Just a friendly reminder that our first-ever Parent Circle Monthly Call is happening today, live inside The Parent Circle. Time: 7pm/ET Where: Live here inside Skool. Just click into the live session when it's time. Come as you are! We want to establish a welcoming, easy atmosphere and to introduce yourselves. You can bring how back-to-school has you feeling, whether you've got it together or completely frazzled. This is a space to check in, be real, and support each other. I can't wait to connect with old faces and meet some new ones today. Are you joining Circle Up tonight?

It's happening! Our first-ever Parent Circle Monthly Call is Wednesday, August 26th live right here inside The Parent Circle. 📍 Event: Circle Up — The Parent Circle Monthly Call 📅 Date: Wednesday, August 26 (adjusted from last date to keep with our schedule!) 🕐 Time: 7pm 💻 Where: Live here inside Skool. Just click into the live session when it's time. So before the call, I want to check in: How are you doing with back-to-school prep this year? Drop a comment below, whether it's a win, a worry, or just where you're at right now. No need to have it all together. We'll discuss some of this into our conversation on the 26th. What we'll cover on the call: - Check-in: How everyone's really doing with back-to-school prep - Reflection: What's coming up for you and your kids as routines shift - Support: Practical tools for staying connected during the transition - Close: Encouragement and connection to carry into the season - This call is for Parent Circle members only. Thank you for being here. If you know a parent of a teen that should join, invite them in! Before we gather... how are you, really? Back-to-school season has a way of sneaking up on all of us with new routines, new schedules, new emotions (theirs and ours). Take the poll:

1. Your name, email and where you're parenting from 2. Your kiddo(s) — ages, stages, whatever feels relevant 3. One word for how parenting has felt lately 4. One thing you're hoping to find here: whether it's support, tools, or just knowing you're not alone No wrong answers. We just want to know you're here.

This is a space for real parenting, real talk, and real connection. Before you dive in, here's what we ask of each other in this Circle: - Confidentiality matters. What's shared here stays here. This is a safe space to be real. - We are led by Christ, and incorporate a lifestyle of praying circles around our children. - Come as you are. No perfect parenting here. Just honesty, curiosity, and grace (for yourself and others). - No judgment, no unsolicited advice. Unless someone asks for suggestions, lead with support first. - Respect every parenting journey. We don't all parent the same way, and that's okay. Kindness over criticism, always. - This is a community, not a crisis line. If you or your child are in crisis, please reach out to a professional or emergency services such 911 or 988, the national mental health line. We're here for connection and support, not emergency care. Take a breather from the babes. And because sometimes a GIF says it best 😂 Feel free to drop a GIF in the comments that sums up your parenting week. So glad you're here!!

Friday 7/31, we set up a table at the Mother's First Initiative Resource Night in Prince George's County, and I have to tell you that it was everything I hoped it would be. We talked to moms (dads too) all evening. Moms of teens who noticed something was "off" but couldn't quite name it. Moms connected to schools, churches, and youth programs who wanted to know how to bring this work back to their own communities. Moms who just needed someone to say out loud that catching it early is possible. We ran a live Take Our Kids Back™ challenge at the table. Every mom who stopped by got one simple prompt: ask your teen one honest question tonight or by tomorrow. A few of you are already part of this challenge without knowing it yet, because you signed up that night. Welcome! If you were there and you're reading this: thank you for trusting us with a few minutes of your evening. That's not nothing. And if you weren't there, the challenge is still open. Ask your teen one real question today. Tag #TOKB or DM us and tell us how it went. I'd love to hear. Full video recap coming on our IG: @mymenta this week. This is exactly why The Parent Circle exists, so that noticing doesn't have to happen alone.