“I am so grateful for Parenting the Child You Didn’t Expect When You Were Expecting! Margaret is an inspiring mentor, wonderful coach, and gentle teacher — she lives it to give it and she guided us on what turned out to be a journey of self-discovery in our role as parents in a loving, supportive way. The tools I learned through Margaret’s class have already hugely impacted my family (and my sanity!).” Debbie Reber creator of TiLT Parenting and author of "Differently Wired"
Parenting the Child You Didn't Expect While You Were Expect Details:
- It's a 10 Part Tele-Class (call in details will be emailed after you register and you will receive a recording link, a very detailed written recap after each class and a play sheet to help you integrate the content)
- Next session begins
- Dates:
- Cost:
Do you wish you could have more ease and joy in your life while parenting a child who not what you expected when you were expecting? If so, this tele-course could be just what you've been looking for!
Imagine having...
-tools, questions and strategies at your disposal anytime, anywhere in order to help you feel more empowered, intentional and calm while parenting a child who is very different from what you expected.
-connection with other moms who get it and do not judge you while also knowing deep down that there is more to life than how things have felt.
-more laughter, joy and ease without needing your child to be any different from who and how they are.
Right now you might be in the thick of things, feeling like everyone else has their s#!t together while everyday feels like a never-ending game of Whack-A-Mole. It doesn't have to stay this way...I am living proof of this!
We've gone from many experiences like this...
Imagine having...
-tools, questions and strategies at your disposal anytime, anywhere in order to help you feel more empowered, intentional and calm while parenting a child who is very different from what you expected.
-connection with other moms who get it and do not judge you while also knowing deep down that there is more to life than how things have felt.
-more laughter, joy and ease without needing your child to be any different from who and how they are.
Right now you might be in the thick of things, feeling like everyone else has their s#!t together while everyday feels like a never-ending game of Whack-A-Mole. It doesn't have to stay this way...I am living proof of this!
We've gone from many experiences like this...
Haircut Hell in 2005
To more experiences like this...
You may want all of those things mentioned above but feel like...
You’ve probably tried…
I totally get it! I have been there and is why I created this course!
- your child is a project, there are so many things that you need to fix in order for them to be happy in the future, which means you can’t be happy until they are able to be happy.
- there is always some new issue or behavior to address.
- you put a smile on your face but deep down inside there is a little part of you feels like life would be much easier with a typical, rule-following child.
- you wonder why you were given such a challenging child to and you feel angry that other moms have it easier. The minute you acknowledge that anger, the guilt starts to fill your heart and you spend the rest of the day trying to make it up to your child because in your mind, a “good mom” would never feel that way. About halfway through the day, the anger and resentment starts up again as the exhaustion sets in because as hard as you try to stay positive, raising a child who is on their own developmental timeline or who has a really challenging personality is hard, really hard.
You’ve probably tried…
- controlling everything around you in order to keep the chaos contained and manageable
- behavior specialists or parent coaches that friends recommend only to find that even though you spent a lot of money to work with them, they don't truly get what it's like to parent a child like yours. They teach you discipline strategies that don’t work for your child which only makes you feel worse.
- posting in Facebook groups to try and get answers and help, only really wanting to hear people tell you that it’s going to be okay but either end up comparing yourself to other moms, feeling like a failure because you aren’t doing enough or feel bad because there are situations out there that are far worse than yours.
- every specialist you can get in to see hoping that they would tell you what to do to help your child progress. You also hoped that they would reassure you that you’re being a good parent and are doing all that you can for your child.
I totally get it! I have been there and is why I created this course!
Smiling for the camera at my nephew's baptism in 2006. One of us was NOT happy about this.
Margaret Webb’s Summer Survival and Parenting the Child classes have sustained me through parenting challenges related to my child's anxiety and ADHD. Through her classes, I’ve gained confidence in my ability to parent my son using resources around me and within myself—including nature, humor, and my own sense of what my child needs to grow and learn. Margaret’s coaching style is light-hearted, compassionate, and clear. I am so grateful to have found her! – L.G., mom to 9 year old
What is Parenting the Child You Didn't Expect While You Were Expecting?
- It's a 10 Part Tele-Class (call in details will be emailed after you register and you will receive an mp3 recording, a very detailed written recap after each class and a play sheet to help you integrate the content)
- Next session begins
- Dates:
- Cost:
What is covered during these 10 sessions is what sets this course apart from the others!
During these sessions, I bring 12 years of experience living and teaching this content. We talk about the real struggles we go through and how to use the tools, questions and strategies I share to actually create positive changes (especially during the challenging times!) in your whole life...not just parenting!
**For those not into the tele-course format or for those who cannot do this day/time, I'm launching a self-guided version of this course this soon. It will contain mp3 recordings of content, written recaps and play sheets for you to do at your own pace. If you want to be notified when it is ready to purchase, click the button below!
“Margaret’s tele classes and private sessions helped me look at my life with a fresh perspective. Her classes and private coaching sessions taught me to recognize patterns that were causing me unnecessary grief, and her tools helped me learn to create space for the experiences I value and want most for my life. I have loved being connected to Margaret, as well as the community of other parents experiencing similar struggles via her tele classes. I am so grateful that she is available for me to call when I get “stuck”!” KH
If you are ready for something a little different than the typical parenting classes, this is the course for you! I am not your typical parenting coach as my knowledge extends way beyond what I learned in classes or trainings.
I bring to you and this course what I personally use each and every day with my own autistic son. I am on this Hero's Journey in Parenting right there with you so I get it all...the meltdowns, the perseverating, the controlling, the rigidity, the judgmental looks from strangers, the "super-helpful" comments from friends and family members, the notes and texts from teachers, etc. I've had lots of clients who come to me after working with therapists or other parenting coaches and love the fact that I truly get it AND that I have practical things to try with their children that have been tried and tested with my own child or students I've had.
This brings me to my experience as an elementary education teacher which helps me to tap into lots of different perspectives regarding kids, classrooms, teachers, administration, etc. One of my superpowers is to be able to listen to or read a description of a challenging situation and get a really good hunch of what is most likely at the root of the problem. From there, I've got lots of practical strategies up my sleeve to offer up for you to try so you can to support yourself, your child and your family.
Add onto that, nine years as a Master Life Coach teaching and coaching hundreds of parents these tools, questions and strategies. It is not only my life that has changed in the most amazing ways and that makes me SO happy as I have seen so many others experience the same shifts in perspective in order to have more ease and joy in parenting. I have witnessed them empowering themselves to make choices that are best for their family. I have heard countless stories of how much the tools have helped them shift from feeling like big energy was the only way to reach their child (which might look like yelling, bribery, and power struggles) to being able to communicate in ways that are calm, intentional and effective.
Creating change is possible and doesn't just have to exist in your imagination!
I bring to you and this course what I personally use each and every day with my own autistic son. I am on this Hero's Journey in Parenting right there with you so I get it all...the meltdowns, the perseverating, the controlling, the rigidity, the judgmental looks from strangers, the "super-helpful" comments from friends and family members, the notes and texts from teachers, etc. I've had lots of clients who come to me after working with therapists or other parenting coaches and love the fact that I truly get it AND that I have practical things to try with their children that have been tried and tested with my own child or students I've had.
This brings me to my experience as an elementary education teacher which helps me to tap into lots of different perspectives regarding kids, classrooms, teachers, administration, etc. One of my superpowers is to be able to listen to or read a description of a challenging situation and get a really good hunch of what is most likely at the root of the problem. From there, I've got lots of practical strategies up my sleeve to offer up for you to try so you can to support yourself, your child and your family.
Add onto that, nine years as a Master Life Coach teaching and coaching hundreds of parents these tools, questions and strategies. It is not only my life that has changed in the most amazing ways and that makes me SO happy as I have seen so many others experience the same shifts in perspective in order to have more ease and joy in parenting. I have witnessed them empowering themselves to make choices that are best for their family. I have heard countless stories of how much the tools have helped them shift from feeling like big energy was the only way to reach their child (which might look like yelling, bribery, and power struggles) to being able to communicate in ways that are calm, intentional and effective.
Creating change is possible and doesn't just have to exist in your imagination!
I have had the chance to participate in two of Margaret’s classes and both of them have been life changing. She always comes along when I am needing it the most and provides just the right support and tools to carry me (and all of us) a little further along on this journey. For those of us raising differently wired kids, there aren’t always a lot of other parents around us who can truly understand what we are challenged with as well as the special successes that we celebrate. Margaret has been so instrumental in helping me realize that I am not alone and that there is so much power in connecting with other moms who are also on this path. I can’t say thank you enough and I will likely be working with Margaret for years to come as she is not only a coach but I also consider her a friend. ML
Want to know more about my personal journey?
Fourteen years ago, my three year old son was not speaking (and wouldn’t speak until he was five) and I began controlling everything I could. I organized, decluttered, managed and got angry when anyone even tried to mess with my schedule and routine. I rarely went anywhere without him because I felt like I was the only one who could meet his needs. I didn’t like going places with him because I was so nervous about meltdowns and what other people might think.
I read every book on late talking kids that I could get my hands on and consulted all of the specialists with the hope that they would have the answers I was searching for. I wanted to punch anyone who mentioned the term “autism” in my presence.
I wanted what I expected while expecting. I wanted to feel like I was doing enough, doing a good job, being a good mom.
More than anything, I wanted to feel normal and happy.
In the smallest part of my heart I knew that as a family we’d be okay but I had no idea how we’d get there because it didn’t feel ok at all. Then I discovered a coach, Martha Beck, who through her own experiences with her son Adam, who has Downs Syndrome, made me realize that I could have this child AND the life that I always wanted. I had been doing all that I could for my son but was missing a really important part of the equation…what was I doing to help myself with this unexpected twist in parenting? Nothing! That all changed and I learned...
Fourteen years ago, my three year old son was not speaking (and wouldn’t speak until he was five) and I began controlling everything I could. I organized, decluttered, managed and got angry when anyone even tried to mess with my schedule and routine. I rarely went anywhere without him because I felt like I was the only one who could meet his needs. I didn’t like going places with him because I was so nervous about meltdowns and what other people might think.
I read every book on late talking kids that I could get my hands on and consulted all of the specialists with the hope that they would have the answers I was searching for. I wanted to punch anyone who mentioned the term “autism” in my presence.
I wanted what I expected while expecting. I wanted to feel like I was doing enough, doing a good job, being a good mom.
More than anything, I wanted to feel normal and happy.
In the smallest part of my heart I knew that as a family we’d be okay but I had no idea how we’d get there because it didn’t feel ok at all. Then I discovered a coach, Martha Beck, who through her own experiences with her son Adam, who has Downs Syndrome, made me realize that I could have this child AND the life that I always wanted. I had been doing all that I could for my son but was missing a really important part of the equation…what was I doing to help myself with this unexpected twist in parenting? Nothing! That all changed and I learned...
- that I was thinking thoughts that were keeping us all stuck. I was creating and believing crappy stories in my mind about what our life was going to be like without questioning them to see if they were absolutely true.
- that most of the time when my body was experiencing tension and tightness, I was reliving or pre-living stressful situations involving my child.
- that I had been shoving down emotions for years and that releasing them did not leave me unable to function like I thought. We have emotions for a reason and allowing them to be expressed in safe and healthy ways helps me take care of my heart, especially when it involves my child.
- that challenging situations could teach me things about myself and how to be more successful in helping my child.
- that employing my thinking mind in more productive ways, like being curious and noticing, helps me parent my child in a way that feels so empowering.
- how to create healthy boundaries for myself so that I didn’t experience so much pain and sadness when around other people – either comparing my life with theirs OR when other people judge what I should be doing for my child or what my child should be able to do.
- that self care, gratitude and joy are crucial in parenting, especially when I consider that I am a role model for my child about what it means to be an adult. If I want my child to take care of himself, to be grateful and to be happy, don't I need to do those things for me so he knows what they look like? 100% yes!!
It’s now thirteen years later and I not only have an almost 18 year old (what?!?!), I have a life I love. I enjoy time for myself doing what fills me with joy. I can smile and laugh again. I still have an autistic child and I love the person he is more than anything. He is funny, kind, loving, thoughtful, sometimes helpful ( ;-) ), and he loves that I teach this course.
“I have gone through Margaret’s Parenting the Child You Didn’t Expect class and the follow-up. I have also experienced one-on-one coaching with her. Everything has been so helpful! One of the things I loved about both the classes and the coaching was all the laughter, which is something that is very healing for me. I always left feeling like I wasn’t alone. There are so many little tools that I learned through Margaret that I use every single day.” MR
Parenting the Child You Didn’t Expect While You Were Expecting is:
- It's a 10 Part Tele-Class (call in details will be emailed after you register and you will receive an mp3 recording, a very detailed written recap after each class and a play sheet to help you integrate the content)
- Next session begins
- Dates:
- Cost:
Sound like something you are wanting or needing?
**For those not into the tele-course format or for those who cannot do this day/time, I'm launching a self-guided version of this course this soon. It will contain mp3 recordings of content, written recaps and play sheets for you to do at your own pace. If you want to be notified when it is ready to purchase, click the button below!
You deserve more ease and joy in your everyday life. I can help!
Email me at [email protected] with any questions.
Curious but unsure about the tele-class format? Watch this – Taking the Unknown Out of the Tele-Class Format