Sometimes we just need to check to make sure our kids are good. Are they developing the way they should? Are they gifted? Do they need some help? Charisse breaks it all down for us.

Charisse breaks down what to do when our children start screaming about fairness.

Charisse answers some listener questions.

Charisse helps explain why a child might seem manipulative.

It's okay to yell...sometimes. Charisse gives all the info on when you should and shouldn't yell at your children.

It's Mother's Day and there is no better way to celebrate it than by talking to one of our favorite mamas! Shes a wife and mama of three boys. Plus she is the cofounder of Black Love Inc, the director of Black Love Doc, a podcast host, just all the things! Im so excited to talk parenting with Codie Elaine Oliver. Listen in as Codie shares the pivotal moments in her childhood, how she has navigated her career with the parenting, how she would describe her parenting style and more.

Charisse reflects on the last week and how you can start the conversation with your little ones when tragedy strikes.

Charisse shares how you can prepare your children for change and transitions.

Charisse helps walk us through the warning signs of disappointment and what we can do to help regulate our children as they experience it.

Tantrums. Yup, we've all experienced them with our children. However what a lot of parents don't necessarily understand is the root of what a tantrum is. Today, Charisse breaks down how children acting out means so much more than them just being difficult and what we can do as parents to help bring them out of it.

What do you do when a tragedy happens? What do you tell your kids? The mass shooting at the supermarket in Buffalo has Charisse evaluating how trauma shows up in her parenting, especially for Black people. In this episode Charisse welcomes Kobe Campbell, an awardwinning licensed trauma therapist, Christian counselor, writer media expert, and speaker to help navigate what the next phases in this conversation look like. And y'all, Kobe has all the gems. If you're not sure how to talk to your children, or how to rectify trauma within yourself, this is an episode you do not want to miss.

Charisse shares what it looks like to parent in the shadows.

Charisse shares tips to help your children through unexpected changes.

I CAN'T CALM DOWN! If you're a parent there's a good chance one of your little heavens has yelled this at one point or another, and if you're like any normal human being you were probably frustrated at the jump. You probably told them to breathe or to just calm down or try to take a walk. As adults with fully formed frontal lobes, we often forget that children do not have all the tools and experience we have to regulate our bodies and we get frustrated. Well, Charisse is here to tell you to keep CALLLM. CALLLM. Listen in to hear just what this acronym stands for and how it can help you in those moments when your children are just having a blowout. We know every child is different and develops the tools they need to regulate at different speeds, so this is just as much as a tool to help you all out as parents as it is to try to help your little ones too!

Wellness. We all have heard the word. We all know we need some sort of wellness in our life, even though we don't have any sort of grasp on it. But as parents we know that we need to model better behaviors for our kids so we are out here TRYING. Which is why Charisse was so excited to talk to David Wasicki, CTNC. David is a girl dad of a toddler, the General Manager of Black Love Inc, a fellow podcast host, and a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach. In addition to the balancing of all the things, David shares what his journey to wellness looked like, how being biracial shaped so much of his identity, how trauma can live in the body and so much more.

Children are just tiny humans. Just like us, they need boundaries to help understand how to function within the family. But if it was that easy you wouldn't be here at your wits end trying to figure out how to set them! Look, it's hard. Especially if your children are a bit older and you're trying to teach them boundaries while unteaching them another behavior that they know and love. This week Charisse has tips for teaching boundaries at all stages with a special shout out to one of our Mama's Den mamas Hey Codie! and a problem she's having with her twins.

Halloween is only a few days away and look if you don't have a costume for your little heavens, Charisse can't help you. What she DOES have tips for is navigating the chaos that is the Halloween experience. The sounds, the exercise, the SUGAR! There is so much stimulation that if you don't go into the day with a game plan you are going to get had. We've got your back parents! Planning for Halloween is as much about us as it is about our little ones. Listen in as Charisse drops gems to make sure that it's all treats for you this Halloween!

Parents are you wondering when your kids are going to stop unlocking that door and wandering out the house? Unbuckling that car seat? Getting into that cabinet? Spilling all the juice on the floor cause they think it's fun? Well, we got some bad news for you. They're probably not going to fully stop not for a while anyway, BUT there is hope! Listen in as Charisse explains just what impulse control means to children and how we as parents can empower ourselves to create spaces that don't allow for destructive behavior.

Does your child struggle with new experiences? Maybe they just like to hang on to you? We know it's hard to understand why everyone else's children seem to adapt to new experiences head on while yours is hesitant, but it's OKAY. There's a very good chance your child is just slow to warm. Listen in as Charisse breaks down what a slow to warm child is, what you can do if you have a slow to warm child, and why time can be a sham sometimes.

Gentle parenting is a generational change for most of us, but we all have that one person who just doesn't get it. It might be a partner, a sibling, grandparents, etc. When you've made the decision to engage in gentle parenting sometimes pulling along the rest of the family is... well it's hard. This week, Charisse shares the struggles she's had with getting her husband on board spoiler alert it's still a journey. What has and hasn't worked for them and what tools are at our disposal to help get everyone on board?