Laurie Winslow Sargent: Author & Speaker

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Laurie Winslow Sargent is an author, parent educator, and writing workshop instructor.

Events for which she may be scheduled include:

conventions for parent groups or leaders of parent groups, parent education programs, or children's programs

workshops at writers' conferences

inservices for family counselors 

radio or television interviews 

presentations for parent groups at public or private schools, public libraries, churches, etc

Compensation for presentations varies according to venue and location.

 

For Testimonials, click here.

What can Laurie Winslow Sargent do for your audience?

This author/speaker specializes in topics related to parent-child interaction. Tapping into twelve years of research relating to parent-child play, her former studies and work in occupational therapy, and eighteen years as a mother of three, Sargent shows parents how to overcome five barriers to play:

  • time and energy limits
  • personality conflicts
  • misunderstanding of child development
  • family stress, and
  • parent boredom or discomfort with play.

Sargent's goal is to help parents: 

Increase time and energy for play, including using Five-Minute Fun activities to squeeze play into short amounts of time.

Find and adapt activities to match interests and developmental stages, to get to know children better, decrease personality conflicts and sibling rivalry, and appreciate differences in children.

Incorporate playfulness into the family, even in the midst of illness, stress or grief.

Enjoy parent-child play more.

Understand how play can help reduce the need to discipline and see how chores and play can be interrelated.

Use play as a tool to teach valuable skills.

Connect emotionally with children and experience increased joy in parenting.

This speaker can also:

Help parents who are overloaded to stay home more, or those who are isolated, to find ways to get out and connect with other parents.

Help parents understand how a spirit of playfulness can be merged with faith in God: for a healthier, happier family  (in presentations for church-related parent-support groups, including MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers.)

Encourage family getaways and traditions.

Encourage parents to think about questions related to play and discuss play issues with other parents.