!

A parent coach is is not a therapist or counsellor. Rather he or she is someone who accompanies you on your parenting journey. 

Parent coaching is focused on the future - on helping you set and meet specific, realistic goals. 

Some specific ways I LOVE helping my coaching clients include:

• Doing a temperament and skills assessment to figure out what's behind their child's challenging behaviors 
• Coming up with creative, proactive, and research-based solutions to common challenges...so you can stop simply reacting to your child's behaviours, and instead have a plan for avoiding them in the first place
• Helping them decide which limits are important for their family and are therefore non-negotiable...and which ones they can be flexible on (this is different for every family...but there are some general rules we can follow to help you decide what's right for you)
• Helping them figure out which discipline techniques actually work for their spirited child
• Setting realistic goals and coming up with actionable strategies for sleep/bedtime, picky eating/mealtime issues, whining, interrupting, screaming, meltdowns, managing transitions, and much more!