What Worked for Parents

Share what worked in your family

Your honest experience, including what didn’t work, may be exactly what another parent needs. Answer a few gentle questions below. Every story is reviewed before publishing, and you can choose how you’d like to be credited — including anonymously.

Something worked for your family? Share it with another parent.

You don’t need to be an expert or have the perfect answer. Tell us what was happening, what you tried, and what happened. Your experience may help another parent facing something similar.

Protect your family’s privacy

Please don’t include names, school names, addresses, contact details, medical records, or other details that could identify your child or family. You can describe what happened without sharing identifying information.

  1. Situation
  2. What You Tried
  3. What Happened
  4. What You Learned
  5. A Little Context
  6. Finish

Step 1 of 6: Situation

Tell us about the situation you were dealing with. Just describe it in your own words. Please leave out names and other identifying details.
What did you try, say, change, or do differently? You can describe strategies without names or other identifying details.
How did your child respond? What happened afterward? You can describe your child’s response without using their name. Mixed outcomes are welcome, there’s no need for a tidy ending.
Looking back, is there anything you’d do differently, or anything you’d definitely do again? No names or identifying details needed here either. This one’s optional.
Select every age range that applies, no birthdate needed.
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My first name
A nickname
Anonymous
A first name only, please. No last names.
A nickname only, please. No last names.

Before you submit

Your story will be reviewed before anything is published. If selected, it may be edited for clarity, privacy, length, and formatting before appearing in the public What Worked for Parents library. Please make sure you’ve removed details you wouldn’t want published publicly.

How we review submissions: ValueOurKids may use automated tools, including AI-assisted tools, to help review, organize, categorize, or prepare submissions for publication. Please don’t include identifying or highly sensitive personal information in your story.

If your story is published and you later want to request a correction or removal, you can contact ValueOurKids.

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