What do our children need?

That's the question I answer in my book, out Wednesday April 17. 

Parenting today is a daily challenge:
The use of screens, harassment, self-esteem, social networks, the obsolescence of technical skills, the attention economy, video games, Parcoursup ... 

These are just some of the challenges facing parents and educators. 

While we are constantly innovating in technology, we are lagging behind in societal innovation, and education has not evolved to meet the challenges of the 21st century. 

We're stuck in sterile debates about educational practices where we're asked to choose sides, caricatured by the media:
Positive or authoritarian education?

All we're talking about here is parenting, and we sometimes forget what's essential:

Children 🧒🏻

What do our children need to thrive in a society undergoing profound change?

Discipline, authority or parents who support them as they face their own challenges as adults?

When I think of education, I think of society. It's education that enables people, citizens and workers to become part of society and to MAKE society.

That's why each of my educational actions has just one objective:
Passing on and cultivating the skills that will prepare children to be tomorrow's world citizens 🌱

In a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous world, where technology is everywhere, we need more than ever to value human beings and help everyone reveal their human skills.

Every child in the world needs to be equipped with the skills that will help them navigate the 21st century:

1. 1. Confidence in social networking
   2. Developing a critical approach to fake news
   3. Cultivate resilience in the face of infobesity (war, news, violence)
   4. Resolving conflicts and accepting emotions in the face of harassment
   5. Learning to learn in the face of skills obsolescence

Etc...

In my book, I discuss 15 essential skills to cultivate for parents and educators, to prepare our children for tomorrow's world. 

With this book, I hope to help parents take a step back, ask themselves the right questions, educate as we should in the 21st century, and make both children and parents active players in their education.

I wish to embody a new educational voice, a path where the WHAT (what we transmit) TO prepare our children for the challenges of the 21st century is as important as the HOW (the educational posture)!

A society's greatest asset is ITS CHILDREN, so let's get them ready!

I look forward to hearing your feedback on the book. 

Solenne.
Founder of Soft Kids 🌈