Australia's leading child, teen and adult anxiety and behaviour-change specialist

We help the community navigate how to raise the new generation, via evidence-based courses for education and community professionals and parents.

Founded by Michael Hawton (MAPS), former teacher and one of Australia's leading child behaviour experts, Parentshop distils the best available research-based practical solutions, into digestible short courses that are easily transferrable to the classroom, workplace or home and are able to be implemented tomorrow.

We believe that modest changes repeated over time, can make a big difference to the wellbeing and resilience of children.

For professionals For parents

Upcoming Summit

Student Anxiety Summit

Educators and psychologists are convening a Student Anxiety Summit to address the growing prevalence of anxiety among children and adolescents in Australia.

The event aims to inform the development of a coordinated national approach to responding to student anxiety.

School leaders are fundamentally committed to student wellbeing, and this summit seeks to provide a clear, actionable pathway for meaningful impact.

We appreciate your continued commitment to supporting student wellbeing.

“What we know is that untreated anxiety problems are a ‘gateway’ to later more serious psychological problems in the teen years... its roots are in childhood, but the headwinds and the megatrends are operating in this very vulnerable period between puberty and young adulthood.”
Professor Patrick McGorry, AOKeynote Speaker