Today we're adding more parenting tools to our tool box! Parenting journalist Donna Tetreault shares the seven evidence-based foundational principles to build your perfect family (while there is no perfect family, your own version of it does exist!); she calls it the C.A.S.T.L.E. Method. On the show, and in her book, she breaks down how grounding values in compassion, acceptance, security, trust, love, and expectations and education can set your family up for healthy growth. Donna also encourages moms to be gentle with themselves as this is the first time they're raising kids; own your mistakes, learn from them, and grow.

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