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Looking to connect with and inspire your audience on family and parenting topics? Penny brings a wealth of wisdom, strategies, and warmth that truly resonates. Whether it's a parent night, professional development, or conference, Penny brings a transformational experience and a lasting impact.
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Mornings before school or day care can be messy. For many parents, the morning rush can create unrelenting pressure. Instead of sending kids off ready to learn, many families struggle to have smooth routines that promote joy, connection and readiness for the day. Penny mixes visioning with practical tips for creating morning routines that work for parents and children, giving them a brighter start to their day.
Setting Children up for Success: Morning Routines
Today, teens spend 3-5 hours daily on social media, with over a third feeling they're spending too much time on social media. Penny offers expert strategies to navigate these pressures, helping parents communicate effectively about social media, optimize its use for teens, and gain insights from candid conversations with youth groups.
Social Media: Improving Focus
Bullying Antidote: Empathy
Penny Meeker and BeLove Parenting offer comprehensive solutions to bullying prevention. With over 30 years of experience, Penny specializes in equipping parents, schools, and professionals with research-based skills to create safer, more supportive environments. From system-wide approaches to empowering parents as partners, Penny's compassionate guidance ensures effective strategies for addressing and preventing bullying.
Boundaries Without Harm: The BeLove Approach
Many parents follow the new parenting trends of gentle or peaceful parenting. Gentle parenting helps parents understand the benefits of connecting with their child and avoiding harmful discipline methods. It can also leave them without the practical, positive tools to set boundaries that are needed and appropriate for a child’s age. From this workshop or presentation parents will learn to practice methods to pause and calm, so that parents can respond rather than react; learn why consistency is the key to success; and develop intentional strategies for managing behaviors and meltdowns.
Today’s children and teens are struggling to bounce back from challenges and loss. The good news is that parents, schools, and communities can positively impact children and teens' resilience. Stronger resilience means better academic performance, fewer risk-taking behaviors, and more thriving. Penny shares how resilience can be improved by building internal strengths and coping skills, developing supportive relationships, and accessing resources.
Building Resilience: Rising Above Challenges and Loss
“Having Penny as a guest speaker at a lunch and learn session I scheduled was insightful because she shared her prior experience and made the room of parents, educators, and direct support providers feel like they were not alone. Parenting is hard, and there isn’t a cookie-cutter answer to mindful parenting, but Penny made the room feel like there were creative strategies that really can work.”
Book with Penny!
Need a fun, and effective experience for your audience? Work with Penny to create an experience that meets the needs of your audience. Whether it’s a …
Parent night focused on finding more joy in parenting, or managing social media
School year kick-off event that includes a talk about setting kids up for school success with a morning routine
Professional development for your school or district on a coordinated best-practices approach to bullying
Training for staff working with families on research based strategies to support parents
Lunch and Learn on building resilience in our children and young people
Penny is here to meet your needs. Contact her to get started!
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