Mother of Three, Michael Phelps’ Wife Shares a Valuable Parental Tip on How to Leave Crying Babies at Home

The legendary swimming icon, Michael Phelps, and Nicole Phelps are two parents who never shy away from talking about their family dynamics and parenting style. Apart from being mental health champions, the power couple also co-parents their three resilient boys – Boomer Robert Phelps (6), Beckett Richard Phelps (5), and Maverick Nicolas Phelps (3). Now, juggling between an accomplished career and parenting duties can become exhausting sometimes. However, Nicole Phelps has a perfect solution to this enigma, of which every parent is trying to crack the code. 

Recently, Nicole Phelps pulled off the curtains from an intriguing solution to a ubiquitous problem faced by every parent. She diligently agreed with the social media influencer and parenting coach, Dr. Becky Kennedy, on her perspective on ‘Good Parents Spend Time away from their Kids’. 

Michael Phelps’ wife shares valuable counsel on parenting

In her latest Instagram post, Dr. Becky Kennedy opened up about the hardships of leaving kids at home while trying to spare some me time as a parent. While talking about the dilemma that parents usually face before leaving their kids at home, the counselor shared a solution to rectify the situation. Captioning the post, Kennedy wrote, “Spending time away from your kids—and enjoying it!—does not make you a bad parent. Spending time away from your kids is not self-ish, it’s self-sustaining”.

Following this, Nicole Phelps took to her Instagram story and re-shared Kennedy’s parenting lesson. Conceding with Kennedy’s advice, Phelps captioned, “Such a good reminder and if not already in practice a good way to view needing to leave when our babies are upset we are leaving”.

Nonetheless, in her parenting advice, Kennedy mentioned how to avoid the guilt trip that parents usually find themselves on while leaving their kids at home. Along with this, she also revealed several tidbits about the importance of teaching kids about tolerance.

Dr. Becky Kennedy’s parenting lesson 

The first and most important counsel that Dr. Kennedy gave was that parents should not feel guilty while making time for themselves. “If you ever miss your life before parenthood, you’re not alone. And you’re not a bad parent. We gain so much when we have children and, at the same time, there’s also a lot of loss”, added the parenting coach. Another directive that she gave to parents was to spend some quality time with friends and close-knit acquaintances to feel more in touch with their ‘pre-child’ lives.

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One more piece of advice that she gave with which Nicole Phelps felt most connected was that parents should prioritize sparing me time for themselves every now and often. Clearly, with the hoard full of parenting lessons and valuable counsel, Dr. Becky Kennedy is helping millions of parents around the globe. Joining forces with those millions is Michael Phelps’ wife Nicole Phelps, who can’t agree more with Dr. Kennedy’s parenting advice.

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