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The Center for Confident Parenting
Sleep, Potty-Training and Behavioral Support
(610) 331-8175
support@beaconfidentparent.com
Ages We Work With:
All Ages
Price Range:
Payments Accepted:
Private Pay
Meeting Clients:
Virtually
Waitlist:
Generally 1-2 Weeks
Confident Parenting consists of a team of sleep, potty-training and behavior consultants as well as a comprehensive network of experts and resources for all your parenting needs. Born in 2011, our mission is to be your village of support as you navigate your parenting journey.
Erica Desper started Confident Parenting one year after the birth of her son who was great at crying and not so great at sleeping. Her own parenting journey involved severe sleep deprivation for 15 months, postpartum depression, divorce, and just enough good stuff to keep her going despite it all. Through those struggles and their resolution, she wished someone had helped her understand why sleep was such a challenge and, more importantly, how to address it in a way she felt comfortable with. That journey led to the birth of Confident Parenting in 2011.
Since then she has offered sleep solutions and potty training support to families in and around the Greater Philadelphia area as well as internationally. After working with the parents of over 1,000 babies and children, she realized that families need more services than she could offer.
I mean let’s be real – parenting is THE hardest job you’ll ever have. Babies don't come with instructions and many of us don't even have the benefit of a village of support. No matter who you are and what you know, you can’t ever truly be prepared for the demands of parenting. And when you’re exhausted it’s tough to sort through all the conflicting advice and apply it to your own situation. The key to surviving this journey (and to enjoying it!) is having education and support along the way. Finding that support though can be daunting or, at best, time consuming.
All these realizations led her to expand Confident Parenting in 2019 to be a team of sleep and potty training consultants as well as a comprehensive network of experts and resources for all your parenting needs. In 2022, after learning about her son's neurodivergence, she created this Collective Directory and added to her team Melissa Doman and additional consultants with experience supporting children with physical and cognitive differences to sleep well and navigate the potty training process.
Erica Desper
Founder of Confident Parenting
Experienced with:
* ADD/ADHD
* Autism/ASD
* Trisomy 21/Down Syndrome
* Cerebral Palsy
* PDD-NOS
* Developmental Delay
* Special & Language Delays
* Other Genetic Diagnosis
Testimonials
"After 8 long months of potty training, I came to Confident Parenting looking for any hope or solution, and wow did they deliver. After just two weeks, my daughter is now voluntarily walking over to the potty and going. This has been by far the hardest experience I’ve had as a parent and I am so grateful Confident Parenting.
Nothing they suggested was earth shattering, but it was the advice that I needed after both the pediatrician and pediatric gastro couldn’t help us. I can’t say enough good things about the program. Erica was so responsive, answered emails quickly and overall was just so knowledgeable and great to work with. I would recommend them to anyone struggling with potty issues with their toddler, they were seriously a life saver for us."
- Chelsie Bordino
"As the former Director of Communication and Education at Center City Pediatrics I have had the pleasure of working with Erica Desper. Erica has been a wonderful support to the families at Center City Pediatrics in helping to manage their family sleep issues. Her positivity, experience, and over-all nurturing demeanor is the key to her success. I feel lucky to have been able to work with her and would recommend her to any practice and more importantly any friend who has a child that is having sleep issues. When it comes to managing sleep issues with CCP patients the doctors at Center City Pediatrics constantly refer patients to Erica and her private practice... making her an asset and a huge time saver for an extremely busy practice. Whoever she works with is lucky to have her and I have had nothing but an amazing. pleasant, and easy experience working with her."
- Sibyl Lindsay, Founder/Editor of Hipster Henry "The Parents Guide to Philadelphia"
