Anita Cleare

Anita Cleare Speaking Topics

• How to Raise Future-Ready Kids in the Age of AI

  Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world. No sphere of our children’s lives will be untouched by the AI revolution. Traditional career paths and learning routes are shifting irreversibly and the way parents prepare children for the future needs to change too.

  To thrive in the age of AI, young people will need more than just technical knowhow. They will need an ethical framework, the ability to adapt quickly, an eye for emerging opportunities - and the thinking and problem-solving skills to make the most of new developments.

  This mustn’t-miss session will provide practical tips for parents on helping children develop the human skills they will need to be future-ready. Attendees will take away insights into how the world is changing plus actionable ideas on how we need to adapt our parenting to raise future-ready kids for world we don’t yet know.

• How to Be a Great Parent Despite a Demanding Career

  As a committed working parent, how can you invest your time and energy smartly to be a great parent without compromising your career? Being a good parent isn’t always about finding more time, it’s about parenting smarter not harder and using the time we have differently. This session outlines life-changing practical strategies for busy parents to make the most of even small moments of family time to support children’s development and wellbeing, create positive family dynamics and feel like you are getting parenting right.

• How to Get Your Teenager Out of Their Bedroom

  We all know that getting teens off screens, out of their bedrooms, and positively engaging in healthy activities is a great idea. But it isn’t always simple to do - especially when teens are reluctant to take parental advice or when they lack confidence or motivation.

  How to Get Your Teenager Out of Their Bedroom is packed with practical tips for everyday actions that parents can take to tempt teens towards a bit more balance and support them to feel good about themselves. The session includes strategies for tackling the tricky issues that often accompany teenager withdrawal, like compulsive gaming, obsessive phone use and social anxiety, plus a blueprint for how to collaborate with a reluctant teen to plan family activities.

  Parenting expert Anita Cleare draws on neuroscience, developmental psychology, and 20 years’ experience to help parents understand what’s going on in their teenager and how to utilise teens’ innate developmental drives to nudge them towards healthy pursuits and positive relationships.

• How To Be Present and Connect With Your Kids When Time Is Limited

  Many working parents find they have less quality time with their children than they’d like. So, how can busy parents invest their energy smartly to make the most of family time and connect positively with our children?

  This session aims to help working parents understand how to create positive presence and connection during the time we have with our children. It will show parents how to make the most of small inconsequential moments to support children’s mental and emotional wellbeing and create positive family dynamics.

  A key challenge for working parents is being able to switch off from the goal-focused time-oriented mindset of work and into a calmer, empathetic parent-mode. Work is all about being efficient and task-focused and goal-driven - but children need a different set of skills from us. They need parents who are in the moment (not three steps ahead), who are able to be present and playful and who build positive connections by listening supportively.

  Connecting isn’t always about finding more time, it’s about using the pockets of time we have differently. This session outlines simple practical strategies for time-poor parents to build strong connected relationships.

• What We Can All Learn About Communication From Kevin the Teenager

  The teenage brain is hyper-alert to threat. Teens scan every interaction for potential risks to their social status or self-image. Helpful suggestions from adults are often batted away despite our vastly greater experience and knowledge. So, how do you land a message with a threat-alert brain? And what can we all learn from communicating with teenagers that might facilitate other conversations across knowledge and power boundaries?