Managing Parenting Guilt and Your Village (feat. Crystal Morrison Ph.D.) S6E03

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 4 p.m.

b"In this week\\u2019s episode, Dr. Crystal Morrison and I discuss our personal experiences with parenting guilt. We all experience parenting guilt, but how do we manage it and prevent it from impacting how we parent our kids? Secondly, on the topic of parenting, we talk about the importance of not only building your village but keeping the people within it communicating with each other for the betterment of your child. Dr. Crystal Morrison introduces us to Meerkat Village, a tech platform she Co-Founded that helps to keep everyone in your village aligned and working together.\\n\\nAbout Dr. Crystal Morrison:\\nDr. Crystal G. Morrison is a highly regarded executive advisor, strategist, leader, scientist, and tech entrepreneur. While progressing in her career as a scientist, Dr. Morrison was also growing her family. She has three beautiful children ages 19, 17 and 14. One of her children is autistic and has additional mental health diagnoses, and two of her children were adopted and experienced extreme poverty and trauma. As a mom, she\\u2019s spent almost 20 years navigating the complex system of care and advocating for her children. It\\u2019s been frustrating and overwhelming, and millions of parents and caregivers face the same feelings and challenges daily. Her experience inspired her to co-found and lead Meerkat Village, a software company dedicated to improving outcomes for children with special needs by building collaboration and communication among adults providing care.\\nConnect with Dr. Crystal Morrison and learn more about Meerkat Village. Visit meerkatvillage.com\\ufeff\\n\\nAbout Rob Gorski and The Autism Dad podcast:\\nRob Gorski is a single Dad to three amazing autistic boys and Found and CEO of The Autism Dad, LLC. Multiple award-winning blogger, podcaster, content creator, digital marketer, social media influencer, and respected public figure for well over a decade.\\nConnect with Rob Gorski: https://listen.theautismdad.com.\\n\\nFeatured in this week\\u2019s episode:\\n\\nABLEnow\\nABLEnow \\u2013 tax-advantaged savings accounts for eligible individuals with disabilities. Learn if you, or someone you know, is eligible to open an ABLEnow account at ABLEnow.com.\\n\\nGoally\\nGoally is a digital visual scheduler, AAC talker, token board system, and more all rolled into one easy-to-use app. It's made for unique thinkers like autistic kids and kids with ADHD. Kids together with Goally can conquer daily routines and therapy practice without prompting from mom or dad. This reduces that feeling of nagging your kids, and it also grants your kids some autonomy to sort of manage their own lives. Goally can easily be used on your child's existing device or with Goally's optional and affordable, dedicated device. In my house, we found that the dedicated device seems to work better for my son, so that's what we use.\\nFor more information, you can visit getgoally.com and use the code \\u201ctheautismdad\\u201d to save 10% off your order.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"