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THE FUNCTIONAL GROWTH MODEL
You're not just raising a child. You're preparing an adult.
Parenting changes as your child grows. The expectations change, the challenges change, and the support they need from you changes too.
The Functional Growth Model helps you understand what your child is learning at each stage, recognize where they might need help, and find practical ways to support their growing independence.
All five developmental stages included · Self-paced resources · Weekly live parent support
You've explained it a hundred times. Why isn't anything changing?
You've talked about it. Explained why it matters. Maybe you've even tried consequences, rewards, or a different approach. And somehow, you keep ending up in the same conversation.
HERE'S SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING
What if understanding what to do isn't the part they're struggling with?
Think about the last time you knew exactly what you should do but struggled to follow through.
Maybe you wanted to stay calm during an argument. Maybe you planned to stop procrastinating. Maybe you knew you needed to have a difficult conversation.
Knowing what to do didn't automatically make doing it easy. The same can be true for your child. Sometimes they don't need another explanation. They need help with whatever is getting between knowing and doing.
That's one of the things the Functional Growth Model helps you recognize.
It gives you a way to look at what your child is already able to do, where they're getting stuck, and how your support can change as they grow.
As your child grows, your role changes too.
What a three-year-old needs from you is very different from what a thirteen-year-old needs.
As children learn to do more for themselves, parents have to adjust too. Sometimes that means providing more structure. Sometimes it means stepping back, allowing more choices, or letting them work through something before offering help.
The Functional Growth Model helps you understand both sides: what your child is learning and how you can support them at each stage.
Hover over the stages below to learn more.
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One program. All five stages.
You'll have access to every stage, so you can focus on what's happening now, revisit earlier lessons when they're useful, and prepare for what's coming next.
And because children don't all grow at the same pace, you can use the guidance that fits your child rather than relying on age alone.
Practical tools, guidance, and support when you need them.
Your enrollment includes the resources to learn independently, plus opportunities to explore parenting challenges with Coach Melissa and other parents.
All Five Developmental Stages
From Foundations through Launch Years, explore what your child is learning and how your approach can change as they grow.
Self-Paced Video Lessons
Explore parenting ideas and approaches on your own schedule. Revisit lessons whenever you want a refresher or a different perspective.
Workbooks and Practical Tools
Work through parenting situations, reflect on what you're noticing, and identify small steps you can try at home.
Weekly Live Parent Leadership Calls
Join Coach Melissa for weekly sessions where we explore real parenting challenges, work through different approaches, and discuss why one choice might make more sense than another. Bring a question from your own family, or learn from situations we explore together as a group. Each session is designed to help you see more possibilities, understand what might influence your decisions, and find practical ways to move forward.
You don't have to do everything. Just start with what's happening now.
Maybe you're dealing with a challenge you'd like to understand better. Maybe things are going well, and you'd like to prepare for what's coming next.
You don't have to start at the beginning or complete every lesson. Choose what's useful to you right now.
Four ways to make the program work for you
1 — Find your starting point
Explore your child's current stage, or look at an earlier stage if there's something you'd like to revisit.
2 — Explore what might help
Use the videos, workbooks, and tools to look at what's happening, consider what might be missing, and identify something you could try.
3 — Join the conversation
Bring a question to a weekly Parent Leadership Call, or join a discussion about a parenting situation. Participation is an opportunity, not a requirement.
4 — Try, notice, and adjust
Put an idea into practice. Pay attention to what happens. Keep what helps, reconsider what doesn't, and return whenever you need another perspective.
There's no finish line you have to race toward.
The Functional Growth Model is designed to be something you can return to as your child grows and your family's needs change.
Support for the parenting challenges you're facing now, and the ones still to come.
Choose the plan that works for your family. Both options include full access to the Functional Growth Model and weekly live Parent Leadership Calls.
MONHTLY
$35 / month
Pay monthly. Cancel anytime.
ANNUAL
$360 CAD / Year
Save $60 compared with 12 monthly payments
Creating an account is free. You'll choose your monthly or annual plan after signing in.
A Few Questions Before You Get Started?
What if I have children in different age groups?
Your enrollment includes all five stages, from birth through young adulthood. You can use resources from different stages to support each of your children.
What if I can't attend the weekly calls?
The video lessons, workbooks, and tools are available for you to explore at your own pace. Live calls are an additional opportunity to learn and participate, not a requirement for using the program.
Can I cancel my subscription?
Yes. You can cancel your monthly subscription at any time. Annual subscriptions are paid upfront and provide access for the purchased term. Cancellation prevents future renewals, subject to the terms presented at checkout.
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