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Children & Friendships
Childhood friendships are often fretted over by well-meaning parents, but what connections do our children REALLY need?
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From making wonderful memories to dealing with conflict and relational aggression, childhood friendships can be a large part of our child’s development. Teaching children to get along with others, resolve conflicts easily, pick up on social cues, and understand the complex dance of human interaction is important.
Join Dr Vanessa for a conversation all about children and friendships, about what is romanticized and what should be prioritized as we guide our children through their formative years. This webinar features a one hour presentation and a half hour open question and answer period featuring common questions from parents and caregivers.
What expectations do we have for our children?
What do we do if our child has a friend that we are unsure of?
What if our child doesn’t seem to want to spend time with friends?
What if our child is experiencing peer aggression?
Dr Vanessa explores these topics and more in this webinar. She also explains the importance of a strong, meaningful connection with parents, and how we want our children to look to us before they look to guidance from their peers. From toddlerhood to the teenage years, this is a webinar not to miss!
In this webinar you will...
- Better understand our role as big people when it comes to helping our children navigate their relationships.
- Understand why our connection with our child matters so much more than connections with peers.
- Dig into common questions that parent have around childhood friendships, including fostering relationships, peer agression, digital friendships and more.
"Dr Vanessa Lapointe is one of those rare gems as a speaker. She is warm, captivating, intelligent and authentically real and audiences engage deeply with her. As an international speaker she is so respected and valued and people leave her presentations with full hearts and minds. Vanessa is simply outstanding and one of the best speakers I have ever heard over my long career."
– Maggie Dent Author, Parenting & Resilience Educator
Your Instructor
Hi, I'm Dr. Vanessa Lapointe
I’m on a mission to make sure parents are supported in the best possible way.
Dr. Vanessa Lapointe is an author, parenting educator, and counsellor who has been supporting families and children for more than fifteen years. Author of Discipline without Damage: How to get your kids to behave without messing them up and Parenting Right From The Start: Laying a Healthy Foundation in the Baby and Toddler years, regularly invited media guest and contributor, educator and speaker and a consultant to research projects and various organizations promoting emotional health and development, Dr. Vanessa is known for bringing a sense of nurturing understanding and humanity to all of her work.
Dr. Vanessa’s 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. As a mother to 2 growing children, Dr. Vanessa strives not only professionally, but also personally, to view the world through the child’s eyes.