Parenting for the Future

Nadine Fonseca is mother to four children and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mighty Kind Kids which publishes the amazing Mighty Kind Magazine. The magazine is a quarterly, anti-biased children's series that celebrates the role of kindness and compassion as the foundation for anti-biased learning and in bringing the human family closer together. Each issue is based on the premise that kindness, empathy, and compassion are teachable skills and readers learn fun facts about the world we share, read stories about kids doing good, and get actionable ideas for service and volunteer work. Mighty Kind has reached almost all 50 US states, as well as Mexico, Canada, Sri Lanka, France, Egypt, England, Ireland, Slovenia, Japan, and Finland.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to talk about how Mighty Kind is building a global community of kids who care and serving as an indispensable resource to the parents and adults who mentor and raise them.

Melissa Fensterstock is mother to two wonderful children and a seasoned biotech, medtech and consumer product executive. She is the co-founder and CEO of Landsdowne Labs. The company's first product is ChildLok, a technology designed to deactivate button batteries following accidental ingestion. Button batteries are the small, round batteries found in mostly portable electronics coming in all of our homes like remote controls, thermometers, games and toys, watches, cameras, and musical greeting cards. Button batteries are tiny, they're shiny, and they are so appealing to children that over 35,000 children accidentally ingest them every year.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to discuss the button battery crisis and what she, through her work at Landsdowne Labs, is trying to do about it.

Michelle Glorieux is mother to one phenomenal son and is the co-founder of the ed-tech startup, TA-DA! TA-DA!'s first products are beautifully bound interactive books which marry paper technology, gorgeous art, and a symphony of original music for an unrivaled magical language learning experience. All children have to do is simply touch the images on the paper and the books come to life with real native speakers from around the globe and ambient sound effects.

To produce these books, she joins forces with, among others, Grammy Award winning music producer Jesse Lewis, highly trained linguists, talented artists, engineers, students and other teachers from around the world to help children learn languages and the cultures around those languages.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to explore the magical world of TA-DA!

Jennifer Ann Openshaw is a mother to two amazing daughters, a financial innovator and the founder and CEO of Girls with Impact, the nation's only live online mini MBA for young women, ages 12 to 18. Jennifer has an extensive background in financial innovation and wealth management, has shared her financial expertise on CNN, Oprah, ABC, NBC, CBS and CNBC and is the author of three books.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to discuss this life-changing program that equips girls with the entrepreneurship skills, confidence and business knowledge to set them apart and set them up for future success.

Dr. Marisa Porges is mother to one fantastic son and is the eighth head of the 130-year-old, all-girls Baldwin School, outside of Philadelphia. The school is renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and change-makers. This puts her in charge of helping to raise 600 girls, ages four to 18. Marisa attended the Baldwin School herself and after graduating from Harvard University, she fulfilled her childhood dream of flying jets for the U.S Navy as one of eight female aviators in an Air Wing of 200.

Marisa served in the Obama White House as a cybersecurity advisor and was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and the Council of Foreign Relations where her research focused on worldwide counter terrorism efforts.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to discuss her new book, "What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous and Resilient Women", which was inspired by the young woman at Baldwin. The book explores the old and new challenges girls face in today's world from sexism, sexual harassment and the gender pay gap, to the need to confidently use their own voice in the workplace and ensure equity in their own homes.

Elisse Battle has been a special educator for 18 years, working to empower students and ensure they feel seen, find their own voices, and thrive in and out of school. She's also dedicated to the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and supports students of color, particularly women students of color as they navigate structural barriers.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to talk about the importance of supporting students, their schools, and their parents if we want to create a brighter future for all of our children.

Elisse also serves as an upper school learning specialist at the Trinity School in New York, a college preparatory co-educational independent school renowned for providing a world-class education to its students through rigorous academics, outstanding programs in athletics, the arts, peer leadership, and global travel. Elisse also serves as an upper school equity and inclusion coordinator, sits on the school's anti-racism task force, and is the teacher advisor for the Black affairs and girls of color clubs.

Dr. Shirag Shemmassian is father to one son, the founder of Shemmassian Academic Consulting, and one of the world's foremost experts on admissions to highly selective colleges, graduate programs, and medical schools. For nearly 20 years, he and his team have helped thousands of students overcome obstacles and gain admission to these schools using his proprietary approach.

Shirag was born in Los Angeles to Armenian parents who immigrated to the United States from Lebanon. As a high school student, he navigated the admissions process with limited college counseling. He received a BS in human development from Cornell University and a PhD in clinical psychology from UCLA. Shirag's expertise has been featured in various media outlets, including the Washington Post and Business Insider. He joins us on Parenting for the Future to share his wisdom on how we parents can help our children hone their unique voices so that they can achieve their educational and career goals.

Dr. Albert Lin is father to two wonderful children and an internationally renowned scientist, innovator, technologist, and entrepreneur. He's the director of the Center for Human Frontiers at Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego, and an award-winning National Geographic explorer and host of the fascinating uber popular show, Lost Cities with Albert Lin on National Geographic.

Albert received his PhD in material science and engineering from University of California, San Diego. He has founded and directed numerous programs, including the UC San Diego National Geographic Engineers for Exploration Program, the Exploration Lab, the Distributed Health Labs, and the international effort known as the Valley of the Khans Project in collaboration with National Geographic.

He joins us on Parenting for the Future to share his advice on how we parents can HELP children cultivate a sense of adventure and wonder and ignite a thirst for discovery and a love of learning.

Gretchen Carlson is mother to two children, a journalist, author, Ted Talk alum, and a fierce, fearless internationally recognized advocate for women's rights. She started her journalism career as a political reporter in Richmond, Virginia and worked her way up through local newsrooms in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Dallas before moving to national news in 2000 as co-host and corespondent for CBS's The Saturday Early Show. In 2005, Gretchen joined Fox News, where she co-hosted the number one cable morning news show, Fox and Friends, for more than seven years.

Gretchen's catalog of interviews included every US president, vice president, and presidential candidate, as well as hundreds of leaders in business entertainment and politics. Yet, it was her groundbreaking 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, Chairman of Fox News, alleging she had been fired from her show for refusing his sexual advances that made Gretchen the face of workplace harassment, inaugurated her work to support survivors and hold predators accountable that led her to being named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Gretchen is also the author of two books, the New York Times bestseller, Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back and Getting Real. She recently co-founded the nonprofit Lift Our Voices to end the silencing of harassment victims through forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements.

She joins us on Parenting for the Future to discuss her experiences and her work, and how we parents can create a future world where our children do not live in fear of sexual predators and sexual harassment.

Greg McKeown is a husband and a father to four amazing children. He is the host of the super popular podcast, What's Essential, which helps high-achieving driven productive people become successful at success and make a higher contribution effortlessly. Greg is also the author of The New York Times bestseller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, which has sold more than a million copies worldwide. And the recently released, Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most.

He joins us on Parenting for the Future to share his advice on how we parents can de-clutter our lives by doing the things we have to do without strain and stress, which will free us to be more present for ourselves, our children, and for our world.

Greg is among the most popular bloggers for LinkedIn and is a young global leader for the World Economic Forum. His work has been covered by the New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, Politico and Inc,. He has been interviewed on NPR, NBC, Fox, and the Steve Harvey Show.

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