Kirsten Nottleson, Parent and Teacher Educator is the proud mother of 2 sons, aged 20 and 26. She has been playing and working with children, parents, caregivers, and teaching professionals for 32 years. She sees that most parents in today’s society are working under significant stress, with insufficient support. She understands that parents and caregivers want children to be happy, healthy, and have good, big lives and are better able to do that when they are seen, heard, and respected. She supports parents to understand their own history, to bring awareness to the context in which they are parenting, build a practical support network for themselves, and heal from their early wounds, so that they can feel more confident, connected, playful, and lead their families more consciously and effectively. She has been a preschool teacher, summer camp owner/ director, mentor for instructors and parents. She has worked extensively with young and teen parents, and families with substance use issues. She helped develop a Peer Education Parenting Curriculum which she brought into 14 Texas prisons, training inmates to listen to one another to help each other heal. Her work is based on the Hand in Hand Parenting Approach which she believes to be nothing short of Peace Movement in Action. She raised both her children using the Hand in Hand Parenting Tools and is eternally grateful for the shift in her parenting that was possible as a result. Young children KNOW when something is not right, they protest loudly, YOU protested loudly, yelled, cried, had tantrums, tried to let people know with indignation that something wasn’t right. And very few of us had an adult who could listen well to these upsets They were quelled or squashed in one way or another So we learned to be quiet This pattern comes with us   Being heard helps to undo that pattern, helps us to see and feel that we are not alone with the current struggles, that others care Leading a Parent Resource Group Booklet which describes exactly how you can set up a group in your community Hand in Hand Parenting Foundations Course with Kirsten, 6 weeks starting April 7, 2026 FREE CARE PACKAGE for PARENTING IN DIFFICULT TIMES. Parent Consultations Opt-in here YES! I want to receive Kirsten’s infrequent newsletter     Kirsten Nottleson, Hand in Hand Parenting   https://wholemothershow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260330-Whole-Mother-Show-Hand-in-Hand-Parenting-Kirsten-Nottleson.mp3