Family Digital Wellbeing Planning Workshop: Developing A Future Blueprint & Online Legacy

In today's ever-connected digital world, creating a safe, balanced, and positive online environment for your family is more important than ever. Join us for the Family Digital Wellbeing Planning Workshop, where you'll collaborate with fellow attendees to design a personalized Digital Wellbeing Plan tailored to your family's values. This interactive session fosters mental, emotional, and social health while building a legacy of kindness, respect, and mindful digital habits for future generations.

Guided by Ditox's core principles of kindness, creativity, and community, this workshop provides families the tools to navigate online challenges, model positive digital behaviors, and create an enduring online legacy.

Workshop Highlights:

1. Personalized Digital Wellbeing Plan: Develop a tailored blueprint to establish healthy boundaries and safe online behaviors for your family.

2. Model Positive Digital Behaviors: Learn how to set an example of kindness, mindfulness, and respect for your children to emulate.

3. Understand Online Safety: Gain insights into privacy, cyberbullying, and social media's social and emotional impact.

4. Balance Digital Use and Wellbeing: Explore strategies to balance screen time with creativity, physical activity, and meaningful family connections.

Create a Digital Legacy: Build an online presence and habits that reflect and uphold your family's core values.

Leave this hands-on workshop with a toolbox of actionable tools and a future-focused plan to ensure technology enhances your family's wellbeing instead of detracting from it. Let's build a positive, connected, resilient digital environment for future generations.

Not Only For Kids: A Workshop on Social Media Branding, Self-Esteem & Self-Expression

In an increasingly hyper-connected world, social media plays a critical role in shaping the identities and psychological wellbeing of today’s adolescents. As the digital landscape continues to shape how young people see themselves and connect with the world, their social media presence becomes a powerful extension of their personal identity. This workshop will guide parents, educators, and caregivers through the intricacies of helping teens and tweens build healthy personal brands while fostering self-esteem and authentic self-expression in the online world.

Key areas of focus will include:

- Personal Branding:
How to help young people shape their digital footprint, reflecting their values, creativity, and individuality in a way that enhances their opportunities and sense of self.

- Self-Esteem:
The link between online validation and self-worth, and how parents can support teens in maintaining a positive self-image amidst the pressures of likes, followers, and comments.

- Self-Expression:
Empowering teens to use social media as a platform for creative, meaningful expression without losing their authenticity to the pressures of curation and comparison.

Why Attend?

Participants will leave with actionable strategies to help their children build resilience in the face of online challenges, cultivate confidence, and develop a positive digital presence.

Join Thao for an insightful session on how the right guidance can turn social media into a tool for self-discovery, confidence, and growth for the next generation.

Digital Footprints and Kids' Careers: Shaping the Future Careers of Our Kids

Join Thao Tran for an insightful session tailored for parents, practitioners and those interested in the future of our kids' careers.

In today’s digital age, every like, post, and comment contributes to a child’s lasting online legacy—their digital footprint. But how can we, as parents and mentors, help kids and teens navigate the online world responsibly while ensuring their digital presence supports their future aspirations?

This insightful session will explore the critical connection between digital footprints and personal branding, highlighting how these factors can significantly impact children’s academic, professional, and personal opportunities. Through real-world examples, practical advice, and actionable strategies, you’ll learn how to empower kids to:

Understand the importance of their digital footprint and the lasting consequences of their online behavior.
Build a positive personal brand that aligns with their values and future goals.

Avoid common pitfalls that could harm their reputation, such as inappropriate content or cyberbullying.
Leverage social media as a tool for showcasing achievements, creativity, and passions to open doors to scholarships, internships, and careers.
Whether you're a parent, educator, or community leader, this session will provide the tools you need to guide the next generation in shaping a positive online presence that sets them up for lifelong success.

Let’s work together to ensure our kids are not just safe online, but thriving—using their digital presence as a springboard for their future dreams.

Why Attend?
In an increasingly digital world, your child’s online behavior has a direct impact on their future opportunities. Whether they’re applying for college, seeking internships, or starting their career, their digital footprint and personal brand will be scrutinized. This session will equip you with the knowledge and tools to guide your child toward creating a positive, impactful online presence.

By attending, you will:
Understand the Stakes - Learn how careless online behavior can lead to missed opportunities and lasting consequences for your child’s reputation and career.
Gain Practical Strategies

Discover actionable tips to help your child clean up their digital footprint, curate a meaningful online presence, and avoid common pitfalls.

Prepare for the Future - Learn how to encourage your child to leverage social media as a tool for showcasing their talents, building their network, and accessing opportunities in education and employment.

Empower the Next Generation - Equip yourself with resources to foster responsible and intentional digital behavior in your child, ensuring their online legacy reflects their true potential.

This session is essential for any parent or mentor who wants to protect their child’s future while helping them harness the power of social media and technology to succeed in life. Don’t miss this opportunity to become a proactive partner in shaping your child’s digital journey.

Opening Day Morning General Session

Featured General Speakers for Tuesday, April 8, 2025:
"Inspiring Connections: Building Bridges through Relationships"

The 26th International Families and Fathers Conference is not just a gathering; it's a transformative experience that you don't want to miss. Our opening day sets the stage for three days of learning, connection, and inspiration, guided by the powerful theme of 'Inspiration.' Day 1's speakers will lead us on a journey of building meaningful connections, reminding us that relationships lie at the heart of our work.

Morning General Session Highlights:

Thao Tran – Welcome Opening Speaker & General Session Moderator
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Thao Tran brings a global perspective to the work of family support. Known for her compassionate leadership and tireless advocacy for vulnerable communities, Thao will officially open our conference and serve as the moderator for the morning session. Her unique ability to foster dialogue that connects the head and heart will ensure that this session inspires introspection and action. Thao's presence will anchor the day, guiding us through a series of presentations that resonate deeply while highlighting the importance of relationships in transforming lives.

Julie Lowen – Remarks Speaker
As the founder and CEO of Children's Paradise Preschool and Infant Centers in Vista, California, Julie Lowen has dedicated her life to the next generation. Julie's commitment to creating inclusive, high-quality learning environments has touched thousands of children and families. In her remarks, Julie will share her insights on building strong educational and emotional foundations for children. Her message will challenge us to think expansively about our role in shaping future generations, emphasizing how every connection we make can improve a child's trajectory.

Tom Krause – Keynote Speaker
Renowned for his captivating storytelling and relatable approach, Tom Krause of Kansas City, Missouri, will be our Day 1 keynote speaker. His address, titled "When It Comes to Building Bridges, You Make a Difference!" promises to be a defining moment of the day. Tom's experience as a motivational speaker is rooted in authenticity, and his message will challenge us to reimagine our roles as bridge builders in our communities. Through personal anecdotes and profound insights, Tom will leave us with a renewed sense of purpose and a powerful call to action: to step boldly into our roles as connectors, nurturers, and champions of family well-being.

Thao Tran, Julie Lowen, and Tom Krause will lay a strong foundation for the conference, setting the tone for three days of connection, collaboration, and lasting impact. As we embark on this journey, they will encourage us to engage with one another, share our experiences, and ignite the inspiration needed to make a difference in the lives of families worldwide.

Prepare to be inspired, uplifted, and ready to create meaningful change.

This session starts our 26th International Families and Fathers Conference - Building Bridges with an emotional impact of each speaker while reinforcing the theme of connection and inspiration.

How To Use Your Phone As A Tool, Not A Trap

Experience-based talk on social media and mental health. This talk has been accepted by Google DevFest Melbourne 2023, but but will be customised for your event. With my lived experiences, this talk will discuss the importance of content development, social media, technology and mental health. It will reveal 5 main secret hacks to scroll better with technology. It will empower people including developers, designers and techies to create and consume technology from a 'beta' to a 'better' way that helps reduce worldwide social media and tech anxiety, depression and mental health issues. It will discuss my stories and struggles with social media/tech and mental health, and experiences with technology that made me create a future world-leading digital wellbeing community. It would be great to speak on this content at this conference but personalised to your event.

How To Use Your Phone As A Tool, Not A Trap

Experience-based talk on social media and mental health. This talk has been accepted by Google DevFest Melbourne 2023, but but will be customised for your event. With my lived experiences, this talk will discuss the importance of content development, social media, technology and mental health. It will reveal 5 main secret hacks to scroll better with technology. It will empower people including developers, designers and techies to create and consume technology from a 'beta' to a 'better' way that helps reduce worldwide social media and tech anxiety, depression and mental health issues. It will discuss my stories and struggles with social media/tech and mental health, and experiences with technology that made me create a future world-leading digital wellbeing community. It would be great to speak on this content at this conference but personalised to your event.

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