Maggie Dent
The 'queen of common sense', Maggie Dent is one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience.
Karen Young
Karen Young is a psychologist who has worked in private practice and in educational and organisational settings. She has extensive experience in the facilitation of personal growth groups.
Warren Cann
Warren Cann is a psychologist and CEO of Parenting Research Centre. The Centre has been recognised for the quality of their applied research, and their capacity-building strategies and programs.
Maggie Dent, author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist
The 10 building blocks that raise resilient kids
Although the world seems to have changed a lot since many of us were children ourselves, we know that what our kids actually need to grow up happy, healthy, strong, kind and resilient has not changed at all. Maggie explores her practical model of 10 building blocks that will help you raise resilient kids. This model is based on ancient wisdom, modern research and a healthy dose of common sense. Maggie will explore key aspects of building resilience in children including exploring:
- The role of play in developing social, emotional, cognitive and physical competencies
- How to build appropriate life skills to give children confidence and competence at various stages of development
- The importance of firm, consistent boundaries and how to establish and maintain them
- How stress impacts our children and how to lessen its impact in our chaotic world
Karen Young, clinical psychologist
How to build courage and resilience in children
Resilience happens in relationships and as a parent you have a profound ability to build resilience in your child. Parents can, quite literally, strengthen a child's brain to be braver and more resilient.
Karen has a remarkable ability to translate the science of psychology into language that can help us all understand how a young brain works and has a wealth of practical advice and tools to share to enable us to help our kids to find their brave.
Courage and resilience are vital qualities that help children adapt in the face of adversity and challenge, and give them the confidence to move towards life-giving opportunities. Karen will discuss why resilience is so important, and how to nurture these essential qualities in our children including:
- Understanding the brain side of building courage in kids
- How to strengthen the brain towards resilience
- The importance of relationships in cultivating resilience
- How anxiety is a really normal part of growing up, and what age-appropriate anxiety looks like
Warren Cann, clinical psychologist and CEO Parenting Research Centre
Ditch the labels and find your parenting style
Helicopter, lawnmower, free-range, snow-plough — parenting labels seem to be everywhere. But they’re often negative, judgemental and unhelpful to both parents and children.
Warren will walk you through a more productive approach to parenting styles – one that involves adapting your style according to your child’s needs.
Parenting isn’t just about what you do. Children themselves bring to the table a set of characteristics that impact on the way you parent. This is known as their temperament. It matters – a lot. And it’s what makes them different and special.
Getting to know and accept your child’s temperament can help you better understand them and use parenting strategies that work for you both. Join Warren for this lively and practical discussion that will give you a fresh new perspective on how you and your child connect.