The Conference
7:30 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Opening Remarks
8:45 - 9:25 Co-Mothering: Centering children in co-mothering relationships like adoption, foster families, and blended families
9:30 - 10:10 Online Safety: Keeping our kids safe online and crafting healthy conversations about the digital world
10:20 - 11:00 Big Question #1: Panel discussion - What happens when a parent or child receives a diagnosis?
11:00 - 11:10 BREAK
11:10 - 11:50 Birth: Examining how family, culture, and expectations impact our birth experiences and our birth stories
11:50 - 12:30 Financial Wellness: Understanding our financial histories and their impact on our relationships with (and how we talk about) money
12:30 - 1:45 Lunch
1:45 - 2:25 Big Question #2: Panel discussion - How does motherhood shape our relationships?
2:30 - 3:10 Schooling & Education: Designing a decision-making matrix about where and how to school our children
3:10 - 3:25 BREAK
3:25 - 4:05 Parenting Through Grief & Loss: Informing ourselves about the psychology of grief and its impacts on mothering
4:10 - 4:50 Moms as Community Advocates: Demanding the best for our kids and all kids
4:50 - 5:00 Closing Remarks
The Un-Conference
Concurrent to the scheduled talks at the conference, founders, hosts, and speakers will gather in rooms throughout the venue to continue discussions about specific topics and issues most important to them. These “unconference” spaces are designed for attendees to reflect, plan, process, and talk about their most important mothering challenges in an informal, supportive, and educative context.
Coffee, MomTalks journals, and snacks will be available. Like the mom bench at your favorite playground. But with experts.
