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Leslie White is a parenting educator and certified academic life coach with over fifteen years of experience helping families transform homework from a source of daily conflict into an opportunity for growth and connection. She holds a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Washington and is a trained facilitator in executive function coaching, positive discipline, and growth mindset interventions.
White began her career as a middle school classroom teacher, where she observed firsthand that the students who struggled most with homework were not the least capable, but the least supported in developing the organizational and self-regulation skills that underpin academic success. This realization led her to pursue specialized training in executive function development, learning differences, and family systems coaching. She left the classroom in 2015 to found The Calm Homework Project, a coaching practice that works directly with families to create customized homework systems tailored to each child's unique needs and temperament.
Her approach is grounded in the latest research in cognitive science, child development, and positive psychology, but delivered with the practical wisdom that comes from working with hundreds of real families. She is known for her warm, direct, and judgment-free style, and for her unwavering belief that every child wants to succeed and every parent can learn to support them effectively.
White is a regular contributor to parenting publications including Parenting Today and The Learning Mind, and she speaks frequently at schools and parent organizations across the country on topics including executive function development, homework reform, and reducing family stress around academics. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children, neither of whom does their homework perfectly but both of whom genuinely enjoy learning which she considers her greatest professional achievement.
