Meet Dannie--the Person Behind LRTK

My name is Danielle, but I go by Dannie.

I am a mother, a woman in constant becoming, and the heart behind Let’s Raise These Kids.

I did not arrive at parenting with a rulebook or a picture-perfect plan. I arrived with history. With questions. With wounds I didn’t yet have language for. I arrived knowing one thing for sure. I wanted to do better than what I was given, even when I didn’t fully know what “better” looked like yet.

I was raised by strong women who stepped in when my parents could not. Women who provided shelter, structure, and survival. And while I am deeply grateful for the ways they showed up, there were still gaps. Emotional gaps. Explanations that never came. Feelings that went unnamed. Needs that were quiet but constant. I grew up learning how to endure, not always how to express.

Those early experiences shaped how I loved, how I attached, and how I moved through relationships for many years. I was not reckless with my life, but I was searching for reassurance in places that could never hold it. I wanted to feel chosen. I wanted to feel safe. I wanted to feel worthy of staying.

Becoming a mother changed everything.

It didn’t make me perfect. It made me honest.

Motherhood brought my unhealed parts to the surface. It showed me where I rushed to control, where I shut down, where I gave too much, and where I expected too little. It also showed me my strength, my softness, and my deep capacity to reflect instead of repeat.

Let’s Raise These Kids was born from that space.

This work is not about parenting hacks or polished performances. It is about the internal work that happens before the reaction. The pause before the pattern. The moment you realize your child is not the problem, but the invitation.

I believe parenting starts long before children are born. It starts in our stories. In our nervous systems. In the ways we learned to cope, protect, and survive. When those patterns go unexamined, they get passed down. When they are acknowledged, they can be transformed.

I am not here as an expert standing above anyone. I am here as a woman walking beside other parents, especially those who are tired of pretending they are fine when they are overwhelmed, overstimulated, and carrying more than they were ever taught how to hold.

I care deeply about the well-being of parents, because children feel what we carry. I care about slowing down reactions, softening homes, and raising children who feel emotionally safe, not just managed. I care about breaking cycles without shaming the people who survived them.

Everything I create is rooted in one belief. When parents heal, children do not have to carry what was never theirs.

This space exists for reflection, regulation, honesty, and growth. It exists for parents who want to be intentional, not just functional. For those who are learning how to show up with more awareness, more patience, and more peace than they were ever shown.

I am Danielle. I go by Dannie.
And I am raising my child while raising myself, with intention, integrity, and a deep respect for the work it takes to do this differently.