IG Roundup: Parenting accounts you need to follow
Whether you’re struggling to find the time to read that highly recommended child development book or just trying to figure out how to sort through all the latest parenting buzz on social media, the CityMoms is here to help with the overwhelm.
We have rounded up some of our favorite parenting accounts on Instagram to help you curate a feed that supports your parenting goals!
IG roundup of parenting accounts you need to follow:
Positive Parenting
Dr. Jazmine is a psychologist whose mission is to “relieve the stress and confusion of parenthood.” She offers easy-to-digest research-based positive discipline practices focusing on authenticity and connecting with your child.
@drbeckyatgoodinside
Dr. Becky Kennedy focuses on helping you “be the parent you want to be” through her Good Inside community platform. Her content will teach you to reframe children’s behavior through an asset-based approach offering tangible examples for responding with empathy and curiosity.
Parent coach Kristin and child therapist Deena team up to provide parents with the resources they need to “not just survive” but “thrive” during the toddler years.
Holding a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Caley’s goal is to help parents feel less overwhelmed by all of the conflicting parenting advice out there by translating brain science into practical, real-life scripts and examples for responding to your children’s behavior in empathic and productive ways that focus on the parent-child relationship rather than compliance.
@nurturedfirst
Jess is a child therapist who founded Our Mama Village to help parents raise emotionally healthy kiddos (while caring for their mental health) with resources focused on respectful, loving discipline.
Understanding YOU, Mama
@mombrain.therapist
Bryce is a licensed mental health counselor who creates incredibly relatable, easy-to-digest visuals with tips, insights, and resources to cope with anxiety and overwhelm. Her goal is for every parent, yes, that means you, to have “happier, calmer days” while navigating the day-to-day of raising kiddos.
Grace Farris is a creator who draws delightful comics illustrating everything from “Valentine’s for Mom-friends” to “Holiday Momsters,” offering a bit of snark and whimsy to our bursting full plates. She has a way of making you feel like you are not alone and that your kid is not “the only one who…”
Parent Coaching
As a parent coach and educator, Myla wants parents to find more joy and connection in parenting. Her account is filled with short tutorials, and role plays on responding to meltdowns and other dysregulated behavior in ways that foster connection with your child.
@maryvangeffen
Calling herself a “Parenting Coach for Spicy Ones,” Mary Vangeffen focuses on parenting strong-willed children in ways that foster connection through loving, firm boundaries. Her goal is to help you, as the parent, remain calm and feel in control while honoring your “spicy” child as their full self.
Decolonizing Parenting
@latinxparenting
Latinx Parenting is a movement with a vision to shift the paradigm of raising children through creating a “trauma-informed, healing centered, non-violent and cultural sustaining approach” for you to nurture connection in your home and culture.
@socialjusticeparenting
Dr. Traci Baxley is an author and professor who refers to herself as a “Belonging Advocate.” She focuses on creating belonging at home so you can raise children who “create belonging in the world.”
@carolinejsumlin
Caroline is a writer, speaker, and “certified rule breaker,” focusing on parenting through a liberation lens, helping you break free from toxic and oppressive systems and raise anti-racist children.
@curious.parenting
The Curious Parenting team focuses on sharing the tools and knowledge you need to raise empathic and curious kids. You will find resources, guides, printables, small doses of tips, and situational reframes that remind you “emotions are messages” and that “play is magic.”
Just for Fun
@kaylamariesully
Mom and “reel” reporter Kayla Sullivan brings the daily news (and laughs) to your feed on topics from toddler parenting to simply surviving real life. Trust us, you won’t regret giving her a follow.
We hope this list has been helpful and can offer a variety of resources and topics to support you as a parent from the toddler years to the tween years (and beyond!).
We also want you to know that theCityMoms is here for you IRL, too! Connect with other moms as part of our free community, and remember that you are not alone in this parenting journey.
