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WHY

Break the Cycle, One Story at a Time

My Mission

I have seen the immeasurable power of a thoughtfully written story read aloud to a child on a loving lap. Can you imagine what this world would be like if EVERY CHILD went to bed with loving eyes being the last thing they saw? If EVERY CHILD, every day saw loving eyes listening to them, caring about them, loving them?!

My Dream:

Children knowing and feeling they are loved. Every day.
Children feeling seen and heard –never wondering if they matter to someone close to them. Every Day.
Parents having a built-in time to set down the to-do list and step away from the stresses of life, to reconnect with their child; to appreciate the gift their child is. Every day.
A simple daily peaceful routine that makes parenting easier; that strengthens and improves parent/child relationships in simple ways. Every day.
A counter-ACE to Adverse Childhood Experiences to calm little nervous systems with meaningful, enjoyable stories on safe loving laps. Every day. (Affiliate Link: The Deepest Well By Nadine Burke Harris M.D.)
Even possibly, a small and simple solution to some of the worlds greatest societal ills: an antidote to combat isolation, poverty, abuse, neglect and trauma. All by connecting on a loving lap through reading a good story together.

Will you join me in my dream that Every Child, Every Color, be read to Every Day by someone who loves them?!

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How Strength Through Stories Helps Make Positive Parenting Easier

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Strengthen Relationships

The stories are just the excuse – the doorway – to strengthen your relationship with your child, to center them (and you), to laugh together, to show them what beloved author and illustrator Eric Carle said –“By sharing a book, an adult shows a child: I have time for you, I care for you – therefore i read to you.”
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Makes Parenting Easier

When children can count on getting this daily uninterrupted quality story time with you, their disruptive attention seeking behaviors will begin to decrease. This time together can be a motivator for other tasks i.e. “If you get your jammies on fast we will have time for an extra book!”
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Improves Mental Health

Reading to children can improve BOTH parent and child's Mental Health. Stories read aloud can be the springboard to laugh, learn, and listen to understand your child better. Creating a built in time every day to replace screen time with real connections to real people who care, building closeness and security in your parent/child relationship that is priceless.
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Gives Children (and Parents) Tools to Process Life and Recenter

This 1 daily screen-free shared reading routine, creates the space to step off the crazy train of life, take a deep breath and step into this peaceful simple connecting space. Here, thoughtfully written stories can give words to process emotions, and discuss the new or challenging parts of life together, or just to simply laugh together at a silly story. +(Check out parenting tools in "Stories by Topic")
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Child Led, together time

Creating this uninterrupted, safe shared-reading space becomes priceless time to connect with your child, NOT to correct your child. Creating this time can enable you to set down the to-do list and truly SEE your child: to listen to them, to appreciate the funny things they say and their unique perspective on the story and on life – no matter their age.
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Connection Through Wonder

Become reconnected with wonder: The wonder of your beautiful child, through the wonder of what is happening in the story. Use the illustrations as springboards to ask: I wonder why…I wonder what…and then wait and see what your child says. There are no wrong answers here in this safe shared reading space. Get on my Waitlist to Learn more or +see stories by ages

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BENEFIT TO CHILDREN

Children need love, stability, and connection every day—and reading aloud is a simple, powerful way to give all three. Snuggling up with a story creates special memories, builds trust, and strengthens your relationship.

Shared reading isn’t just about phonics—it’s about engaging together: laughing, asking questions, and hearing your child’s thoughts. These small interactions foster emotional security, support healthy development, and create a safe space for children to share their day, worries, or fears.

Turning storytime into a bedtime routine makes bedtime something children look forward to. Predictable, peaceful reading signals a smooth transition to sleep, encourages healthy bedtime habits, and helps children go to bed feeling loved, safe, and connected. A simple daily reading routine can ripple out into stronger bonds, better sleep, and happier days for the whole family.

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BENEFIT TO PARENTS

Did you know reading daily to your child helps both of your mental health? Studies show daily shared reading  improves children’s emotional well-being and also parents’ mental health.

When you set aside distractions.screens and snuggle up with your child and a good story, you create a calm, focused space together—laughing, connecting, and sharing priceless together time. Having a built in read aloud time helps parents let go of the day’s stress and engage in what matters most: bonding with their child.

A built-in reading routine also makes parenting easier. Children who feel seen and heard – who can count on quality time with their parent every night, are more likely to listen and cooperate in other parts of the day. Adding shared reading to bedtime creates happy, predictable routines, better sleep, and priceless moments of love and connection—memories you and your child will cherish forever.

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Every Family Has a Story

“I’ve noticed a huge change in my kids attention seeking since I started the routine of reading to them at night.

On the nights that I’ve had a long day and don’t have the energy for that extra 20 minutes at night, they will continue to get out of bed and come downstairs multiple times and it ends up being a 2 hour ordeal instead of the 20 min of reading time and mommy time they wanted to begin with. And usually ends off with me being upset with them instead of having a happy smooth bedtime.

I have been letting them go to the library and pick out one book and we usually read that same book every night for a week. I thought they would get bored of it and want to switch it up but every time we read it they end up asking a different question about the book. As adults we read and understand for the most part and move on, but as kids they love to dive into the book and now on the 3rd or 4th time reading it they pick out what character they are tonight and what dog they would have chosen as their pet and it starts an entire new dialog I would have never thought that was going through their head. It has made me appreciate the kids more and made me realize and understand the way they think things out. And now I reach back into that bag of tricks to help them when they have breakdowns and know the way their little brains work just a little bit better.”

MichelleMother of 4 kids– ages 3-9yrs

“So far my favorite part of the experience has been the cultivating of a new pattern. We enjoy something together that’s not connected to an electronic device. We finished the book last night. The kids loved it. Absolutely loved it!
We talked about how Winn-Dixie helped Opal to make friends. And how he helped her to learn that it’s ok to miss her mama and still be happy and move forward in life.”

KevinSingle dad of 3 kids– ages 5-10 yrs

“I recently felt like our evening bedtime routine was out of control. I had been so good at it when my older kids were younger. We had a fabulous formula that concluded in reading bedtime stories every night.

Now that my older kids are in middle school and high school, though, our evenings are often busy and full of late night activities. I still have several younger children, however, and I noticed we were all frazzled, tired, and bedtime was dreadtime.

When I stopped to assess what I could do to improve, I realized that bedtime stories had gone by the wayside with my younger children. It takes a concerted effort to keep reading to my kids as the anchor of our bedtime routine, but I noticed the payoff immediately! Reading bedtime stories is something they look forward to and provides us with the incentive to not only get to bed on time but to also have a chance to connect at the end of a busy day.
Making time to read to my kids gives us the opportunity to have spontaneous conversations. Sometimes, reading time just turns into child-led conversation time.

My kids have actually told me that they felt comfortable telling my husband and me certain things because we read to them every night. That is when I feel like I’m winning at parenting!”

MeredithMother of 5 ages 6-15 years

Curious How Your Childhood Experiences Still Show Up Today?

ACEs—short for Adverse Childhood Experiences—are chronic experiences of neglect or abuse during childhood that can influence how we respond to stress, emotion, and connection as adults. Knowing your ACEs score can be a powerful first step toward understanding your reactions, building self-compassion, and recognizing when you’re acting from calm—or reacting from survival.

I created my first parenting course for all parents of young children who want more calm and connection with their child at bedtime, but especially for parents who came from childhoods of chaos and don’t know where to start to give their children the happy home they always wanted but didn’t grow up with. My course is full of hope and healing, nurturing parenting tips and routines that work and of course curated booklists for you, full of storybook gold that will bring laughter and joy to you and your child;)