Let’s be honest.  Parenting is hard.

Parenting a child with anxiety, ADHD, autism, trauma, attachment challenges, emotional regulation difficulties, or behavioral concerns can sometimes feel like you’re trying to assemble IKEA furniture using instructions written in another language while someone is crying, someone is hungry, and somebody else just licked the dog.

Many caregivers spend hours searching the internet, reading books, listening to podcasts, watching videos, and collecting advice from a hundred different places. One expert says this. Another says that. Your neighbor has opinions. Your aunt definitely has opinions. Before long, you have 27 browser tabs open and are somehow more confused than when you started.

That’s why Parent Hub was created.

Parent Hub is a supportive online community designed for parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, guardians, grandparents, and caregivers who are doing the incredibly important work of raising children and teens.

Inside the Hub, you’ll find practical tools, trusted resources, educational content, expert guidance, and a community of people who understand that parenting can be both deeply rewarding and wildly exhausting, sometimes within the same five-minute period.

Our goal is simple: To provide one trusted place where caregivers can find answers, encouragement, resources, and support without spending hours searching the internet at 11:00 p.m. while wondering if they’re the only family dealing with these challenges.

(You’re not.)

If you’re looking for practical guidance, a supportive community, and a little reassurance that you’re doing better than you think you are, we’d love to welcome you to Parent Hub.

Hi, I’m Jennie.

Professionally, I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, EMDR Consultant, trauma therapist, educator, and owner of Step By Step Counseling.

Personally? I’ve been married since 2005, a foster parent since 2009, and I’ve spent more years than I’d like to admit trying to figure out where various items of clothing have walked off to.

I’ve raised children with trauma histories, neurodivergent children, children with big emotions, children with even bigger personalities, and sibling groups that could practically field their own sports team. I’ve sat at IEP meetings, doctor’s appointments, family visits, therapy appointments, and kitchen tables after particularly hard days wondering, “Okay… what do we do next?”

Over the years, thousands of caregivers have reached out looking for support. Some needed help understanding behaviors. Some wanted ideas for improving connection. Some were searching for resources. Some were simply looking for reassurance that they weren’t the only parent hiding in the pantry eating snacks while questioning every life decision they’ve ever made.

And honestly? They all deserved support.

The challenge is that not every family can access weekly therapy. Sometimes insurance gets in the way. Sometimes schedules are impossible. Sometimes the nearest specialized provider is hours away. Sometimes families need education, encouragement, and practical tools before they’re ready to take the next step.

For years, caregivers, community partners, teachers, pediatricians, and fellow professionals have told us the same thing:

“We need more than random internet advice.”

“We need resources we can trust.”

“We need support that understands real families.”

So I started asking myself a few questions:

• What if families had one place to find practical parenting tools?
• What if caregivers didn’t have to spend three hours searching the internet to find one helpful answer?
• What if there was a community filled with people who understood that parenting isn’t always picture-perfect?
• What if families could learn, grow, ask questions, celebrate wins, and find support all in one place?

That’s how Parent Hub was born.

Parent Hub is designed to be a supportive corner of the internet for caregivers of all kinds – parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, guardians, grandparents, and caregivers who are doing the important work of raising children.

Inside you’ll find resources, courses, encouragement, practical strategies, expert guidance, and a community of people who understand that sometimes parenting feels like a beautiful adventure… and sometimes it feels like negotiating with a tiny lawyer who hasn’t slept in three days.

My hope is simple.

I want caregivers to feel less alone. I want families to feel supported.

I want caregivers to have access to trustworthy information without needing seventeen browser tabs open at the same time. (My all time record is 45…)

Most of all, I want families to know that they don’t have to figure everything out by themselves.

I don’t have a magic wand.  If I did, I’d probably use it to make everyone sleep through the night and remember where they left their shoes.

But I can offer resources, support, community, and encouragement from people who genuinely care.

If that sounds helpful, we’d love to welcome you to Parent Hub.