Catholic School Parents South Australia – Parenting Conference

Stronger Families: A Positive Parenting Conference

Presenters include: Maggie Dent, Wayne Holdsworth, Greg Attwells, and Madhavi Nawana Parker

Date: Saturday, August 16, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm

Venue: The Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo

Cost: $25 including lunch

Join us for a powerful day of insight, support, and community connection – featuring four inspiring speakers who are helping families navigate the challenges of raising resilient teens in today’s world.

Maggie Dent – Calming Teen Stress and Anxiety. Discover how stress and anxiety, when understood and managed, can become strengths. Maggie will share practical tools to help teens – and those who care for them – cope in healthy, empowering ways.

Wayne Holdsworth – Start a Conversation Now. After the heartbreaking loss of his son Mac, Wayne founded SmackTalk to raise awareness of suicide and online exploitation. His moving presentation is a call to action for all of us to listen, support, and protect our youth.

Greg Attwells – You Can’t Out-Parent an Algorithm. Greg exposes how social media is designed to shape teen behaviour – and how families, schools, and faith communities can respond. He’ll break down the upcoming law to raise social media access to age 16 in Australia, and what parents need to know before November 2025.

Madhavi Nawana Parker – Self-Regulation: Staying Connected, Calm and Influential in Your Child’s Life.  Learn simple, evidence-based tools to stay grounded while guiding your children through emotional ups and downs – especially in the digital age.

More info or group bookings: trish.jarvis@cspsa.catholic.edu.au

Last year’s tickets sold out – don’t miss out this time.

Mr Cameron Alexander
Executive Deputy Principal