Parenting Styles & Kids’ Mental Health: Breaking Generational Cycles (w/ Briyon Minor, LAPC)

Parenting doesn’t come with a manual — and for many of us, especially Black families and single mothers, we’re trying to raise emotionally healthy children while healing ourselves at the same time.

In this episode of The Blueprint Podcast, I’m joined by Briyon Minor, LAPC, a licensed associate professional counselor based in Atlanta, for an honest and necessary conversation about parenting styles, children’s mental health, and breaking generational cycles.

We unpack the difference between discipline and punishment, why routine matters, how trauma shows up later in life, and how to raise emotionally aware children without fear-based parenting. Because what happens in childhood doesn’t stay in childhood.

This episode is for:

• Single mothers carrying it all

• Parents navigating gentle vs. traditional discipline

• Families raising emotionally healthy children

• Adults healing childhood trauma while parenting

✨ Connection before correction

✨ Presence over perfection

✨ Healing homes create healed adults

What We Cover:

• Parenting styles and long-term impact

• Gentle parenting vs. discipline

• Burnout in single mothers

• Early signs children may need mental health support

• Anxiety, depression, ADHD, and emotional regulation

• Attachment styles and childhood trauma

• Media exposure and screen time

• Breaking generational cycles — starting with you

Resources:

Attachment Style Quiz: https://shorturl.at/wux5s

Know Your Chapter (HER Quiz): https://herreflectionspace.com/quiz

Sis, You Are HER (Book): https://a.co/d/bgF6yaZ

HER Affirmation Cards: https://shorturl.at/eOC9E

HER Reflection Space App: https://herreflectionspace.com/

Support the Podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/Theblueprint

Crisis Support (U.S.):

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988

Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741

If this episode spoke to you, share it with another parent who may need encouragement today.

I’m Yanique — your host, your sister, reminding you that you can rewrite your story and create the kind of love you never had.