Village in Your Pocket
A little bit of your village, delivered to your phone.
Parenting a child who is explosive, anxious, overwhelmed or just having a really hard time can be exhausting.
Some days you know exactly what to do.
Other days you question everything.
Connected Care: Village In Your Pocket is a free 30-day text service designed to give you one small moment of support each day.
Not another parenting program.
Not homework.
Not a list of things you should be doing better.
Just one short text that gets how hard this can be, reminds you what matters, and helps you keep going.
Get instant access to a village in your pocket
No obligation.
No pressure.
Just the support every parent deserves.
Your email address and phone number is safe with us. We never share your information with anyone
By signing up, you agree to receive supportive SMS messages and occasional emails related to Connected Care: In Your Pocket. You can unsubscribe at any time.
You spend so much time supporting your child.
This is a little bit of support for you.
You might receive a message like:
You may be doing good parenting without getting good behaviour in return. The two don't always arrive at the same time.
A terrible Tuesday at 14 doesn't tell you who your child will be at 24. You're seeing them in the middle of becoming, not the finished story.
Some days you'll be wise and regulated. Some days you'll hide in the pantry eating something you didn't want to share. You're still their parent.
For the next 30 days, you'll receive:
One short supportive text each day
Encouragement for the genuinely hard parenting days
Reminders that your child's struggles are not a parenting report card
Grounding perspectives for when things feel overwhelming
The occasional small idea or phrase you can use at home
No pressure to buy anything
At the end of 30 days, your daily texts stop.
If you'd like your Village to stick around, you can choose to keep receiving two supportive texts each week.
If not, that's completely fine too.
Parenting was never meant to happen alone.
You deserve someone in your corner, too.
I can't give every family the whole village they deserve.
But I can put one small, supportive voice in your pocket.
A little about me
I'm Tamar Sloan, a psychologist who works with parents of children and teens experiencing big emotions, anxiety, aggression, defiance and overwhelm.
For most of human history, parents raised children with the support of a village. Today, many parents are carrying the weight of parenting without that same sense of community.
A lot of my work is helping parents move away from blame and battles, and towards steadiness, connection and boundaries that actually hold.
Connected Care: In Your Pocket grew from something I hear again and again:
"I just wish I had someone reminding me of this when things are hard."
So that's what this is: a small piece of support, delivered when you might need it most, to remind you that you're not alone.
Why is it free?
Because support shouldn't only be available when you can afford an appointment, course or program.
Parenting a child who is struggling can be incredibly isolating, and sometimes what you need isn't another strategy. You need someone in your corner reminding you that this is hard, you're not alone, and what you're already doing matters.
That's what Connected Care: In Your Pocket is for.
There's no paid version waiting at the end of the 30 days. If you'd like your Village to stick around, you can choose to keep receiving two free texts each week.
Every now and then, I may also let you know about other Connected Care resources or services I think could genuinely be useful to families. Some will be free and some may be paid.
But mostly, I'll just keep doing what I promised: sending a little bit of your Village to your phone.
Get instant access to a village in your pocket
No obligation.
No pressure.
Just the support every parent deserves.
Your email address and phone number is safe with us. We never share your information with anyone
By signing up, you agree to receive supportive SMS messages and occasional emails related to Connected Care: In Your Pocket. You can unsubscribe at any time.