Our little people experts
When your little ones battle their big feelings, it can be hard to know how to help them.
Our Little People experts show you exactly how.
DR JUSTIN COULSON
"Little People, Big Feelings"
DR SHEFALI TSABARY
"Conscious Parenting"
RENEE JAIN
"Anxiety & your little person"
DR VANESSA LAPOINTE
"Discipline without Damage"
MAGGIE DENT
"Preparing for Big School"
DR KAYLENE HENDERSON
"Connecting with your
Little Person"
DR JOANNA McMILLAN
"Nutrition for
Little People"
BRAD MONTAGUE
"Becoming a Better Grown Up for your Little Person"
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Raising little people can be tough...
They have big feelings. A lot. About everything.
They have BIG feelings about bedtime, mealtime, bath time, and potty time. They have big feelings about going to kinder or pre-school. They have big feelings about who reads them a story at night. Sometimes they even have big feelings about playtime – especially when it ends.
But what are we supposed to do when our child is having big feelings and losing the plot or going off their rocker?
Most of our responses – no matter how well-intended – can make things worse. We tell them to stop it, calm down, cut it out… and instead, they get worse! We send them to their room, take away the iPad, promise them whatever they want… it all backfires. Dealing with little people’s big emotions (and challenging behaviours) in the middle of an outburst feels almost impossible!
The tricky thing is that much of our children’s challenging behaviour (and our feeling that they’re not resilient) has less to do with what we’re seeing, and more to do with the big emotions they’re feeling that we’re unsure what to do with.
That then spills over as we have big feelings (and a big reaction) about their big feelings… and unfortunately, we sometimes become the parent we hoped we’d never be.
The Little People, Big Feelings Summit brings together some of the world’s most celebrated parenting experts to give you a powerful, jargon-free guide to teaching children to understand and regulate their emotional world, and to help you regulate yours when things get a little rocky.
In this summit, we’ve handpicked a small selection of the best experts from Australia and the US. They’ll be your guides. And they’ll go slow enough to give you exactly what you need to work with your little people on their big feelings.
More special moments
(and less "screamy" ones)
The right words to say in the moment, no matter how crazy things get
Strategies for keeping calm when your little person is completely losing control
Ways to connect with your little person that bring joy back into your life - and theirs
Solutions to the stress and power struggles that plague every family with little people
Most importantly, you’ll find the skills and principles that help you handle those “screamy” episodes at the playground or in the car, which means you get to share more special moments with your little ones that makes being a parent worth all the hard work.
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Loved this summit. I got so much out of each of the presenters. The advice given aligns with the type of parent I strive to be. I may not be there yet but the tips and information provided in the summit has helped me understand the reasons behind some behaviours and some strategies to support my girls and their emotions. Thank you Justin for putting this together.
RENEE BLACKBURN
Join other parents showing their little people
how to better handle their big feelings
Get inside the minds of eight
of the best parenting experts...
so you can get inside the mind of your little one
DR JUSTIN COULSON
Little People, Big Feelings
Dr Justin Coulson is one of Australia’s leading parenting and family experts and the founder of Happy Families. As host and keynote speaker, Dr Justin will be tackling the key issue of the Summit head-on: how to help our little people deal with their big feelings.
Dr Justin kicks off the summit with a presentation that covers:
Emotional & behavioural regulation
Language development and Theory of Mind
The true definition of "compassion"
Being their "safe space"
Problem solving together
How to respond to the need, not the behaviour
Dr Shefali Tsabary
Conscious Parenting
Author of The Conscious Parent and expert in family dynamics and personal development, Dr Shefali will take you on a deeper dive into conscious parenting and how we transform ourselves to empower our children.
Together Dr Shefali and Dr Justin discuss:
What is unconscious parenting and why doesn't it work?
What conscious parenting is
The parenting fantasy and our misguided expectations
Why we "chase our children out of childhood and hurtle them to adulthood"
What we can do about our innate desire to control our children
What can a parent do to manage the expectations they have for their child?
How parents can escape following the “tide”
RENEE JAIN
Anxiety & Your Little Person
Renee is the founder and chief storyteller of GoZen!, an online portal that helps parents and kids develop confidence and overcome anxiety. Renee will be looking at how anxiety affects both children and parents, and how to tame the “worry demons” for good.
You'll learn from Renee about:
When does anxiety become a problem?
What are the mistakes that parents are making?
How to hold space for their emotions
Doing the basics when it comes to emotional support
If you can name it, you can tame it
Should we tell kids to toughen up?
Zone of comfort, zone of distress & zone of growth
DR VANESSA LAPOINTE
Discipline without Damage
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.
Dr Vanessa will be discussing with us:
How to step away from punishment
QTIP - Quit Taking It Personally
The Parenting Mountain
Do we need to deal with the problem immediately?
Do children understand their emotions?
We have to be self full in order to be selfless
We were never meant to go this alone
DR KAYLENE HENDERSON
Connecting with your Little Person
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.
We'll hear from Dr Kaylene about:
“No-nonsense tenderness” and setting limits
Developing a secure attachment relationship
How do we couple delighting in our children and no-nonsense tenderness?
Balancing helping your child and building their resilience
Children CAN’T use their words when they’re having BIG feelings
Should we tell kids to toughen up?
Getting ourselves into the right headspace to be the parents we want to be
Dr Joanna McMillan
Nutrition for Little People
Dr Joanna McMillan is one of Australia’s favourite nutrition and lifestyle specialists. She’s written eight books and is a popular health presenter on TV and radio. She’ll be discussing how to avoid “food traps” that parents fall into and how to get your whole family (not just your kids) to enjoy healthy eating!
Dr Joanna will be teaching us about:
Why do children become so fussy?
Kids taste food differently to us
Common mistakes that parents make
Are animal products really important in your diet?
How to introduce new foods
How important is it that our children eat expansively?
The Feel Good Family Food Plan
Maggie Dent
Preparing your Little Person for Big School
Australia’s “Queen of Common Sense”, Maggie Dent is one of the country’s leading parenting and resilience experts.
We chat with Maggie about:
Why we're concerned about our kids starting school
Developmental vulnerabilities
The 4 key concerns we have as parents
Why boys are struggling more than girls
The truth about separation distress
When children should start school
The best thing that parents can do to help little children with big feelings when it comes to school transition
BRAD MONTAGUE
Becoming a Better Grown Up for Your Little Person
Brad 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.
We can't wait to hear from Brad about:
What he has learned from LISTENING to little people
The importance of being PRESENT
What we can learn from little people about PLAY
How to be a JOY REBEL
Being who YOU needed
Help your little one escape the melt-downs and
frustration that erupt from their big feelings
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