Who Hires Sheryl?

Overall, the parents who hire Sheryl have children ranging in age from infancy through young-adulthood, and are looking to:

• Find effective parenting solutions that combine reliable information with the family’s unique personalities, dynamics and circumstances
• Alleviate feelings of being overwhelmed, alone, frantic, inadequate, discouraged, exasperated, worried about their children’s prospects
• Put joy back into their lives and family relationships
• Work better as a team with their spouse/partner and/or other supports
• Make self-care a priority as a necessity for parenting well
• Create a calm, nurturing, connected family life for all to thrive

Specifically, parents hire Sheryl to help them with many issues, including:

• Transitions, i.e. entering a new phase of development, school, life
• Misbehaviors, i.e. power struggles, defiance, back-talk
• Children’s life-skills, i.e. cooperation and independence relative to sleep, hygiene, chores, family life, school, homework, friendships, siblings
• Personal growth as a parent, i.e. learning how to appropriately balance tendencies to fix, control, manage, and be everything for everybody
• External and internal pressures to have it all, do it all, be the smartest and best at everything, now
• Management of technology, media and peer influence