It is my opinion that mothers are the best founders because we allow our experiences to inspire us to make what we want to see...

On this Busy Moms episode, Jen Wirt, founder and CEO of Coral Care shares how her own experience as a mother of two led her to build a pediatric therapy company focused on making speech, occupational, and physical therapy easier to access, with insurance coverage and in person care.

Jen highlights Coral Care’s State of Pediatric Development report, what the data says about regulation, screen time, childhood structure, and why parents often need more validation and faster pathways to support.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How modern family routines may leave less room for open-ended play, calm time, and child-led exploration.
• Practical ways to create more breathing room, including morning playtime as a reward and “bin time” after school with open-ended toys.
• Screen time as both regulating and dysregulating, depending on the child and the content, and why digital content should not replace real interactive speech and play.
• Advice for parents: let older kids be bored, and trust your gut if you think something is off.

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Every parent has to choose how their child will be educated.

For Carla Nelson from InlivingCarla, the choice meant either allowing her children to attend a subpar school or chasing the best education in New York. She chose the latter, but as a black parent, she had to go the extra mile to ensure her children still felt represented in white spaces.

In this Busy Moms episode, Carla shares her journey of balancing motherhood, education choices, and personal growth while navigating the challenges of raising children in diverse environments. She discusses the sacrifices, systems, and mindset shifts that support her family's success and her own aspirations.

We discuss:

• Prioritizing education as a tool for generational wealth and success
• Creating systems in the home to run it like a business
• The importance of representation and advocacy in schools
• Having tough conversations about race and identity with children
• Supporting children's passions while ensuring stability
• The significance of showing up and being present as a parent
• Balancing sacrifice with personal growth and dreams

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Relocating across the globe is a massive undertaking, but doing it with children adds to the pressure, tension and complexity. In this episode, Shanice Orji joins the show to share her family’s decision to move from the U.S. to Nigeria. She opens up about the emotional and practical realities of cross-cultural parenting, navigating a new environment, and discovering unexpected personal growth along the way.

In This Episode, We Explore

• The Emotional Landscape of Relocation: How children process major moves and why they ultimately define "home" by emotional safety rather than physical geography.

• Proactive Transitioning: The importance of involving kids in conversations about change and maintaining consistent routines to help them anchor during upheaval.

• The Village Dynamic: How relocating to Nigeria shifted Shanice's support system, making family support far more accessible than it was in the US.

• Redefining Motherhood: Navigating the identity shift that comes with accepting help, and how the overall mental load of parenting lightened in a new cultural landscape.

• Creativity and Intention: How carving out space and time allowed Shanice’s creativity to flourish, leading to deeper connections through intentional parenting.

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