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

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

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.

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.

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

Tell us if you've heard this story. we're out with the kids and we've had the BEST. DAY. EVER. We did all the best things, you know this is one of those experiences that will live in their little memory banks forever and it has definitely filled our hearts knowing that we have been able to to provide that for our kids. But then, it all changes. Yelling, screaming, kicking, the works. How did it all go wrong?! Don't worry!! It didn't! Welcome to the meltdown. This week PBS Early Learning Champion Charisse Sims shares what exactly a meltdown is and why it happens to our little ones. Plus, she gives tips on how you can best prepare yourself for the next meltdown, because there will unfortunately be others.

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?

Charisse shares why finding a community of Black mothers is critical to those rasing Black children.

Hi Friends! Charisse is back from the Black Love Weekend and she is feeling replenished! But how does that turn into Thanksgiving tips for you and your little heavens? Well it's all about having a seat at the table. Listen in as Charisse shares what you can do to help your children feel included this Thanksgiving and all holiday season!

Shame has been weighing heavily on Charisse after she caught a clip from the 2021 Black Love Summit make sure you get your tickets to our 2022 Summit right now! where Bre discussed how shame from her childhood had affected her relationship with her partner as an adult. As parents we often use shame as a way to try to teach our children right or wrong, but does it really accomplish that? Listen in as Charisse breaks down the idea of shame, whether or not she believes we should be shaming our little ones, and what other options we have as parents to teach our children the lessons we are trying to get across instead.

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!

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.

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!

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.

Yasmine Jameelah is entrepreneur, journalist, and wellness advocate through her Transparent Black platforms, but she's also somebody's child. Today she shares with Charisse what her childhood looked like and what led her to her current successes. From being raised in the Christian and Muslim faiths and how her parents gave her the space to explore, to how her faith has been key in shaping her wellness journey Yasmine is open honest and vulnerable about it all. Plus, Yasmine drops all the gems for us parents and how we should demonstrate wellness for our children, and more importantly, why it's important for us to not feel shame around why us working toward wellness looks different.

Do your kids know your name? Your full name? Not mama or daddy or mama Charisse but your government name? It sounds silly, but an incident that Charisse witnessed as she was dropping off her youngest children at school brought the thought of safety right to the front of her mind. As parents, we like to think that our children would know what to do if they were ever in trouble, but they're kids! It's our job to ensure that they've got all the tips and tricks to be safe in the case of an emergency. This week, Charisse shares what has worked with her children of all ages, and what we can do as parents just in case the worst does happen.

Y'all there are BIG developments in the Sims house! The littlest littles are all in public school!!! That's right the twins and the 7year old have all gone off to full school and Charisse is feeling some type of way. If you're wondering how she got to this point, you're not alone. A LOT of mamas in her mama community have asked the same thing. Where do you even start to have the conversation of what kind of schooling your children should have? Do you NEED to have that conversation with your children? Listen in for what that has meant for Charisse and how it has changed what her day to day has looked like since!