parentinginmind

Is Beth Montanez
Serving Metro-Detroit since 2008
ParentingInMind@gmail.com

Who am I?
I’m a happily married Mother of three little
munchkins who have challenged my being to the very core. I wonder how anyone can discover themselves fully without the opportunity for a precious two-year old, or tenacious four-year old to bring out every weakness you carry and demand that you deal with it and grow.

Why I do what I do?
It all started with a WWF match with an 18-month old over taking a nap so I could get some work done. The culmination came when I found Connection Parenting, and my obsession is now transforming others lives and households.

Professional Mission/Philosophy
Parents are faced with an extreme lack of resources and support that make an already difficult job borderline impossible. I hope to restore the vitality of families by alleviating the a portion of the burdens being carried by providing guidance towards the much needed skills it takes to survive and flourish as a family today.

Favorites

Hobby & Book: Cooking by James Peterson has to be the best cookbook available. It was a phenomenal gift from my husband that makes every meal, large and small gourmet and a tremendous amount of fun to prepare and enjoy together.
Website: Hand in Hand, (handinhandparenting.org) has all the resources you need for every parenting issue you can imagine; devoted, caring staff too.
Email subscription: Beyond Consequences has a great daily parenting inspirational email that reminds us of all the things that are easy to forget when dinner is burning, the house is a mess, the baby is crying, and the two year old is coloring on the wall.

Beth says:
“Parenting is no different than anything else we do, it takes skills which have to be learned. The daily challenges may always change but if we have foundational skills on how to build a strong parent/child relationship it becomes a way of life that you just know is right.”

Favorite Quote:
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make a life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a person humanized or dehumanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” -Goethe