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The 7 Practices of Practical Parents That Can Help You and Your Kids

And how they can change your family, kids, and parenting forever.

Katie E. Lawrence
A Parent Is Born
7 min readJan 5, 2025

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If you’ve ever found yourself not sure what to do with your child, feeling unfit as a parent, and feeling unqualified to guide a small human through life — then this is the place for you.

While I haven’t had the privilege or stress of being a parent to a child yet, I spend a lot of time with children in various situations and have been in plenty of situations as a nanny, as a childcare professional, an educator, and as an older sibling or cousin not having any idea what to do.

I also study parenting, families, and how everyone in a family unit works together for the good of everyone.

“The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.” — Cardinal Mermillod

After much personal and academic research into parenting and how to do it best, I’ve centered on these seven elements of what I call “practical parenting”.

It’s a type of parenting philosophy that involves specific habits, or practices, that can be employed by parents and the family on a daily and weekly basis.

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Katie E. Lawrence
Katie E. Lawrence

Written by Katie E. Lawrence

B.S. in Family Science, Research Assistant for the Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education, Family Life Educator, and amateur yapper. (:

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