Festival of the Child, Complete Interview Series 2019
Empowering Parents & Educators To Help Children Thrive
Festival of the Child is a global, online education summit, empowering parents & educators to help children thrive.
Listen to 24 experts share their wisdom across a variety of topics, including doctors, psychologists, educators, storytellers, cosmologists and more!
Thank you for this! I will never forget how one story in one of Susan Perrow’s books changed our life. 🙂 I love how she clearly communicated that writing a story that heals needs to come deep within us (and the intention for writing one is never “to heal”). I always struggled writing my own story but her talk really inspired me to at least believe that I am capable. Hoping that next time an inspiration sparks, my self-love and sense of self-worth will speak louder than my self-doubt. ❤️
— I.i. Aguinaldo Cristobal, Parent
I looooved this interview! She shared such a wonderful picture of the changes kids go through, and how we can support them through those. Her understanding of each stage and how to connect were very helpful. And her image of greeting our children with warmth; although it sounds so simple, is a reminder I needed and is going to be my meditation this week! Loved everything about this!
— Stephanie Kilian, Parent (New York, USA)
Just got done listening to all the talks today. Very insightful & light bulb moments. Also confirming some things that I’ve already been doing with myself, my own children, & with my class children. Very resonating.
— Renée La Bossiere Campbell (Florida, USA)
Dear Organizers, I’ve watched some of the videos and I’m looking forward to finishing all that has been up online. The topics are very relevant and the speakers are really good!! They know what they’re talking about and they’re easy to understand. The time duration of every interview is also perfect and above all, I love how each speaker has been passionately encouraging all to carefully and gently look and uphold childhood. They also gave lots of valuable insights on how parents and teachers can support their children’s healthy development. Thank you very much for bringing this to the public, to the world. I really appreciate this platform because I can always go back to the parts that I need to digest further. All the best and blessings to all of you! :)
— Katherine Estember, MA Student (Stuttgart, Germany)
What an amazing first day...if the rest are the same standard we really are in for a treat. Thank you for making it possible for us all to come together and think about our children, the future of childhood and the future of our humanity.
— Janni Nicol, Early Childhood Consultant
After I signed up for lifetime access I made an icon for my phone so I can get to it quickly. We’ve been encouraged to focus fully on the interviews, but I’m stretching that to include exercising while I watch. I think this will engage all my senses and help me be extra tuned in!
— Kim Allsup, Grandmother & Retired Teacher
This is a wonderfully rich and important free online event with many speakers. I recommend it to anyone who wants to support and honor childhood and children in today’s world. At a time where childhood and parenthood are essentially under a constant and intensifying threat, it can be useful to think health bringing thoughts and know that there’s still good in the world.
— Ella Manor Lapointe, (Ghent, NY, USA)
Really enjoyed the interview with Lisa Romero. What I particularly appreciated was the part of the conversation that reminded us that what we can do amidst all the chaos around us is ‘take care of my contribution to the We’. Thanks for including her Priya.
— Mary Green
The interview with Sebastian Suggate has been my favorite so far though one or two others have come close. I find it particularly interesting how all the different areas that children are developing in and the things that children are experiencing or not experiencing impact each other and further development.
— Frances McGregor, Nanny (UK)
Your Instructor
Priya Mahtani is a Writer, Communications Consultant & Transformational Coach, living in the UK with her two teenagers. She has a passion for Waldorf education, building community and supporting individuals, schools and organisations to communicate more effectively by deepening authentic connections and speaking from the heart.
She has been passionate about building community and alternative education since 1999 when she lived and worked in the community of Auroville, South India, a 50+ year-old growing international township, made up of people from over 40 different countries.
For the last 13 years she has worked alongside Steiner Waldorf schools in the UK, exploring resources and strategies to help children thrive.
In 2019, she created and produced an online education summit called Festival of the Child – with interviews from 24 experts sharing insights, strategies and resources empowering parents to help children thrive and navigate these changing and uncertain times.
Festival of the Child was the launch event for the School of Sophia, a dream born out of literally thousands of hours of conversations with parents and educators over the past two decades.
School of Sophia is a modern-day sanctuary for parents and educators, offering transformative events, online courses and community to deepen your connection to your self, each other and the world.
Their mission is to awaken the heart of our shared humanity, by empowering parent and educators with practical tools and heart-wisdom so that together we can reimagine what raising children in the 21st century looks like.