About Sarah Hardy
Sarah Hardy holds a BA from Stanford University in Human Biology and a M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota in Parent and Family Education. She is a Licensed Parent Educator, is trained on the SPACE curriculum (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions - Lebowitz), and is certified in Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way.
Sarah believes that
parenting is work, worthy of study, care, and reflection AND work worthy of being seen, appreciated, and valued.
families naturally feel protective of their young and are driven to do all they can to nurture their children well.
we possess a natural, human drive to be in family with our intimates, to have a place where we belong, feel known and loved, restful and restored.
all caregivers want what they feel is best for those in their care and want to feel hopeful about the future.
parent education can empower families with information and encouragement as they protect, nurture, nourish, develop, support, and sustain connection with one another physically, emotionally and spiritually.
all parents bring strengths.
parent mentoring, support, and education ideally implores caregivers to reflect on their own childhood experiences, to consider how their childhood has shaped their adult experience, and how their care-giving may be shaped by how they have been cared for.
parents learn best through a respectful and authentic exchange of ideas, stories, and experiences.
Sarah has worked as a Parent Mentor and Educator since 2014 for parents of children ages 0-18 in both group parent education and private parent coaching. In Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE), she joyfully supported parents of PreK children and their families in two Minnesota Public School Districts. She also developed and taught original curriculum in support of parents of school-age children spanning a variety of additional topics. These include Relational Aggression in Girls and Adolescent Development in Girls, Talking with Children About Race and Skin Color, and Supportive Parenting for Anxiousness and Worry. Sarah has also developed and taught curriculum for multiple book studies, including:
Finding the Magic in Middle School: Tapping Into the Power and Potential of the Middle School Years (Balme)
Talk to Your Boys: 16 Conversations to Help Tweens and Teens Grow into Confident, Caring Young Men (Schroeder and Pepper)
Building Boys: Raising Great Guys in a World that Misunderstands Males (Fink)
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents (Damour)
Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - and What We Can Do About It (Wallace)
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood (Damour)
Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children (Wilson and Lyons)
Sarah is well-practiced and deeply committed to supporting all parents and caregivers. Sarah affirms all families.
Sarah and her husband Rick have been happily married for 27 years and parent two girls of their own, 24 and 21.
