Giving Young Girls and Boys the Best Start
Respecting & understanding the influence of gender in childhood
Join us live from 8pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 9th October 2024 ...or watch the replay in your own time.
Sign up now and get lifetime access to the replay and additional resources!
Our children form
mindsets and a sense of self during the incredibly important early years
developmental window and these are consolidated throughout primary school.
In this webinar,
Maggie will explore the research, as well as her practical experience as a
mother/grandmother, teacher and counsellor, to challenge unhelpful social
conditionings and stereotypes, particularly in relation to gender, which impact
how our children feel about themselves.
Maggie will explore how we can ensure all children are guided and supported to feel seen, heard, valued and understood despite the social and cultural limitations that often create invisible barriers, and which can have long-term impacts
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In this session, Maggie will:
▬ explore why what happens in the early years window is so important to our children’s sense of self
▬ look at some key developmental differences between boys and girls that reinforce or counter stereotypes
▬ explore how many of our beliefs about gender impact the way parents and teachers respond to kids
▬ reframe some unhelpful, deeply embedded beliefs (i.e. boys are strong/naughty while girls are fragile/good).
▬ look at the influence of temperament on our relationships with our kids
▬ identify some key strategies for supporting children around friendships.
▬ show us how to help all our children build bravery, resilience and optimism.
Disclaimer:
Maggie acknowledges that gender is more fluid than fixed and while respecting biological, neurological and hormonal differences – there is not an ‘all boys’ or ‘all girls’ reality. On top of that, there is social conditioning that is deeply embedded in culture and ancestry.
So when Maggie uses the terms girls or boys, she is referring to a statistically significant number of children; however, much of what we will be sharing may also be relevant to children of the opposite gender or individual who identify outside of the boy/girl construct.
Join Us
You can watch this webinar on your device whenever suits you.
Join us live from 8pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 9th October 2024
...or watch the replay in your own time.
You can submit questions ahead of time and Maggie will endeavour to weave some of them into the webinar.
The live webinar will run for approximately 1.5 hours including a Q&A at the end, and a video recording will be available for anyone who cannot join us live. An audio-only version will also be available for those who prefer to listen to the content.
Once you sign up you will receive lifetime access to the participant area where you'll find the special link to join the webinar via Zoom.
Free gifts included...
Everyone who registers will receive a copy of two audio tracks, Beach Bliss and I Am a Good Friend.
Plus...
As a handy reference, you'll also receive a PDF handout with notes and links to further information and resources.
Your Host
Maggie Dent
Maggie Dent is one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience – as well as being an undisputed 'boy champion'. Maggie’s experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. She is a dedicated advocate to quietly changing lives in our families and communities. She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.
Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including her new 2024 release, Help Me Help My Teen, 2022's Girlhood: Raising our little girls to be healthy, happy and heard, the bestselling Mothering Our Boys and the 2020 release From Boys to Men. She has hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast, Parental As Anything and in 2021 released a book of the same name. Maggie is also host of the The Good Enough Dad podcast.
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