Parenting Without a Map: Why I Created Cracked Track Parenting

I want to tell you about a little corner of the internet I created because I couldn’t find what I needed anywhere else.

It’s called Cracked Track Parenting, and it’s a private Facebook group for people who are parenting while actively trying not to repeat what they were raised with. The key word here is private. Your family will not see your posts. Your mother will not find them. No one is tagging you and asking, “Is this about me?” It is a safe space by design.

This group is for parents who grew up with chaos, emotional neglect, abuse, silence, or the classic “we don’t talk about that.” It’s for people who love their kids deeply and still sometimes think, What am I supposed to do right now? It’s for those moments when you realize you’re parenting without a blueprint and Googling things your parents never once wondered about.

I started Cracked Track Parenting because this is my story. I was parented on cracked tracks. I repeated some of those patterns early on, because that’s what happens when you don’t know there’s another way. Then I did the uncomfortable work of stopping, learning, unlearning, and choosing differently for my son. Not perfectly. Intentionally.

The group is about real conversations. We talk about triggers, guilt, estrangement, boundaries, adult kids, little kids, regret, repair, and the weird grief that comes with doing better than what you were given. There’s humor, honesty, and a lot of “oh thank God it’s not just me.”

If you’re trying to derail generational trauma without pretending it’s easy or pretending you’re fine, this group is for you. You don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t have to clean up your story. You just have to show up.

If that sounds like something you need, I’d love to have you in Cracked Track Parenting. We’re doing this together. On purpose. Even when the tracks are cracked.