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Make A Date With Your Daughter Workshop Series I & II An Edu-tainment Community Offering  Ø   Interactive Workshops Ø   Role Playing Ø   Theatrical Skits Ø   Problem Solving Techniques Ø  Dinner Date Package Incentives/Giveaways My Daughter’s Keeper, Inc.’s (MDK) “Make a Date with Your Daughter” Workshop Series I & II will provide your city/township, school, church or organization the opportunity to present a first-of-its-kind edu-tainment program for mothers/caregivers and their daughters ages 10-17 in your community. You can invite the parents in your community to make a date with their daughters to participate in an entertaining and educational two (2) hour interactive workshop facilitated by local experts in the areas of parenting, child development, communications, relationships, family planning, etc.  My Daughter’s Keeper, Inc. will provide motivated and animated certified professionals who will serve as workshop facilitators, not lecturers, for the “Make a Date with Your Daughter” workshop series which includes four (4) - two hour interactive sessions.  Workshops can be offered individually or in a series.  The series of workshops can be scheduled over a four-week period (one per week) or four-month period (one per month). Workshop Descriptions - Series I Workshop A:    Do You Really Hear Me? Enhancing Parent to Teen/Teen to Parent Communications. Mastering the art of effective communications one adult to another can be very challenging.  Needless to say how much more challenging it is to communicate with our preteen and teenage daughters in today’s society.  Our lives seem to be so much more busier because parents/caregivers often find themselves juggling their careers as well as managing their households.  Listening, not only talking, to our daughters is sometimes taken for granted.  In addition, daughters may feel that they cannot openly express what’s on their minds to their parents/caregivers.   Learn how to build a better relationship and become a more effective communicator.   Workshop B:     Somebody’s Watching You: Internal & External Images and Influences that Shape Our Daughters Lives Needless to say that external images (negative or positive) shown on television or the big screen have a great impact on our daughters and influences the decisions and choices they make in life.  In addition, as parents/caregivers, our conduct at home is also viewed by our daughters.  It is important that we serve as positive role models for our daughters so that they are able to discern what is good versus what is bad for them even though they are bombarded with negative stereotypes and images through the media.  As parents, what can we do to protect our daughters from negative images and influences?  As daughters, why do feel that our parents over react to what we choose to watch, listen to and wear? Workshop C:    You Don’t Have a Clue: Bridging the Intergenerational Gap & Respecting Differences Do you sometimes feel that your daughter or parent/caregiver is from another planet?  Face it!  If you are over fifty or even forty-something and are raising a preteen or teenage daughter or granddaughter or if you are a preteen or teenage girl being raised by an older parent or grandparent, you may be experiencing a major disconnect.  A disconnect in how you communicate or interact with one another has the potential to lead to disrespect.  Disrespect is a result of your inability to relate to one another and lack of understanding due to age and cultural differences.  Learn how to bridge the intergenerational gap and connect with your daughter/granddaughter or parents/caregivers. Workshop D:   Tough Talk Topics (For Parents & Caregivers Only) In a supportive, nonjudgmental and empowering environment, parents & caregivers will discuss and deal with subject matters pertaining to our daughters that may be difficult to not only talk about, but to accept as part of life’s reality when raising daughters.  Parenting experts will help parents/caregivers identify realistic solutions and achievable approaches to deal with difficult issues pertaining to our daughters. Workshop E:       Tough Talk Topics (For Daughters Only) In a supportive, nonjudgmental empowering environment, daughters will discuss and deal with subject matters pertaining to problems or issues they deal with in their daily lives.  Child development and certified teen counselors will help our daughters identify realistic solutions and achievable approaches to deal with difficult issues pertaining to being a preteen or teenage girl in today’s society. Workshop Descriptions - Series II Workshop A:  Show Me the Money: Financial Planning for Your Child’s Future Are you properly managing your money to plan for the financial needs of your child?  Do you have a family budget? Do you include your child in the budgeting process?  Does your child have a savings account?  It’s never too late or too early to learn how to properly manage your finances.  Give your child an edge up by learning money management strategies and financial basics as a family. Workshop B:    Compromising Choices: College, Career or Celebrity Do you encourage your child’s dreams and aspirations or do you shoot them down because they are not the same dreams and aspirations you have for them?  Parents/caregivers will learn how and when they should compromise with their child’s choices.  Daughters will learn how to effectively communicate their choices to gain support from their parents. Workshop C:   You Are Beautiful & Wonderfully Blessed! A Self-Esteem Checkup The preteen and teenage years are difficult years for girls.  They begin to change physically and experience a lot of emotional upsets.  This is also a trying time for parents/caregivers who are trying to adjust to both the physical and emotional changes of their daughters.  When self-esteem comes into play with our daughters, it determines how they feel about themselves both physically and emotionally which effects the choices they make and the positions they allow themselves to be placed in.  Learn how to empower your daughter to love and respect herself.  Daughters will learn which choices they make are reflected as “good” self-esteem and “poor” self-esteem. Workshop D:     Tough Talk Topics (For Parents & Caregivers Only) In a supportive, nonjudgmental and empowering environment, parents & caregivers will discuss and deal with subject matters pertaining to our daughters that may be difficult to not only talk about, but to accept as part of life’s reality when raising daughters.  Parenting experts will help parents/caregivers identify realistic solutions and achievable approaches to deal with difficult issues pertaining to our daughters. Workshop E:        Tough Talk Topics (For Daughters Only)  In a supportive, nonjudgmental empowering environment, daughters will discuss and deal with subject matters pertaining to problems or issues they deal with in their daily lives.  Child development and certified teen counselors will help our daughters identify realistic solutions and achievable approaches to deal with difficult issues pertaining to being a preteen or teenage girl in today’s society.   Present a Workshop or Series in Your Community, Church or School If you are interested in offering a workshop or workshop series to mothers/caregivers and their daughters ages 10-17 in your community, contact us at 732-565-9313 or via email at contactus@mydaughterskeeper.org for a "Make A Date With Your Daughter" Workshop Series package. Are You Interested in Becoming a Workshop Facilitator? If you are a family or child therapist, psychologist, youth counselor, motivational speaker, pediatrician, life skills counselor, financial planner, etc., please consider partnering with My Daughter's Keeper, Inc. to share your expertise with mothers/caregivers and daughters ages 10-17 to help them identify realistic solutions and achievable approaches to problems and issues they face in their daily lives. If your area of expertise matches our workshop descriptions and you are interested in facilitating a specific workshop, please contact us at 732-565-9313 or via email at contactus@mydaughterskeeper.org to request a facilitators package.