The Power of Attachment: Raising Connected and Resilient Kids

With Laila Presotto, MA Psych RCC, Certified Dr. Gordon Neufeld Parenting Educator

Parenting in today's world can feel like navigating uncharted waters. Between screen time battles, social pressures, and the demands of daily life, maintaining a strong connection with your children can feel challenging. Join us for this powerful, insightful, and educational presentation that will transform how you understand and approach your relationship with your children.

Laila will guide you through the attachment roots of parenting, sharing practical knowledge and evidence-based strategies to strengthen the vital parent-child connection that supports secure, resilient, and emotionally healthy development.

Understanding Your Child's Behaviour:

• The dynamics of counterwill, resistance, and opposition
• Why your child's brain defences turn on and how to respond
• How to understand and soften your child's alpha instincts

Building Emotional Resilience:

• Why it's important to allow your child to express their tears
• How to prime the brain and raise a resilient child
• The stages of attachment and their importance in your relationship

Navigating Different Developmental Stages:

• The brain changes during adolescence, and how to support them
• Why the teenage years are turbulent, and what to do about it
• Why it's easy to shame children under 7 and what you can do about it

Practical Parenting Tools:

• Attachment-friendly approaches to discipline
• Why consequences work (or don't)
• The importance of repair and reconnection
• And much more

Whether you're juggling soccer practices and tutoring sessions, concerned about your teen's academic pressures, or simply wanting to deepen your connection amidst busy family schedules, this event will provide you with evidence-based insights and actionable strategies you can implement immediately.

Perfect for parents of children from toddlers through teens who want to build stronger family connections while raising emotionally healthy, confident kids.

Date: March 3rd
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: John Braithwaite Community Centre
Format: In-person
Cost: $150 (EarlyBird pricing until February 20th at $110 - use EarlyBird at checkout)

If you have employee benefits that include coverage for an RCC (Registered Clinical Counsellor), please contact me at 604-849-0034 to discuss how your fee can be applied.

Don't miss this opportunity to invest in one of the most important relationships in your life. Gain the tools you need to navigate modern parenting with confidence and compassion.

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Host or Publisher Laila Presotto, The Relationship Clinic