That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress
Parenting stress, child development, confident kids, and strong family relationships all start with effective parent-child communication, emotional support, and practical tools to treduce overwhelm, anxiety, and frustration.
“That’s Good Parenting” is your trusted family resource for simple, expert-backed strategies that help busy parents navigate the challenges of raising resilient, happy children while building deeper connection and harmony at home. Whether you’re dealing with exhaustion, guilt, or feeling stuck, you’ll find guidance from family experts, proven methods for fostering growth and resiliency, and actionable steps to create more “good parent” moments so you can confidently guide your kids and nurture a thriving family environment.
Join host Dori Durbin - children's book illustrator, book coach, ghostwriter, former high school teacher, and happily married Christian mom of two young adults- as she searches alongside you to find practical parenting tools and guidance that create confident and resilient kids without losing yourself in the process.
Through expert interviews with hundreds of family professionals, authors, and experienced parents, Dori delivers fast and effective parenting solutions tailored to your particular family challenges.
Every Tuesday, you'll discover simple steps, tools, and resources from trusted family experts who have your family's best interests at heart. Whether you're dealing with parenting stress, seeking better communication with your children, or wanting support for your child's growth and development, these interviews provide the practical help and guidance busy parents need.
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PARENTING STRESS & OVERWHELM
How can I reduce parenting stress and overwhelm while raising happy kids?
What parenting tools can help me manage frustration and anxiety?
What are simple steps to feel less exhausted and more confident as a parent?
PARENT-CHILD COMMUNICATION & CONNECTION
How can I improve parent-child communication at home?
How can I strengthen my family relationships and emotional connection?
RAISING CONFIDENT & RESILIENT KIDS
How do I help my children develop both confidence and resiliency?
How do I support my kids’ growth and well-being every day?
CHILD DEVELOPMENT & EXPERT PARENTING ADVISE
Is this normal for my child’s age? When should I get additional help?
What child development tips do family experts recommend for busy parents?
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That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting Stress
Three Books for Courageous, Resilient, and Confident Kids with Dori Durbin EP 127
What if you could turn powerful life lessons into stories your kids will love—and beg to read again and again? Better yet? What if you could vote which are created?
In this special edition of That’s Good Parenting, Dori Durbin, children’s book illustrator, author, podcaster, and coach takes big ideas from her recent conversation with Jonathan Fanning and kid-sizes them into three brand-new picture book concepts. These stories are designed to help kids grow courage, resilience, and connection in simple, playful ways.
You’ll hear about:
1. Brave and Daring Day
2. Happen to the World, Maya
3. The Listening Minute
Now it’s your turn, parents! Which book should become a reality? 🎉
Head over to Dori’s Facebook page :
https://www.facebook.com/dori.durbin.7
and vote for your favorite book concept. Your voice will help decide which story gets created for families everywhere.
👉 Plus, and you can be part of the brand-new That’s Good Parenting Club—where parents help shape the stories their kids will read for years to come . . . and get extra members only perks for joining!
https://club.thatsgoodparenting.com/club
About Dori:
Dori Durbin is a Christian wife, mom, author, illustrator, and children’s book coach who, after a life-changing illness, followed her dream of deepening parent-child connection through books. She helps nonfiction authors and experts “kid-size” their content into impactful children’s books.
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Intro for TDP (version 2)
3 PB Ideas: Jonathan Fanning
Dori Durbin:
Welcome back to, that's Good Parenting. This is a special edition for you parents. I'm still your host, Dori Durbin, children's book, illustrator, author, podcaster, and coach. And recently I have had the joy of talking with Jonathan Fanning. If you didn't catch that episode, it's right before the soak up back and listen, Jonathan has amazing content, but one thing we talked about was how we can raise kids with real intention.
Kids who can build courage. Resilience and connection in their everyday lives. So today I want to do something really special using Jonathan's big ideas from his podcast. I kid size them into three picture book concepts. These could become books that you as parents could reach your kids again and again.
And also at the same time, these books would sneak in life lessons to help your kids get more out of life, to be more courageous, more resilient, and more purposeful about what [00:01:00] they do. So here's where I'd love for your help parents. I would love your help choosing which of these three books to create.
And after you hear the three, you'll head over to my Facebook page and vote for your favorite. Okay, you got it. Great. Let's begin.
Book number one is called Brave and Daring Day. Ella and her dad make a Saturday morning list of brave and daring things to do, like climbing the top of a tall playground, tasting mystery foods at lunchtime, and asking a completely new friend to play on the playground and asking a completely new friend to play on the playground.
With each challenge, Ella learns that courage isn't about being fearless. It's about trying things that are new and realizing that you're even braver than you were the day before.
Book number two is called Happen to the World Maya. When her teacher shares the secret formula. Maya suddenly has a new [00:02:00] superpower so that when a friend is sneaky and her science project falls apart, or the day is just gloomy and rainy, Maya can change.
Her response to the situation and have a better outcome.
Book number three is the Listening Minute. Nico wants to be a really great listener, but he's not. So with Grandma's help, he plays the listening minute the listening minute is one minute of asking a question and listening for the answer with no interrupting.
Nico fails a few times before he figures out that not only is listening important, but listening is part of being a really great friend as well. Okay. You've heard all three. If you're not sure, go back and listen to them again, because I want you to be really excited about this concept. So the question is, is it brave and daring Day happen to the world Maya, or the listening minute?
Imagine reading one of these books [00:03:00] to your kids over and over again. Here's where you get to vote. Head over to my Facebook page and vote for your favorite because your voice and your choice will help decide which story gets created and we can make this book a treasure to families everywhere to read again and again, thanks so much for being a part of this.
And by the way, this is the new part to That's good parenting called the That's Good Parenting Club. I'd love for you to join. So if you haven't already hopped onto the newsletter. Please fill out a form and do so. And as always, listen to this podcast because we're always looking for simple steps to reduce your parenting stress.
Alright, we'll talk soon. Bye-bye.
