Dr. Laura Markham

Author, PeacefulParentHappyKids.com

What you’ll learn

Workshop 1: Why Neurodiverse Kids Need a Different Digital Strategy

Understand why today’s technology places extraordinary demands on developing executive function skills.
Learn why many neurodiverse children are especially vulnerable to screens—not because of weak character or poor parenting, but because of how digital platforms interact with developing brains.
Discover why delaying digital independence is not “falling behind,” but giving children time to build the skills they’ll need later.

Workshop 2: Digital Apprenticeship: Preparing Kids for Technology Instead of Just Protecting Them

Learn the Digital Apprenticeship framework and how it differs from simply setting limits or relying on parental controls.
Discover how play, connection, responsibility, and real-world experiences help children develop the executive function skills they’ll eventually need online.
Leave with practical ways to prepare children gradually for increasing digital independence.

Dr. Laura Markham is the author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting, Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How To Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life, and The Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Workbook: Using Mindfulness and Connection to Raise Resilient, Joyful Children and Rediscover Your Love of Parenting. Dr. Laura Markham earned her PhD in clinical psychology at Columbia University and has worked as a parenting coach with countless families around the world. More than 100,000 parents receive Dr. Laura’s free weekly coaching emails. You can sign up on any page of her website, PeacefulParentHappyKids.com, which offers Aha! Moments for parents of children from babies through teens, along with hundreds of free articles, videos, and practical resources. Parents looking for more personalized support can also join her Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Course, a step-by-step online program that helps families reduce conflict, strengthen connection, and raise emotionally healthy, resilient children. Dr. Laura’s aspiration is to change the world, one child at a time, by supporting parents. The proud mother of two thriving young adults who were raised with her peaceful parenting approach, she lives with her husband in New York.