Hey y’all, I’m Lindsay Garrett, writer, clinical social worker, mom, and enneagram 1. Maybe you found me through my writing at Houston Moms, or you’re six degrees of separation from someone in my giant family. However you got here, nice to “meet” you. Link to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Parent-Goals-Millennials-Guide-Preparedness/dp/1637560087
Children have been my passion for most of m
y life, beginning with my giant family, which led to babysitting, and then six years of being a camp counselor. My adoration for them led me to specialize in children and families in college, and eventually to work in adoption. What I didn’t think through when I started was that working for children means mostly working with their parents. Over ten years of being in the field, I have become passionate about helping children by tackling heavy topics like trauma, neurobiology, attachment, and grief. But the theme of it all always comes back to children and parents. When I became a parent myself, my connection and empathy for other parents grew as I joined their club and experienced their struggles. I started writing for Houston Mom’s Blog the same year I became a mom. Blogs evolved to books, and my first book was born well after my first child. I’ve always found writing to be the way my brain tends to sort through things. Writing a book to process the transition to parenthood was a natural evolution of that for me. I’m that kid in the group project that's going to get an ‘A’ come hell or high water, and the rest of you can either get on board or get out of my way. Consider parenthood my newest group project. Come on board and let's get an ‘A’ together. And by ‘A’, I mean unpacking our childhood histories and gaining the tools to be our best parent selves while also maintaining our identities as humans. Raising the next generation of changemakers starts with us.
