Little People, Big Feelings Summit Dr Justin Coulson

Timestamps02:37 Being a grownup becomes extra real when you have your own little person to help grow up
04:30 Brad asks kids what grownups should do to be better grownups
06:15 What does a grown up look like?
07:30 To really grow up is to show up
09:00 The spectacular and the unspectacular
11:45 How do we maintain the awe and wonder when the shine starts to wear off?
12:55 If we can become better adults we will raise up better kids
15:00 Mum and Dad don’t know it all
15:40 Let’s talk about Kid President
17:00 You’re Beyonce!
18:20 Be who you needed when you were younger.
19:30 Children who do well have had at least 1 stable relationship with a carer or other adult
20:10 Light up when your child walks into a room
23:15 If we do our job well, they’re going to “out love” us all.
23:40 Playfulness, joyfulness and energy
25:10 Deep, dark, heavy play
26:20 Mr Squiggle
26:50 Big, Busy & Boring
28:40 A joyful rebellion
30:10 David Hassellhoff
31:50 How to play in the day to day
33:45 Pop the balloon of seriousness
37:30 Side by side
39:20 Be present, be pleasant
40:20 Pause, breathe, love and do it over and over again.

Brad MontagueBrad Montague is creator of the hit web series Kid President, and Kid Correspondent, and author of the New York Times best seller Kid President's Guide to Being Awesome and Becoming Better Grownups. As an illustrator his work is regularly featured in Joanna Gaines's The Magnolia Journal. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and kids.
 
Becoming Better GrownupsWhen his first book tour ended, Brad Montague missed hearing other people's stories so much that he launched what he dubbed a Listening Tour. First visiting elementary schools and later also nursing homes and retirement communities, he hoped to glean new wisdom as to how he might become a better grownup. Now, in this playful and buoyant book, he shares those insights with rest of us --timeless, often surprising lessons that bypass the head we're always stuck in, and go straight to the heart we sometimes forget.
Each of the book's three sections begins with the illustrated story of "The Incredible Floating Girl." Brad weaves this story together with lessons of success, fear, regret, gratitude, love, happiness, and dreams to reveal the true reason we are here: to fly, and to help others fly.
Beautifully designed and featuring Montague's own whimsical 4-color illustrations that appeal to the kid in all of us, Becoming Better Grownups shares the purpose and meaning we can all discover merely by listening, and reveals that--in a world that seems increasingly childish--the secret to joy is in fact to become more childlike.

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Timestamps02:45 Maggie’s slideshow begins
03:18 Why are we concerned?
03:50 Developmental vulnerabilities
05:50 4 key concerns
07:18 What’s the hurry?
08:10 Boys are struggling more than girls
09:00 Creating angry boys
10:45 Familiarity
15:19 The truth about separation distress
17:50 Latest trends - Boys
18:50 The "fragility" in boys
20:30 Boys are more prone to separation distress
21:24 Top Tips for boys (and some girls)
23:38 Other suggestions for all little ones
24:34 Navigate your own feelings
25:28 Honour & love & enjoy childhood
26:36 Justin’s Knock Knock joke
27:00 What is a Rooster/Lamb?
28:42 The power of role play
32:45 When should children start school?
37:16 NAPLAN
44:05 Learning to read
47:30 What’s the best thing that parents can do to help little children with big feelings when it comes to school transition?

Maggie Dent Commonly known as Australia’s ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie is an author, educator, & parenting & resilience specialist. She is a dedicated advocate to quietly changing lives in our families and communities. 

Mothering Our BoysMothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a world where negative images of masculinity are front and centre of our media, almost every day. Not only that, but statistically our boys are still struggling in many ways -- including at school. In her bestselling book,  Mothering Our Boys,  mum of four sons Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience – and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker – to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys. Maggie shares her insights, her reflections, and (as always) her humour around mothering boys in this book that will help you be the mum your son needs you to be.
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Timestamps01:28 Fussy eaters
01:54 Why do children become so fussy?
03:06 Children are naturally scared of trying new foods
03:38 Kids taste food differently to us
05:03 Adults are fussy too
06:37 When is fussy eating a real problem?
08:13 Don’t be scared to give your young children interesting flavours
09:27 Speech pathologists
10:09   Food phobia
10:40 Common mistakes that parents make
11:43 Parents are role models
13:08 The importance of animal products in your diet
14:15 How meals should look for different members of the family
15:11 Don’t make such a fuss
17:40 How to introduce new foods
19:03 Children on the autism spectrum
20:03 Giving children choices
21:10 Be mindful of the words that you say
22:57 Never make assumptions about what your children will like
24:12 Coriander 
26:44 Allow children to express themselves
27:38 Don’t forget to make food delicious
30:15 Consistency
34:55 Habit & familiarity
35:55   How important is it that our children eat expansively?
37:49 Top 3 helpful hints
40:45 Feel Good Family Food Plan

Dr Joanna McMillanAs a warm and engaging MC, keynote and TEDx speaker, Joanna travels Internationally. She is a popular health presenter and a regular on television and radio, with over 15 years presenting health and nutrition segments.
Joanna is an accomplished author of eight books.
She lives in Sydney with her husband, two sons and her walking buddy, their labradoodle Spartacus.

The Feel-Good Family Food Plan Packed with simple solutions, easy-to-follow advice and expert tips,  The Feel-Good Family Food Plan  does the thinking for you, so you get delicious home-cooked food on the table, even on the most hectic of work and school days.

60 weeknight dinners the whole family will love.
4 weeks of meal plans take the stress out of shopping and cooking.
Great ideas for getting the kids involved in the kitchen.
Plant-rich meals to encourage good eating habits for life.
Ideas for fussy eaters and getting kids to love vegies.
Quick healthy breakfasts, lunch boxes and snacks, for fuel on the run.
Tips for savvy shopping, storing and freezing.

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Timestamps1.28 What’s the difference between a child psychiatrist and a child psychologist?
3.40 Why did you decide to specialize in child and adolescent psychology?
6:20 How to make decisions about what information to listen to
8:43 What do babies and young children really need from us? 
9:30 “No-nonsense tenderness” and setting limits
11:00 Developing a secure attachment relationship
12:24 Children need to be delighted in
15:17 How do we couple delighting in our children and no-nonsense tenderness?
20:15 How do we find delight in the tougher times?
22:46 Balancing helping your child and building their resilience
27:50 Authoritative parenting
28:40 Dealing with biting
29:20 Babies and young children can’t self soothe
31:50 Children CAN’T use their words when they’re having BIG feelings
37:10 Connect before you correct
38:00 They haven't "done the wrong thing". They've just fallen down.
39:52 Getting ourselves into the right headspace to be the parents we want to be
44:10 None of us are nailing it all the time

Dr Kaylene Henderson Dr Kaylene Henderson is a medically trained infant, child and adolescent psychiatrist and one of Australia's leading parenting experts. She is also a trusted professional development provider for the early childhood education sector and a sought after media contributor and conference speaker.
In her warm and relatable style, Kaylene shares practical, research based advice with parents and professionals alike in the hope that together, we can bring out the best in the children for whom we all care.

I’m both a medically trained child health specialist and mother of three fun-loving young children. Having learned how to bring out the best in kids, I am now passionate about sharing these research-based approaches with parents.
As unique individuals, our children will all have different challenges to face as they get older. The good news is, you are in the perfect position to help your kids overcome these challenges and become more resilient – you simply need to learn how.
Each of my Advice Packs will provide you with instant, online advice across a range of topics (anxiety, behaviour, meltdowns and school readiness to name a few). These packs are filled with practical tips so that you can add a little more calmness, a little more confidence… a little more awesomeness to your wonderful children!
Thank you. . . You’re awesome.
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Timestamps01:57  How do you define anxiety & how does it present?
02:21  Your feelings are messengers
03:20 When does anxiety become a problem?
05:25  Unprocessed emotions
07:55  What are the mistakes that parents are making?
09:00  Catastrophic thinking
10:27  Your feelings are valid
11:03  How to hold space for their emotions
12:12  First shortcut
14:20  Doing the basics when it comes to emotional support
15:20  Make Worry a character
16:53  If you can name it, you can tame it
17:08  Psychological distance
17:15  Worry is not good at remembering success
17:40  Highlight & savour progress
18:24  Tiny wins
19:05  Shame around their feelings
20:50  Reinforcing anxiety by avoidance
23:00  Should we tell kids to toughen up?
24:18 Zone of comfort, zone of distress & zone of growth.
26:54  Play therapy
28:00  Separation anxiety
29:30  Separation techniques 
32:12  Take home message

Renee JainRenee Jain is the founder and Chief Storyteller of  GoZen!  She has been recognized as a pioneer in marrying technology and child psychology in a unique approach that nurtures the hearts and minds of kids.
Through her writing, product invention and development, masterclasses for parents, and children’s advocacy, she works to build the emotional intelligence of kids. Originally a tech entrepreneur who suffered with her own anxiety, Renee founded GoZen! to help a new generation of kids, parents and therapists.
Renee earned her Master’s degree in Positive Psychology — the scientific study of optimal human functioning — from the University of Pennsylvania and is the NYT bestselling co-author of Superpowered: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience.
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Timestamps01:21 What is discipline?
03:11 How to step away from punishment
04:17 Put yourself inside their experience
04:45 Children are normal in the way they present themselves
05:20 Parents struggle to see their children neutrally 
06:27 Our children invite us to grow ourselves up so that we can grow them up
07:43 Central developmental realities
08:43 Emergent phase 
09:51 QTIP - Quit Taking It Personally
12:00 Adaptive
12:41 Adaptive = vulnerable 
13:10   Point of connection creates context to parent
14:30   Firm & kind
14:45 The Parenting Mountain
18:40   Working on ourselves
19:30   Connection
21:23 Toddlers who bite
21:55 Flag drop
23:45 Do we need to deal with the problem immediately?
28:45 Techniques 
29:05 We cannot control a child who has lost control of themselves
31:05 Give in & come alongside 
32:25 Children are human beings
33:20 Do children understand their emotions?
36:14   What do parents do with themselves?
36:51 We have to be self full in order to be selfless 
39:45 Self care is not about going and getting a massage
40:50   Psychological distance
42:26 We were never meant to go this alone
44:30 Take home message - The bottom line is relationship

Dr. Vanessa LaPointe Dr. Vanessa LaPointe is a mom, registered psychologist, parenting educator, best-selling author, international speaker, and a regularly invited media guest. Founder and director of The Wishing Star Lapointe Developmental Clinic, she has been supporting families and children for almost 20 years, and has previous experience in community mental health and the school system.
Dr. Vanessa is known for bringing a sense of nurturing understanding and humanity to all of her work. Her passion is in walking alongside parents, teachers, care providers, and other big people to really see the world through the child’s eyes. She believes that if we can do this, we are beautifully positioned to grow up our children in the best possible way.

Discipline without Damage When your child is threatening a meltdown in the grocery aisle, is it really possible to keep your cool, correct the behaviour, and reinforce healthy development, all at the same time? In this easy-to-read, science-based book, parents, caregivers, and big people of all kinds will discover how discipline affects children’s development, why intervention should reinforce connection, not separation, and why the disciplinary strategies that may have been used on us as children are not the ones that children really need.
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