Parent/Guardian University

With Jonathan Haidt, American social psychologist and author

Renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” explores the key factors behind the rising rates of anxiety in kids and shares practical steps parents and schools can take to reclaim childhood and protect our children’s mental well-being.

Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

In this keynote, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad offers a unique, culturally, and historically responsive approach to cultivating genius and joy in education. This approach is essential for accelerating the growth of all students and uniquely youth of color, who have been traditionally underserved in learning standards, policies, and school practices. She will present her equity framework, called the HILL Model, to help educators develop students’ histories, identities, literacies, and liberation. Participants will learn and understand history and policy and personal and instructional factors that justify the need and purpose for culturally and historically responsive education.  Additionally, participants will see sample lesson/unit plans across grade levels, moving theory into action.

Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Muhammad’s scholarship has appeared in leading academic journals and books. She has also received numerous national awards and is the author of the best-selling book, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Model for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. She also co-authored Black girls’ literacies: An Edited Volume. Her Culturally and Historically Responsive Education Model has been adopted across thousands of U.S. schools and districts across Canada. Her newest book, Unearthing Joy, is the sequel to Cultivating Genius and provides a practical guide for putting culturally and historically responsive education into curricular practice.  

ParentEd Talks with ParentMap

Climate change. The Covid crisis. Mass shootings. Times are tough, but are our kids? What allows some people to see each new challenge as an exciting opportunity, while others see only defeat and stress? Is resilience something you have to be born with, or can anybody learn it? Join best-selling authors, researchers and renowned psychologists, Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. and Robert B. Brooks, Ph.D. as they share powerful insights on how parents can support children in developing the skills necessary to more effectively deal with stress and pressure, solve complex problems, relate comfortably with others, and bounce back from disappointments, adversity and trauma.

Unlock the key to raising calm, self-confident, resilient kids. Learn how to:

• Rewrite you and your childrens’ negative “scripts”
• Cultivate inner strength and optimism (especially in tough times)
• Increase empathy, problem-solving and self discipline
• Build more self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-confidence in yourself and your kids

ParentEd Talks with ParentMap

In this essential talk, suicide risk assessment expert Stacey Freedenthal, Ph.D., LISW, will guide parents through the sensitive and challenging topic of supporting their child’s mental health. Among the powerful strategies Freedenthal will outline is brave listening, which not only helps our children feel seen, heard and supported, but can literally be the difference between life and death.

ParentEd Talks with ParentMap

It can be tempting to think of our children as “colorblind." After all, they’re so young and innocent, what could they possibly understand about a complex issue like racism? It turns out… a lot. The truth is: Socialization starts from birth and kids display biased behavior as early as preschool. Research suggests that promoting “color blindness” and ignoring race, racism and stereotypes actually leads to increased prejudice. The good news? Helping historically excluded and marginalized students develop positive ethnic-racial identities improves academic outcomes, health and overall well-being. And discussing race, racism and accurate historical information in school reduces prejudice among students of all racial backgrounds. Join Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading scholars on race, democracy and criminal justice, who will will articulate how the enduring legacy of anti-Black racism has forged America as a nation, revealing how a new vision for an equitable society, now and in the future, can only be seen through an honest lens of history. You will learn how to:

• Spot the signs of bias in yourself and others
• Educate your children on race and racism in an age-appropriate way
• Teach your family the tools they need to overcome their own and others’ biases
• Advocate for anti-bias education in your community