Author: Lavin Lee

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. Every parent lights up when their child does something well. That feeling comes naturally. A tidy room, a page of careful writing, a new skill finally clicked into place, and out it comes without thinking: “Good job!” I was exactly…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. Every mother has lived this moment. You are standing at the stove, balancing a spoon in one hand and three unfinished thoughts in your head, and your child walks up and asks a question that demands a real answer. Not…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. I still remember when my daughter was little. She would cry every time I tried to get her to brush her teeth. When I asked her to sampeah (a Cambodian respectful greeting with hands pressed together), she would shake her…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. Three months ago, I was convinced I was being a good parent. Every evening, the moment our three-year-old son started disrupting his older sister’s homework session, I would scoop him up and take him to the other room. I thought…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. Have you ever felt like your world moves at a completely different pace from other families around you? That is exactly how I feel every single day while raising my 3-year-old son. A simple trip to the local market, something…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. If you have ever asked your child what happened at school and got nothing but a shrug, you are not alone. For a long time, I could not figure out how to improve my daughter’s communication skills at home, and…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. When my daughter started Grade 2, her math lessons became more demanding, and homework became something she dreaded. Most evenings, she would sit at the table with her chin in her hands, looking miserable. Sometimes she would cry, saying the…

Before I started putting together these simple play setups at home, my son was always crying, throwing things, and constantly looking for trouble. It was one of those phases where I felt like I could not put him down for a single second without something going wrong. But once my husband and I started building these little play sets together, my 3-year-old’s behavior changed completely. He went from screaming to shouting “WOW!” and “Yeah!” and clapping for himself. Watching him light up like that was everything. And honestly, the most surprising part? I finally had time to rest and get…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. Last month, my husband and 6-year-old son started chatting on the side while my 8-year-old daughter was explaining her homework. She picked up a dry-erase marker from the center of the table, looked her dad dead in the eye, and…

Disclaimer: The content on Sprout Upward is designed to encourage intentional family leadership. I am a mom of two and a former youth worker sharing my real-life experiences, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. These guides adapt my professional team management background to daily home life. Please consult your pediatrician for any clinical, medical, or psychological advice regarding your child. When I take my daughter’s phone away, sometimes she cries. Sometimes she gets angry, slams things down, and refuses to look at me. I know I’m not the only parent who has been through this. The moment you say “time’s…