Essential Instagram Feeds
Specific Parenting Issues
- Hey Sleep Baby- Rachael Shepard-Ohta helps parents ditch sleep stress giving them tools to build healthy sleeping habits with their children.
- Taking Cara Babies- baby and toddler sleep expert.
- The Children's Dietitian - children dietician, Lucy Upton, will help you save your sanity about what your child is eating/not eating.
General Parenting
- Dr. Becky Kennedy- goldmine of expert insight and real-life stories to help turn big parenting struggles into simple, actionable wins.
- Calm Parenting Podcast - A favorite here at The Village. Founder Kirk Martin gives you practical strategies and scripts that actually work with real life parenting situations. He also speaks to parents of strong-willed and neurodivergent kids.
- The Dad Lab- a creative space for parents to find fun, educational activities to do with their kids. Their content offers engaging ideas for bonding and learning together.
- Unconditional Parenting - Blimie Heller illustrates real-life parent-child situations and offers respectful, practical guidance on how to respond to foster healthier parent-child relationship.
Parenting Littles
- Big Little Feelings - run by a child therapist and parent coach, this account offers tons of tips on how to tame tantrums and get through the toddler stage.
Parenting Tweens & Teens
- Aly Pain- parenting expert who specializes in helping parents of teens rebuild trust and connection.
- Ashley Hudson- a coach who focuses on helping parents reconnect with their teens. Her posts provide practical tips, motivational messages, and insights into fostering a positive parent-teen relationship.
- Center for Parent and Teen Communication - practical strategies for parenting teens today and tips that support healthy family relationships. Their website is another great source for articles on the teen brain, puberty, discipline, character building, and more.
- Lisa Damour - author of three New York TImes best selling books, such as The Emotional Life of Teenagers, Dr. Lisa Damour's FB page offers nuggets of her wisdom in raising teens.