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Season 3 Episode #22 Jessica Speer is coming from Colorado
You can find Jessica via her website jessicaspeer.com
About our guest: Jessica Speer is the highly acclaimed author of BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships and Middle School - Safety Goggles Advised. On August 8th – you release The Phone Book as well – congrats!
A review from BFF or NRF “This book is an excellent guide to friendship for "tweens." It is super engaging with the quizzes and "fill-in-the-blank" sections; the cute graphics make it really fun and accessible; AND it provides really great info that resonates with tween girls, without ever seeming "preachy."
Jessica’s interactive books engage and entertain readers by combining the stories of preteens and teens with fun activities and practical insights. She has a master’s degree in social sciences and explores topics in ways that connect with kids.
Jessica, thanks for sharing your gifts with the world and for choosing to guide our youth and families in their quests to develop their best selves. Welcome to the show!
TOTD – "Family should be the place where you can be your most complete self. Where you're accepted and appreciated, seen and valued, even in moments of disagreement. It should be your soft place to fall, the place where you're reminded that no matter what happens to you, in the face of your deepest challenges, you are loved." Oprah Winfrey
In this episode:
What was life like growing up?
What are your life’s essential ingredients?
The importance of family!
Congrats on your work as an author – three books, plans for more…
Why children’s books?
What can we/parents/teachers do to help children with healthy digital habits?
Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised… What did the research tell you?
How can we best help youth during that difficult transition?
What is the best thing parents can do to support their child?
BFF or NRF – what did you learn in writing that book?
How do you define friendship?
Post Pandemic Friendships… how has the pandemic changed friendships for children?
What is the Friendship Pyramid?
Was bullying covered in the book?
What is I POWER?
The YODA WAY? What is it?
Helping youth work through difficult emotions – what tips do you provide?
Legacy