Speaker series launch event focuses on kids, COVID and mental health
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Act with kindness — that’s the motto of Be Kind Entertainment and the impetus behind their important speaker series.
On Thursday, Oct. 27, the Be Kind Speaker Series kicks off for the season with an event focussed on children’s empowerment and mental health since Covid — especially girls, social media and cyberbullying.
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The special guests for the evening are lawyer and kids’ author Margot Denomme, author of Mommy, am I pretty? and Awesome Inside + Out; Laurie McCann, social media expert from Toronto Police Services, and therapists Rebecca Loucks and Laura Devlin from the Beaches Therapy Group.
Margot Denomme has been a criminal lawyer in Toronto for more than 20 years and has witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of poor choices made by children with low self-esteem and damaged self-confidence.
As the mother of two daughters, she was struck by the distorted images of beauty being sold to children via the media and advertising — and she writes kids’ books with the clear message that beauty comes from within and from the heart.
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Toronto Police Const. Laurie McCann is passionate about internet safety and has addressed parents, teachers and students throughout the GTA for a decade on the subject. On Thursday night she will speak about internet safety, cyber crime and cyber bullying.
The evening promises tips, tools and strategies to help kids navigate social media and their mental health/self-esteem, in this post-pandemic world.
The event runs 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. at the new Beaches Sandbox community centre, 2181 Queen St. E.
Speakers begin at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $40 and can be purchased online.
Visit events and workshops on the Beaches Sandbox website.
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