10 ways to raise a strong daughter by starting early and cultivating relational connection: 10 practical phrases, tools, and activities to try when it comes to a girl’s: self-worth, self-confidence, body image, connection to friends, use of her phone and screen time, stress and anxiety management, and learning – all to help girls become stronger a little stronger everyday.

How do you help your teenage daughter when she’s on her phone for 8 hours each day and always telling you, “I’m fine.” You will learn how to parent from the periphery: stepping back to give her time and space to grow and yet still being there for her with assurance, championing, and the support she still needs. You will also understand the 8 necessary steps to support her when it comes to: identity, appearance, healthy minds, screen time, relationships, peer pressure, sex, and the future.

Every parent wants to help her but many parents don’t know how, and where to begin. Here, you will gain valuable insights and ideas into a girl’s life and the practical tools for how to help her (not hinder her) when it comes to: parenting a growing girl, connecting and complimenting her, conversation starters, empowering her with positive messages for confidence, teaching her essential life tools, and motivating her to make choices and take charge. 

Understanding her private world of Snapchat, Instagram, Tik-Tok, and sexting and selfies. You will learn all about a girl’s online world (the pressures she feels to keep up and the fears she has of missing out) and how her phone is her lifeline for connection. You will also come to understand the research around technology and learn to connect with her in better and creative ways for a more meaningful relationship. You will gain the tools to help keep her safe, happy, and healthy online as you both navigate screens and prevent addiction, while promoting life balance.

Exploring "Super Girl Syndrome" - the biological, social, and cultural pressures to be all things to all people and the 4 new superpowers she really needs for progress over progression: self-compassion, progress and purpose (over perfectionism), bravery, and play. 

Preparing her to know her triggers, listen to her body, and develop healthy coping tools for dealing with increasing pressures is critical in our busy and often overwhelming lifestyle. You will learn the all about the importance of completing the stress cycle including: asking her to know what are her stressors or triggers, her body signs of stress, the body’s fight, flight or freeze response, her go to coping skills and the healthy coping skills she needs instead. You also learn that not all stress is bad (some stress is actually good) and how stress is something girls need to pay attention to, manage, and use to their advantage.  

Boys are taught to “man up” and that “boys don’t cry”. In a time of girl power and the ‘year of the girl’, boys are falling behind: academically, socially, and emotionally. Often unspoken about is this: boys are feeling the pressure to achieve and perform; yet stuck, showing procrastination, addiction, complacency, and addiction. Here you will learn the 3 ways to promote self-confidence, motivation, and healthy life balance to support growing boys.   

When it comes to learning support, there is no blueprint. It’s all about trial and error teaching and learning. Now, more than ever, we need to help our kids learn in many new ways: virtually and in-person. Now, more than ever, we need to change, adapt, and consider new ways to learn. Here, you will gain the 5 tools to provide optimal learning support including: finding focus and attention, making a learning plan, getting started, maintaining momentum, and celebrating and reflecting. You will gain fundamental learning principles and research and the ways to keep learning relational, relatable, and rewarding. 

Girls today have more choices than any previous generations yet they often struggle to think about the next week, let alone the next decade. You will learn how to get the conversation going and how to encourage her to dream big and begin with small steps towards achieving her aspirations. Her future is so much more than what she will do; it begins with who she will be. Learn how to help her focus on her character, clarify her “why’s”, and consider the difference she will make as she creates her goals and strives to achieve. 

Now more than ever girls need our help when it comes to their mental health. In the midst of a global pandemic, decreasing social interactions and in person activities, and increasing time on their screens and social media, girls are reporting feeling stressed and anxious, alone, tired, and depressed.

This presentation dives into all the ways we can support our girls including:

 

• Practicing the mental health and wellness basics (sleep, nutrition, water, and real relationships)


• Empowering girls to recognize their own stressors and signs of stress


• Helping girls to self-regulate better manage their stress by understanding and completing the stress cycle


• Teaching girls the total self care strategies: bodies, minds, and hearts


• Learning conversation tools to have with girls for promoting healthy minds


• Navigating screen time and social media guidelines to prevent and prepare for mental health triggers


• Creating different support systems for help beyond you