About Janet Carter
Janet is living life with a new perspective for the future, accompanied by a great appreciation for her past. Writer, speaker and parent coach, she has the exceptional ability to see through the details and speak compassionately to the heart of the matter when helping parent’s navigate behavior challenges. Whether consulting one on one or in a group, she speaks truth into the current parenting culture, helping parents release some of the pressures that weigh them down, while supporting and encouraging them in their roles.
Published in Style Weekly and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Janet has also been featured in Work It, Richmond. You can also find her on www.rosemond.com and www.parentcoachatlanta.com. A former high school English teacher, she is mother to four grown children, a daughter and three sons.
A Richmond, Virginia native, Janet is a graduate of James Madison University. She taught middle and high school, as well as homeschooling her own four children. She served for 8 years as the Children’s Ministry Director for Hope Church, developing the ministry from the ground up, working with families of young children, birth to 5th grade. Her invitations to speak have extended to churches, conferences and schools.
A Certified Parent Coach, Janet studied under John Rosemond in his Leadership Parenting Institute. She works with parents one on one, either in person or virtually, helping them to break through parenting difficulties and achieve harmony in their home.
Without question the greatest influence in Janet’s life was her parents, whose impact is evident in her writing and infused in her character. Her greatest joy is her children and grandchildren, and to know her is to know them. The First Act of her life was motherhood and now in Act Two she wants other families to know that same joy she found in childrearing.