The Parents We’re Meant to Be.
We all want what’s best for our children, but sometimes knowing how to be the best parents is the hardest part.
We want a better relationship with our children than we had with our own parents. Determined not to repeat our own experience, we are constantly asking ourselves: How do I break the cycle?
We want our children to be all of the things we struggled to be ourselves. How do we raise confident, whole-hearted, vulnerable, courageous children who will be confident, whole-hearted, brave adults?
We want to get this right so bad that we are tuning in to every book, every podcast, every Facebook and Instagram account trying to put it all together? How do we make sense of the information out there and use it to set our own vision for parenting? How do we give ourselves permission to be imperfect parents, focusing instead on being the parents we are meant to be?
We want a parenting network like our professional network. How do we find a diverse community of parents who want to raise whole children, parents who believe their children are a gift and see it is our responsibility to make room for them (and teach them how to make room for themselves)? How do we find those parents, parents who want to learn from, support and encourage each other?
I wanted that too. That’s why I created
The Intentional Parenting Community (IPC)
The IPC is a community for parents who believe that when we work on being the parents we are meant to be, we can have better relationships with our children and help them be the people they are meant to be.
In the Intentional Parenting Community, we make becoming a better parent a priority.
Each month, we’ll focus on learning one new skill. This can be a mental skill (mindset), an actual skill, or a combination of both.
Monthly Webinar Centered Around A Particular Skill
Weekly Readings/Journal Prompts To Reinforce the Skill
A Live Monthly Wrap-Up Where We Share Our Big Takeaways
Sample List of Skills/Themes We Will Explore
The Job Description
Setting A Vision for the Parents We Mean to Be
Breaking the Cycle
Ending the Cycle of Broken Parent -Child Relationships in Our Families
Armored vs. Daring Parenting
Applying Principles from Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead to Parenting
Lead From the Bench
How to Get Out of the Way and Let Your Older Kids Lead
Permission to Fail
Diminishing Your Fear of Failure and Your Child’s Too
The Path to Happiness
How to Nurture An Attitude of Gratitude in Your Children
The Ultimate Present
How to Give the Ultimate Gift This Holiday Season
Parenting As Leadership
An Intentional Parent’s Guide to Helping Our Children Be Leaders of Their Own Lives
The real gem of the Intentional Parenting Community? The Community.
In addition to the monthly themes and weekly exercises that provide you the tools to be the parent you mean to be, you also get access to an online network of other parents, who like you, have made the commitment to make becoming a better parent a priority.
This community will either be a Facebook group or hosted via the Mighty Network app.
Our IPC Code
We keep our children front and center. Our children are gifts, and they’ve been entrusted to us so we can help them be the people they are meant to be. How do we do that? We commit to parenting with courage, which requires vulnerability, curiosity, and a willingness to get it wrong on the way to getting it right.
We value diversity. We believe that while we may come from different places, have different color skin, and varied life experiences, we are connected by our shared sense of humanity and our deep desire to be the best parents we can be and to raise kind, whole, courageous, empathetic children.
We root for each other. We know that when we encourage, support and share our learnings with other parents our children win.
We are kind to ourselves and each other, realizing that parenting is hard–but by giving ourselves and each other grace, we can grow into being the parents our children need us to be.
We make the time. We commit to investing time into becoming a better parent in the same way we invest time to be better at our jobs. Each month, we make time to learn and adopt new skills that will improve our parenting.
Feel like this is exactly the thing you need to feel more intentional in your parenting?
Become a Founding Member of the Intentional Parenting Community
As a Founding Member, you help lay the foundation for this community, setting the tone for the parents who will join us in months to come. You’ll also have the opportunity to inform our monthly themes. As an early adopter, you’ll have access to the monthly webinar, the weekly exercises and the Intentional Parenting Community for $27 per month or $299 per year for as long as you are a member.
After May 31st, the membership fee will be $47/month.
Want to “sponsor” a parent who can’t afford the monthly membership? Choose the $47/month option, which covers your membership and $20 of another parent’s membership. After May 31st, the Sponsor A Parent membership will be $67/month.
Within 24 hours of joining IPC, you’ll receive…
Your IPC Welcome Video
Invitation to the IPC Founding Member Orientation (6/1)
The Journey: An Introduction to Becoming the Parent You Are Meant to Be
Meet Aisha Crumbine, The Founder of IPC & the Community Facilitator
Daughter. Wife. Mom.
When I first found out I was pregnant, I had mixed emotions. I knew parenting was something that mattered deeply for me, but I also knew I didn’t know how to do it.
I worried, thinking that I was doomed to repeat some of the experiences from my own childhood–experiences I’d rather not repeat. But one day, I decided that I didn’t have to. I could choose the type of parent I wanted to be.
So I sat down and did what I’d learned to do in my many years as an educator: I started with the end in mind. I asked myself, what type of child am I hoping to raise? What type of parent will I need to be to make that a reality? What skills/tools do I already have? What skills will I need?
Going through this process helped me see that I had everything I needed to be the parent I wanted to be, to pass down a different parenting legacy to my children. It helped me see that there is no such thing as a perfect parent, but it is absolutely possible to be empowered and intentional in our parenting.
And when we are–empowered and intentional–we get to be the parents our kids deserve, and in return, they get to be the people they were meant to be.
I created IPC because I wanted a space where we could empower each other, where we could learn and grow and navigate this messy, beautiful parenting journey together.
We all have a parent story that we are either running from or running to. And if we don’t decide how we want to show up as parents, we’ll inevitably repeat our parents’ style of parenting–for better or for worse. But if we stop and choose the type of parents we want to be and we work to develop the skills to actually live into that intention, not only do we get to write our own parenting story, we get to be the parents we mean to be.
And our children and our children’s children get to reap the benefits.
FAQs
Who is the IPC for?
The Intentional Parent Community is for any parent or soon-to-be parent who wants to do everything they can to become better parents. They are willing to devote a little time each week to work on themselves, so they can be their best for their children.
Is this only for parents of younger kids?
Absolutely not! Our monthly skills will be diverse and applicable to every stage of parenting. In fact, one of the added benefits of have parents at every stage is that we get to learn from each other.
Why is diversity important?
Oftentimes, we only know people in our immediate circle, a circle that often looks like us. We have a unique opportunity to connect across those lines and learn from each other, united by our shared humanity and desire to be the best parents we can for our children.
Who is this not for?
This is not a group for perfect parents. If you’ve figured it all out and are looking for a place to spread your perfection pixi dust, this isnt’ the place. IPC is for parents who are willing to get it wrong on the way to getting it right. We are not complainers or whoa-is-me parents. We are laser focused on getting better for ourselves and our children.
What types of skills will we be learning monthly?
Here’s a list of the proposed skills. This community is for us, by us, so if there’s something that comes up in our community that we want to learn, we’ll do our best to make it happen.
When and how are new skills webinars released?
Webinars will be live the first Sunday of each month. You’ll have a Zoom link to join us live, or you can access the recording 24 hours after the live webinar in our online portal.
How will I access the webinars and weekly exercises?
As a member of the IPC, you’ll be emailed the link to join our monthly webinar. Recordings of all webinars, as well as weekly exercises, will be stored in our password protected virtual classroom.
When will I be charged the subscription fee?
You are charged each month on the date of your original charge. This means if you joined IPC on May 19th, you’ll be charged on the 19th of every month thereafter.
Am I able to cancel?
Of course. I want you to want to be a part of the community. If it doesn’t work for you, I understand. You can cancel at any time. Simply log into your account, which you’ll create at checkout, and cancel. If you joined with the annual plan, you can cancel at the end of your year. We are not able to provide refunds for monthly or annual subscriptions.
Can I be removed from IPC?
Yes. We take Our IPC Code seriously. If you violate that code, we will give you the benefit of the doubt and speak with you about how your actions/comments do not align with our mission. If there continues to be issues, your membership will be canceled, forfeiting any paid fees.