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Mighty Village Parent Groups
Every parent knows the moments. The morning that falls apart over socks. The homework standoff. The big feelings that arrive out of nowhere. These moments are not signs that something is wrong with your child or your parenting. They are windows into how children actually grow: capacity builds, wobbles, and builds again, and parents shape that growth more than almost anything else. Our groups are small circles of parents, facilitated by our clinical team, where we work through real moments together and build a stronger foundation for our kids.
Join a Parent Group
We’re forming a small parent group to explore how the ideas in Stuck, Not Stubborn apply to real family life, bringing the concepts to life through real questions, challenges, and moments from your own family. Facilitated by our clinical team, the group will be practical, supportive, and highly relevant to everyday parenting. If you’d like to join us, add your name below—we’ll reach out personally as soon as the group is ready to begin.
It really does take a village.
Small groups, shared language, and practical tools for building the foundation every child grows from.
A New Book for Parents · In Development
Stuck, Not Stubborn
A Brain-Based Guide to Reducing Meltdowns,
Building Frustration Tolerance, and Raising Resilient Kids
Dr. Darrell is writing a book for parents of children, teens, and emerging adults who are capable in some moments and stuck in others. It reframes those gaps as problems of capacity rather than character, and gives parents practical ways to build regulation, flexibility, and follow-through. The check below is drawn from its first chapter. Sign up for book updates, launch news, and occasional opportunities to share parent feedback.
Find the Stuck Point
When a child gets stuck, the question is rarely will they or won't they. It is what is making this unusually hard right now? Take one real moment through the four places the book looks: demand, capacity, state, and support.
From Stuck, Not Stubborn
The 30-Second Check
Think of one recent moment when your child got stuck — the homework that didn't start, the bedtime that fell apart, the apology that wouldn't come. Hold that moment in mind.
Seven quick questions look in the four places the book names — demand, capacity, state, and support — and one more: you. Nothing is scored, stored, or sent.
This is a reflection tool drawn from Stuck, Not Stubborn, not a screening, an assessment, or a diagnosis. If a pattern keeps repeating across many moments and settings, that is worth a conversation with a clinician.