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This Isn't JUST a Book. It's a Breakthrough.

Parenting Dirty isn’t about getting it perfect. It’s about getting it real — real tools, real growth, and real families raising functional adults together.

I wrote this because I lived it.

Because I’ve been the mom hiding in the bathroom crying.
Because I’ve been the one asking, “Am I screwing this up?”
Because I’ve seen firsthand that messy love still works
when it’s rooted in truth and tools that actually help.

This isn’t a theory.
This is a cycle-breaking movement to raise a better future, one family at a time.

Who Am I? Just a Mom Who Refused to Give Up.

I’m Melissa — writer, coach, cycle-breaker, and fiercely human mom of two.

I don’t have a PhD in parenting. I have something messier:

  • Lived Experience

  • Years of hard-earned lessons.

  • Tears, tantrums, wins, breakthroughs, and do-overs.


I created Parenting Dirty because I realized most of us are trying to raise capable, resilient kids — without ever being taught how to become that ourselves.

This isn’t about raising perfect children.
It’s about becoming functional adults — together.

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What I Believe

Parents don't need perfection. They need support.

You’re not behind — you’re right on time.

Functional is better than flawless.

Messy love can still raise whole humans.

Your story is valid. Your growth is welcome.

You are not alone.

Let’s Build Something Better — Together.

Whether you’re breaking cycles, drowning in guilt,

or just want to stop yelling every damn day — you belong here.

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We’re not here to perform parenting.
We’re here to raise a better world.

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