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Raising Resilient Children in an Anxious World with MAHATRIA
Every parent wants to help their children thrive, yet in a world of increasing pressure, uncertainty, and constant change, many of us wonder how best to support our children without protecting them from every challenge.
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Smoke and Mirrors: How We See Ourselves and Our Children
Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, and one of its greatest teachers. The way we see ourselves often shapes the way we see our children.
Join Ayse Zadil (Therapeutic Mindfulness Educator) for a thoughtful conversation on conscious parenting, self-awareness, and connection. Through reflectio... -
Beyond Achievement: The Judgment Gap. Preparing Young Adults For Life
As parents, we naturally want our children to succeed and spend years helping them achieve their goals.
But alongside success, many families are asking a different question: what helps them develop good judgment, make sound decisions, and navigate life with confidence?
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Gap Years, Summer Programs, and Admissions: Building a Successful Strategy for College
Families often approach summers, college, and careers reactively rather than strategically. Joel Butterly (CEO, InGenius Prep) and Nat Greene (CEO, Futures Forge) will show you how the right strategic decisions can revolutionize a student’s college, graduate, or career trajectory. This event will...
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How to Talk to Kids and Teens about Disturbing World Events
Kids and teens are constantly taking in information, but they don’t always know how to process it.
In this session, Dr. Dave Anderson will guide parents on how to have calm, productive conversations that help children feel informed without becoming overwhelmed.
Drawing on his experience worki...
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What to Watch For and How to Help Youth Experiencing Trauma and Grief
Children don’t always express distress in obvious ways.
In this session, Dr. Dave Anderson will help parents recognize how emotional challenges show up through behavior, mood, and daily routines.
Using a practical, skills-based approach, he will outline how caregivers can respond in ways that...
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Building the Family Awareness Triangle – Strengthening Family Forums
What happens when family conversations become intentional enough to shape the future of the business?
Join us for a facilitated virtual workshop to strengthen intergenerational alignment. This session integrates the Family Forum methodology with structured tools to identify NextGen passions, str...
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Standing Out in College Admissions: The Most Common Mistakes and Misconceptions
Join Joel Butterly, CEO of InGenius Prep, and Matthew Rosenbaum, Chief of Staff at InGenius Prep and Former Admissions Officer at UChicago, as they discuss the most important driving factors in admissions at elite schools, and the most common misconceptions from families and students.
Families w...
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Parent Self-Care and Emotional Maintenance
Children don’t always express distress in obvious ways.
In this session, Dr. Dave Anderson will help parents recognize how emotional challenges show up through behavior, mood, and daily routines.
Using a practical, skills-based approach, he will outline how caregivers can respond in ways that...
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Rule Breakers: Meet-The-CEO Karen Robinovitz
In this Meet the CEO series, YPO Youth is connected with leaders who took unconventional paths. Featuring Karen Robinovitz, Co-Founder of Digital Brand Architects and Sloomoo Institute, this interactive session lets kids lead the conversation - asking candid questions about her non-linear career,...
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The Invisible Inheritance: How Your Marriage Shapes Your Children’s Future
Your marriage is one of the most powerful and often overlooked forces shaping your children’s future. Relationship coach Sally Maxwell, co-founder of The Art of Conscious Love, explores how children absorb patterns of love, conflict, and connection by watching their parents. Blending research wit...
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Setting The Stage: Broadway, Teens, and Family Support
For families with kids and teens who love theatre, this uplifting webinar offers guidance on navigating the creative journey with confidence and care. Led by Tony Award–winning producer Sue Gilad, the session explores auditions, rejection, growth, and the realities of life in theatre. Parents wil...
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How to Excel in Every Dimension of Being a Parent
For YPO families, success isn’t just measured in business, it’s measured in life together. It is really challenging to excel in every dimension of life: parenting, marriage, career, personal wellness and fitness. The focus of this talk is on providing tools to excel in every dimension of life.
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Infertility & Modern Reproductive Health: What Every Family Should Know
Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, yet many families navigate it without clear guidance. Join leading experts in reproductive medicine and fertility innovation for a candid, one-hour conversation exploring the science of infertility, when to seek testing, advances in IVF, and the emotional impac...
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Taking Action: Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community and Their Families in the United States
Join us for a virtual event with Brian Bond, CEO of PFLAG National, the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
Brian will start by providing a landscape assessment of LGBTQ+ community in the United States and eng... -
Beyond the Beaten Path: Rediscovering Family Through Travel
What if travel could transform not just where your family goes, but how you connect? Join the founders of Journey Mexico, Journey Costa Rica, and Journey Brazil for an inspiring session on using travel to deepen relationships, build resilience, and create lasting memories. Discover how intention,...
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Breaking the Cycle: Rewriting Family Stories
We all carry family stories—some that guide us, and others that hold us back. Dr. Judy Rabinor, author of The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother, leads an interactive session on revisiting and rewriting the narratives we inherit. Through reflection and guided discussion, explore h...
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The Performance Gap: Identifying Your Family’s Hidden Energy Leaks
Move beyond simply “being healthy” to operating at peak capacity. In this dynamic session, Dr. Adriana Alvarado leads families through a practical “Performance Audit” to uncover hidden energy drains that contribute to brain fog, athlete fatigue, and mood swings in children (ages 7–18). You’ll get...
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The Listening Parent: How To Listen Like Your Kid’s Life Depends On It
Great parenting starts with great listening. Research in developmental psychology shows that high-quality listening is essential to closeness, autonomy, well-being, and a child’s willingness to open up. Bradley James Davies, ICF-certified and Georgetown University–trained Leadership & Life Coach,...
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Unleashing the Superhuman Potential in Our Kids: How Children Learn, Grow, and Thrive
How do we raise children who will thrive—not just survive—in a rapidly changing world?
Emerging neuroscience, epigenetics, and mind-body research reveal something extraordinary: our children already possess innate brilliance, intuition, creativity, resilience, and high-order abilities far beyond... -
Thrive Together: Building Family Resilience
How do we create psychologically safe, connected, and resilient family systems in today’s complex world? As mental health challenges and societal pressures rise, especially for teens, YPO member Navlika Varma offers research-backed insights and real-life examples that redefine resilience as adapt...
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From Players to Creators: Guiding Kids in the World of Game Design
Video games captivate today’s youth but what if that screen time could fuel creativity, learning, and opportunity? YPO member Philip Courtney, CEO of Urban Arts, and his team talk about their Game Design programs, which transform players into creators through coding, storytelling, and design. Par...
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Planting Entrepreneurial Seeds: How Mentorship Shapes Young Founders
What does it take to go from idea to a $1M+ business in your first year?
In this virtual fireside chat, YPO member and serial entrepreneur Evan Bailyn hosts two of his mentees, Emily Connor and Brett Kleinberg, who each built thriving businesses within a year of starting their entrepreneurial jo... -
ABA Therapy, When Is It For Us?
This virtual event with Brad Zelinger (YPO Miami), founder and CEO of Stride Autism Centres, about autism, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), and how it can help.
ABA is a possible learning step on many neurodiverse parents' journeys. What age is it best suited for? When does it work? And how do ...