Topics
Health & Beauty
Beauty has become a controversial topic. In some instances of adoptive, foster, step-parents and/or guardians’ cultural differences can influence our outlook on beauty. Interestingly these differences can unconsciously influence our children and their development.
Presentation Titles
- Beauty & Development: Things you didn’t know affected your child’s confidence
- What builds confidence? Lessons for cross-cultural families
- Beauty Reinvented
- Health & Beauty innovation in adoption & foster care
In this talk, we will discover:
- How health and beauty related to child development.
- How beauty standards influence parenting.
- How beauty influences child health.
- How cultural differences and beauty influence child development.
- How to detect & mitigate potential issues that are rooted in cultural differences as it relates to beauty.
Hair & Skin Care
Similarly to how we use our hair as a method of self-reflection, our hair reflects how we feel about ourselves. In some instances of adoptive, foster, step-parents and/or guardians run into challenges when trying to style/maintain hair or skin of a different texture than their own.
Presentation Titles
- Curly Hair Care: Health & Beauty
- Curly Hair Care: Styling & Maintenance
In this talk, we will discover:
- How and when to utilize different hair or skin care tools.
- How to decide on which hair or skin care products to purchase.
- How to simplify hair care & maintenance.
- Differences in skin care regimens.
- Different methods of styling hair.
- Many other aspects that affect hair care and maintenance.
