Our Top 5 Parenting Tips

<p>As a parent, raising your children to become independent and responsible adults is one of the most challenging yet rewarding tasks you'll ever do.</p><p>Though approaches may differ, Eddie and I believe that most parents want to prepare their kids in the best possible way to handle life.</p><p>When you have done your best to instill life's important lessons in your kids, your kids will have a good shot at becoming responsible adults.</p><p>However, no parent is perfect, and neither are children. You will make mistakes along the way, especially as a young parent. Keeping this in mind is very important to manage expectations.</p><p>Having traveled to Scotland recently to take our youngest daughter to college, we thought we should share the top parenting tips we've learned while raising our kids.</p><p>As you tune in, I would also like to hear your parenting tips because I'd love to put a list together for all you PUSHERS. Leave a review or DM me on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/janellecopeland/" target="_blank">@janellecopeland</a></p><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><p>- Is the life of a person the reflection of a parent (04:33)</p><p>- How to prepare yourself and your kids for when they leave (11:30)</p><p>- When do you expose your kids to certain things (21:24)</p><p>- Is it right for you to push your kids to leave home (23:56)</p><p>- Clarity: Being clear on what you need from each other (29:57)</p><p>- Offer guidance for your kids but don't fix things for them (35:10)</p><p><strong>Additional Resources</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.janellecopeland.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Janelle's website</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/cakecents/" target="_blank"><strong>Join the Cake Cents FB Group</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PUSHpodcast/" target="_blank"><strong>Join the Push Podcast FB Group</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://www.janellecopeland.com/podcast" target="_blank"><strong>The Push Podcast's official website</