Kids These Days in Brief with Dr Will Dobud and Professor Nevin Harper are free presentations to communicate the available research about what works in raising healthy and happy children, and probably more important, what does not! These presentations are limited to 100 registrants and attendees will receive a link to the recording if they cannot attend and a free PDF resource. Attendees to the live presentation are invited to engage in an experiential conversation after the recording.
Links to register are provided below.
This is the best conversation I have heard yet. Thanks Will and Nevin! Can t wait for the next episodes. -YouTube comment
Dr Will Dobud |
Professor Nevin Harper |
Really interesting and informative research about all aspects of outdoor play and extinction experience. This is a great base to consider in relation to children and youth mental health" –School Counsellor in the UK
In early 2023, Professor Nevin Harper and Dr Will Dobud have been working on a really fun project on positive youth development and wellbeing. In jest, we tentatively called this project Kids These Days. After all, the Greek philosopher Socrates whined about how lazy, selfish, and self-absorbed kids were. So did Kurt Hahn! So did our parents!
Based on our deep dive, it appears there has been no generation to escape being described as lazy and the most self-absorbed. We asked why this kids these days effect persists.
We asked ourselves…is this really just about us? The adults? Adults these days?
Afterall, we have more therapists, researchers, PhDs, doctors, psychiatrists, and experts than ever before!
We interviewed a bunch of the so-called experts - who we now describe as the adults in the room - about what’s been happening with rising rates of mental disorder diagnoses, the overprescription of psychiatric medications, and so much more.
To name a few, we spoke with Canadian parenting guru Gordon Nuefeld, co-author of Hold On To Your Kids with Gabor Maté, Dr. Martin Brokenleg, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and whose work in the development of the Circle of Courage model from his co-authored book Reclaiming Youth At Risk was operationalized across North America and was adopted in youth services in South Africa, and includes a forward from Nobel Peace Prize Desmond Tutu.
We spoke with Dr. Mari Swingle, the author of i-Minds about the impact of i-tech on our youth, Dr. Sandseter who is internationally regarded as an international voice on outdoor and risky play, Dr. Sue Johnson the 2016 Australian Psychological Association’s Family Psychologist of the Year, and Dr. Michael Unger who in 2022 was ranked the number one Social Work scholar in the world in recognition of his ground-breaking work as a family therapist and resilience researcher.
We also met with 2023 Australia’s nominee for senior Australian of the Year, Maggie Dent, the queen of common sense who petitioned the government to stop stealing childhood in the name of education.
These are just a few of the names…
We were encouraged by the experts to run a series of presentations, akin to what we’ve done with Social Sciences Week. Throughout the year, we will announce some live research briefs. These are limited to 100 registrations and will include future invitations to registrants for more intimate discussions where we can discuss the evidence in more detail.
Who is this for:
-Parents
-Teachers
-Mental health professionals
-Coaches
-Autnies & Uncles
-Anyone working in youth serving organizations
-Any adults who care about youth and their future
Attendees will receive a free resource PDF.
Based on our deep dive, it appears there has been no generation to escape being described as lazy and the most self-absorbed. We asked why this kids these days effect persists.
We asked ourselves…is this really just about us? The adults? Adults these days?
Afterall, we have more therapists, researchers, PhDs, doctors, psychiatrists, and experts than ever before!
We interviewed a bunch of the so-called experts - who we now describe as the adults in the room - about what’s been happening with rising rates of mental disorder diagnoses, the overprescription of psychiatric medications, and so much more.
To name a few, we spoke with Canadian parenting guru Gordon Nuefeld, co-author of Hold On To Your Kids with Gabor Maté, Dr. Martin Brokenleg, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and whose work in the development of the Circle of Courage model from his co-authored book Reclaiming Youth At Risk was operationalized across North America and was adopted in youth services in South Africa, and includes a forward from Nobel Peace Prize Desmond Tutu.
We spoke with Dr. Mari Swingle, the author of i-Minds about the impact of i-tech on our youth, Dr. Sandseter who is internationally regarded as an international voice on outdoor and risky play, Dr. Sue Johnson the 2016 Australian Psychological Association’s Family Psychologist of the Year, and Dr. Michael Unger who in 2022 was ranked the number one Social Work scholar in the world in recognition of his ground-breaking work as a family therapist and resilience researcher.
We also met with 2023 Australia’s nominee for senior Australian of the Year, Maggie Dent, the queen of common sense who petitioned the government to stop stealing childhood in the name of education.
These are just a few of the names…
We were encouraged by the experts to run a series of presentations, akin to what we’ve done with Social Sciences Week. Throughout the year, we will announce some live research briefs. These are limited to 100 registrations and will include future invitations to registrants for more intimate discussions where we can discuss the evidence in more detail.
Who is this for:
-Parents
-Teachers
-Mental health professionals
-Coaches
-Autnies & Uncles
-Anyone working in youth serving organizations
-Any adults who care about youth and their future
Attendees will receive a free resource PDF.
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