Relationships/CommunicationSkill BuildingResilience/Compassion

Meghan Leahy

Tap Into Your Intuition to Connect with Your Child and Go Easy on Yourself

Noon CST 7 p.m. CST

12:00 pm CST 7:00 pm CST

When

Thu, Apr 10, 2025 @ noon and 7pm CST

Where

Virtual Event

Program Takeaways:

Connection is the Foundation
Behavior challenges are often signs of disconnection, not defiance. Kids respond best when they feel safe, seen, and deeply connected.

Attachment Has Layers
Leahy explains six progressive “roots” of attachment—senses, sameness, belonging, significance, love, and being known—that guide healthy emotional development.

Alpha Children Are a Symptom
When kids take control of the household, it often stems from insecure attachment and unclear boundaries, not willfulness.

Unconditional Love Changes Everything
Conditional love doesn’t build character—it erodes trust. Children thrive when they feel loved and accepted exactly as they are.

Proximity and Presence Matter Most
Repair and connection don’t require big gestures—small, daily moments of shared space, attention, and care create lasting emotional bonds.

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The stress and perfectionism of our overparenting culture can be overwhelming. Parenting coach and columnist Meghan Leahy is wary of simplistic rules and some of today’s modern advice which she says can hurt more than help. In this presentation, Leahy will serve up an honest guide to practicing imperfect parenting in an imperfect world and offer sanity-saving takeaways and rebuttals to the endless “shoulds” of modern parenting.

With common sense, empathy and humor, Leahy will offer a new approach based on child development and hard-won lessons in the trenches. You’ll gain perspective on trusting your gut and picking your battles, and learn when to question what’s ‘normal’ (as opposed to what works best for your child).

Forget impossible standards and dogma. Forget helicopters and tiger moms. Instead, discover relatable insights for staying connected to your child and true to the parent you want to be and already are.

Meghan Leahy is the On Parenting Columnist at the Washington Post, a certified parent coach and Neufeld Institute Facilitator. She appears regularly on NPR and ABC and in numerous publications. Leahy is the author of “Parenting Outside the Lines: Forget the Rules, Tap into Your Wisdom, and Connect with Your Child.”