Ending screen battles webinar
Ending screen battles
Without losing connection
Join child development and peaceful parenting specialist, Genevieve Simperingham, for a live webinar teaching the attachment and connection based approach to ending screen battles.
We can't afford to look away. Learn why the parent child dynamic matters even more than the screen time itself. Your response either builds your influence, or quietly erodes it.
Friday, September 4th • 7:30 PM NZT • 90 min incl. Q&A
Ending Screen Battles
Without losing connection
Join child development and peaceful parenting specialist, Genevieve Simperingham, for a live webinar teaching the attachment and connection based approach to ending screen battles.
We can't afford to look away. Learn why the parent child dynamic matters even more than the screen time itself. Your response either builds your influence, or quietly erodes it.
Sunday September 6th • 7:30 PM NZST
Friday 11th September • 11:00 AM NZST
90 min • Incl. Q&A
If the battles continue
The fights get worse as they get older, not better
Your influence keeps shrinking right when they need it most — the tween and teen years
More rules leads to more sneaking and distance, not less
The relationship suffers as resentments build and trust wanes
After you attend this webinar
You'll confidently know what to say and do to avoid the power struggles
You'll understand why your child can't just turn it off
You'll have a game plan for when your child shuts down, melts down, or explodes when screen time is over
Your fears about screen exposure decrease as you establish more structure around screens
The science is no longer subtle
First generation
to fall behind
Kids today underperform their parents on attention, memory, literacy, IQ. The decline started ~2010 when smartphones went mainstream
What the brain
scans tell us
Addiction researcher Dr. Nicholas Kardaras found the brain scan of a child addicted to video games looks neurologically identical to a cocaine addict's with real shrinkage in the brain's decision-making and self-regulation centre.
Physical, emotional and mental health
Scott Duncan’s longitudinal study of over 5,000 children links excess screen time to poorer motor skills, behavioural problems, reduced imaginative play, and increased physical, social and emotional challenges.
What you'll learn
Understand what's really happening
✦ Why screens are neurologically addictive and why this means willpower, rules and punishments won't work long-term
✦ What's actually happening in your child's brain when screen time is over
✦ The reason most limit-setting backfires and weakens your influence
Handle the hard moments
✦ Guidelines on what to say and do when your child melts down because screen time's over
✦ How to set and maintain agreements and limits while maintaining the connection
Build lasting change
✦ The factors that determine whether your child follows your guidance, on screens and everything else
✦ How to talk about screens so even teenagers actually listen
✦ Why cooperation beats obedience, and how to avoid the power struggles
Your host
Your Host
Genevieve Simperingham
Psychosynthesis counsellor certified parenting instructor, international speaker, and founder of The Peaceful Parent Institute
Over more than 30 years, Genevieve has worked with thousands of parents, teachers, and professionals through one-on-one coaching, workshops, seminars and residential retreats.
Genevieve's primary focus is making attachment based parenting as achievable and accessible as possible. Parents deserve this help because it doesn't have to be as hard as it so often is.
Who is this for?
This webinar is for you if:
Screen time issues are a regular source of stress in your home
You've tried setting rules and limits but they don't stick
You worry about your child being exposed to unsafe content: violent, sexual or frightening
You worry about the impact of screens on your child's brain, mood, and social development
You want to address the issue without yelling, threatening, or damaging your relationship
Your child shuts down, melts down, or explodes when you say no to screen time
You worry about the risks of cyber bullying, privacy breaches and exposure to misinformation
You sense there's a better way but you're not quite sure what it looks like