Judy Arnall, Canada's leading authority on non-punitive, respectful parenting and family relationships provides dynamic, interactive, connecting, and motivating speeches on family communication topics for your company or organization. Judy uses props, stories, video, photos and audience interaction to get across her points. She will not use powerpoint bullet points.
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Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love™
Parents and children face different challenges today than twenty years ago. Today’s children play not only in the sandbox down the street, but also in the World Wide Web, which is too big to supervise or control by the adults in their lives. Children need adults more than ever as role models, teachers, advisers and most of all, influencers.
Audiences will:
- Learn the changes in our lifestyle that make parenting a challenge in the new millennium.
- Learn what has changed in our culture which influences the way families work, play and communicate in the last twenty years.
- Learn how children's needs have NOT changed.
- Learn how parents and caregivers skills MUST change.
- The following points are weaved into the keynote: parenting and teaching are one of the noblest of professions and take commitment, intuition and patience. Good parents can handle anger, both their children's and theirs. Children go through developmental stages and each is unique and requires specific skills to address. Adults must focus on teaching problem-solving rather than punishing youth in order to equip them for the future. Our society needs to establish and deepen boundaries to live in the digital age. Our children needs living, breathing adults in their lives and physical world now more than ever.
- Learn the 5 essential Parenting Pointers.
- Learn the seven keys to a balanced life.
- Learn how to converse with your children about Netiquette, Cyberbullying, Advertising, and Safety.
- Learn the 10 benefits the Internet provides.
- Learn the 15 benefits of electronic gaming.
- Learn how to encourage children to live a balanced life without cutting off your relationship.
- Learn how to limit screen-time without scream time.
- Learn the pitfalls of screen-time and electronics for each age group of babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school-agers and teenagers, and best practices for parents and teachers.
A breakout session of "Plugged-In Parenting" can also be offered with more specific objectives including the following:
Target Audience: Health and Education Conferences, Corporation Conferences Partners Programs, Parents, Teachers and Caregivers.
Creative Education: The Power of Play in the School Years
This interactive talk will take a look at why children play, and how they learn most of what they need in life, academically, socially and emotionally, through play. Judy will discuss how adults, teachers and caregivers can support play and creativity.
You will:
- Learn why play is a component of a healthy life for children and adults.
- Learn how to facilitate play and creativity.
- Learn how to continue play into the adult years.
Kids Never Misbehave
Does your audience want...
- Children that care
- Children that listen and comply to adults
- Children that talk to others and empathically listen
- Children that they are proud of
- Children that they enjoy being around
- Children that help others
- Children that want themselves to be the best they can be
This exciting, informative presentation will take a different look at why children behave the way they do and how parents and professionals can effectively handle it.
You will:
- Learn why children of all ages behave the way they do.
- Learn how to handle most behaviours respectfully.
- Learn five ways to add more peace, meaningfulness and love in the parent-child relationship.
Eggs For Dinner Again? Holding Down the Fort While Your Parenting Partner Works Away From Home
Discover how to maintain connection, communication and cohesivenss in the family when one partner works away from home.
You will:
- Learn the challenges and joys of living together long-distance.
- Discover how to build and maintain communication between partners.
- Examine each partners role.
- Explore local community supports and resources.
The Last Word on Parenting Advice
Parents are the lasting gift for families and are the building blocks of society. Without parents, no other occupations, relationships, or social, economic or political structures can exist. Yet parents can’t function without a network of support, information and validation. Learn how you can be part of “the village” to cherish a parent, nurture a child, and empower peaceful healthy families in society.
You will:
- Learn 5 ways that parents can influence their children's lives.
- Learn how to support parents in the community.
Every Parent is a Working Parent: Judiciously juggling parenting and life with juice and joy!
Every parent works! Whether at a paid job or as a full-time parent, every parent puts in a full day nurturing our children, our communities and our society. Parents need support, validation and empowerment to care for themselves and in turn care for others.
You will:
- Learn the challenges of combining parenting and life.
- Learn how to juggle responsibilities without having to multi-task.
- Explore ways to streamline parent and working life.
Target Audience: Parents, grandparents, corporate and health organizations.
Parenting Without Distress: How to build a firm foundation for savvy parenting and successful children!
Children have different needs, and so have parents. Parents with limited time can greatly affect their child’s well-being by implementing a nurturing and firm parenting style.
You will:
- Learn the importance of a nurturing and firm parenting style.
- Learn how to handle day-to-day parenting problems with laughter and savvy.
- Discover five keys of building a solid parent-child relationship
- Embrace the differences and similarities of different partner parenting styles.
Target Audience: Parents, grandparents, corporate and health organizations.