The Practical Parent: Guide of Serial Sevens
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual, and most of us learn through trial, error, and late-night Googling. The Practical Parent: Guide of Serial Sevens gives you a gentler, clearer way to reflect on your parenting style — one small, doable step at a time.
What is Serial Sevens?
In mental health, serial sevens is a simple cognitive test used to check focus and clarity by counting backwards from 100 in steps of seven.
This guide uses the same idea — breaking each developmental stage into seven manageable points you can come back to when days feel complicated.
This approach is grounded, reflective, and focused on helping you find your “good enough” as a parent.
What You’ll Find Inside
Seven key themes for each stage of childhood and adolescence:
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Seven plans for pregnancy
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Seven tips for birth
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Seven tips for toddlers (1–3 years)
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Seven tips for preschoolers
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Seven tips for primary school age
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Seven tips for teenagers
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Seven wonders of having adult children
Each set is brief, practical, and designed to be easy to read on busy days.
Why This Guide Exists
Parenting can feel like a test no one prepared you for — but you don’t need to “ace” it. You only need to show up, learn, adjust, and care.
Dr Wills created this guide while raising her own children during her training, distilling the lessons she wished she’d had earlier so families have an easier path forward.
This isn’t a book about perfect parenting — it’s a guide for real families doing their best.
About the Author
Dr E K Wills is a psychiatrist working across both public and private sectors. She began her medical and psychiatric training while raising young children and has spent years studying how parental wellbeing influences child development.
The Practical Parent reflects her two decades of combined clinical experience and personal journey as a mother, and her belief that every parent deserves practical tools — not judgement.
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