Happy, Calm & Connected Kids
An empowering online wellbeing program helping sensitive kids build confidence, resilience, and friendships -so they thrive emotionally and socially.
ENROLMENTS OPEN – JOIN US
Happy, Calm & Connected Kids
An empowering online wellbeing program helping sensitive kids build confidence, resilience, and friendships -so they thrive emotionally and socially.
ENROLMENTS OPEN – JOIN US
Happy, Calm & Connected Kids
An empowering online wellbeing program helping sensitive kids build confidence, resilience, and friendships -so they thrive emotionally and socially.
ENROLMENTS OPEN – JOIN US
You’re raising a sensitive child and…
Concerned about how they are coping emotionally or socially? Worried they are missing out on opportunities and having difficulties with friends?
Tried everything, yet the tears and worries don’t stop?
Exhausted by the meltdowns and strain at home?
Unsure how to help them, how they’ll cope in high school and if being sensitive will hold them back?
You know your child is bright, kind, and full of potential.
But right now, their sensitivity, worries and big emotions keep getting in the way.
If this feels familiar, you’re not alone and you’re in the right place.
Here's What Sensitive Kids Really Need...
While schools are focused on maths and reading, kids aren’t being taught how to manage emotions, build resilience, or make genuine friendships. Sensitive children especially can feel lost without being taught these essential life skills.
We created an empowering, educational program especially for sensitive, kind-hearted kids that inspires them to:
Feel It, Don’t Fear It
Understand emotions, stay calm, and manage anxious worries.
Rise Stronger Every Time
Bounce back from mistakes, face challenges, and ask for help.
Proudly Be Themselves
Build self-belief, self-compassion, and confidence.
Make True Friendships
Communicate clearly, handle conflict, and form healthy friendships.
Why This is Important and Why Now
The patterns you’re seeing in your child don’t just fade on their own. Meltdowns, worries, and friendship struggles are signs your child needs support and the longer they continue, the harder they are to shift.
It’s not about toughening them up, but giving them the tools to manage emotions, build confidence, and form real friendships while staying true to their sensitive, caring nature.
The best time to give your child the support they need is now.
With the right support, here’s what your child could experience instead:
Imagine the difference when your child starts…
- Raising their hand with confidence instead of shrinking back.
- Standing up for themselves kindly and firmly
- Calming worries before they spiral into meltdowns.
- Coming home excited about true friends.
- Believing, “I can do this. I’m enough just as I am.”
Introducing Connected Kids Academy
Supporting families across Australia & NZ with live online weekly sessions to teach sensitive, big-hearted kids skills to thrive emotionally & socially.
What's Inside the Membership
Weekly Small-Group Mentoring
Your child will join the same small group (maximum of 5 kids) every week at the same time. Together, we’ll explore our 4 core focus areas and connect through meaningful conversation, all guided by a caring mentor who understands sensitive kids.
Helpful Growth Resources
You’ll get access to practical tools and resources designed to support your child’s learning and emotional well-being. These resources can be helpful to use between sessions to help them feel more confident, calm, and connected at home and at school.
Your Child Will Experience 4 Key Focus Areas
Within each Key Focus Area we explore a variety of modules. We don’t skim the surface, with 4 weeks on each module, kids are given the time to truly understand, practice and master the skills they need.
While other programs rush through in a single session, we build strong foundations that last a lifetime.
True Confidence & Self-Belief
- Learn & Practice assertiveness, speaking up in class, joining new activities, and sharing opinions.
- Replace self doubt with positive Self- Talk as they see themselves as capable and resourceful, even when life feels tricky
- Develop leadership skills and communication excellence
Emotional Awareness & Resilience
- Develop Self Awareness, communicate emotions and needs effectively
- Learn Emotional Regulation Skills and Tools to understand emotions, respond to them, prevent overwhelm, and return to calm
- Develop bounce-back strategies for mistakes, setbacks, and everyday frustrations.
Friendship Foundations
- Understand what true friendship means and set healthy boundaries.
- Practice initiating conversations, joining groups, and keeping friendships balanced.
- Use conflict resolution and assertiveness
- Build the courage to step away from unkind or unhealthy dynamics.
Managing Worries & Anxiety
- Learn calming tools and simple techniques for handling stress in the classroom, playground, or at home.
- Nurture and self-soothe the nervous system with practical strategies.
- Build confidence in their ability to cope with challenges instead of avoiding them.
Together, these key focus areas create a whole-child well-being transformation. Your child grows happier, calmer, more confident, resilient, and connected every week.
Here's How It Works
1. Select your child’s age group below to see the weekly group session options for their age group.
2. Choose your preferred day and time that suits your child for their weekly group (max 5 kids). Enrol.
3. Within 24 hours of signing up, we will send you a welcome email.
ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN – Get Started
CHOOSE YOUR SESSION – $180 per month
No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime. Stay as long as you like!
Your Child Will:
Feel Understood
Your child feels accepted, creating the safety to open up.
Discover Tools
They learn simple strategies to calm worries and build confidence.
Learn New Skills
With guidance, they practise new skills at home, school, and with friends.
Thrive as Themselves
They grow calmer, more confident, and connected every day.
Imagine your child going from...
That's the transformation parents see in Connected Kids Academy
Why Parents Love It
Our son is off to high school next year and we were concerned, as his close friends were going to other schools, he’d find it difficult to reach out to make new friends. Raising Connected Kids was recommended to us by a friend whose son was quiet and reserved like ours.
Our son loves Connected Kids Academy, he was fully engaged each week and looked forward to the each session.
During the learning, we noticed more open discussions with us and he at school he started to engage with kids he never really knew before.
It was wonderful to see. He was making great friend choices too!
We’d highly recommend Connected Kids Academy to anyone.
I was so grateful and hopeful when I found Kaz and heard about her Connected Kids Academy. My daughter has faced challenges with anxiety and traditional counselling and art therapy hadn’t helped. She has now been on the programme for 10 months and the changes have been remarkable, and we often talk about how far she’s come.
I’m blown away at how confident she is and how she is embracing opportunities at school. She is thriving and she’s never been happier.
The weight that has been lifted off me is huge. I am feeling so much more confident as a parent and I’m able to enjoy my relationship with my daughter so much more. I can’t thank Kaz or her team enough.
This was recommended to me from a friend who’s own sons had participated. It’s been wonderful!
Kaz runs a great program helping both my son and daughter learn how to navigate big feels like anxiety, anger and fears. Both Kaz and Diane are so warm and encouraging.
Definitely recommend your kids participating if they need a confidence boost.
The remote group sessions means you can participate if your traveling or on the go between activities.
It was so great for my kids to meet others and share their feelings and experiences and made them realise they were not alone.
Our son has learnt so much in the Connected Kids Academy these last couple of years! Huge thanks to Kaz and Diane for your support, counselling and guidance.
My sweet boy has really come out of his shell and seems so much happier!
He has made a really strong start to high school and is confidently forming new friendships.
Thank you so much for your contribution to his successful development, it is so appreciated.
As a mum of a girl who experiences anxiety, I’m so grateful for Connected Kids Academy.
The sessions gave my daughter a safe space to talk about her feelings and helped her realise she’s not alone. She now understands her anxiety better and feels more in control, while it still shows up sometimes, it’s much less frequent and more manageable.
I highly recommend this program to families facing similar challenges. A special thank you to Kaz for creating such a unique and supportive program – not just for kids, but for parents too.
My daughter who is 10 really enjoyed the weekly online sessions, and has been participating for two terms now.
Easy for me as a parent to get dinner ready without the stress of drop offs and pick ups. The group size was small which was great for her to share her own experiences and listen to others.
Kaz and Dianne do a wonderful job of directing the chat and keeping the kids engaged in the content.
Highly recommend.
Emma
What This Means For Parents
Relief
The worry about “how will my child cope?” finally eases.
Support
You’re no longer figuring it all out alone.
Pride
Seeing your child face situations with confidence.
Hope
A calmer, more connected future feels possible.
Meet Our Team
We’re on a mission:
- To celebrate sensitivity as a strength.
- To redefine confidence and success in a world that rewards toughness over kindness.
- And to help every sensitive child grow up strong, capable, and knowing they are perfect just as they are.
Because sensitivity isn’t a weakness, it’s a gift that our world needs!
Kaz Parrott
Founder, Teacher, Children's Well-being Advocate & Lead Mentor
I'm Kaz Parrott - a children's emotional wellbeing expert with 20 years in the classroom and 8 years working directly with sensitive, kind-hearted children and their families.
As a highly sensitive person, mum of sensitive kids, and qualified teacher, I understand both the challenges and the incredible potential of big-hearted children. I know what it feels like to grow up wondering why you feel things so deeply - and I know what a difference it makes when someone finally gets it and understands exactly how to help!
Now, through Connected Kids Academy, I help sensitive kids feel safe, understood, and capable. With the right tools and support, they quickly learn to manage big feelings, build resilience, and grow into calm, confident, connected kids who are proud of who they are.
Diane Koopman
Counsellor & Children's Well-being Mentor
Hi, I’m Diane.
I’m a qualified counsellor (registered with the ACA) and a mum, with a deep passion for helping others navigate life’s challenges. Over the years, I’ve seen how the right support can transform a child’s confidence and emotional well-being.
At Connected Kids Academy, my focus is on creating a safe, supportive environment where your child feels understood, valued, and free to be their awesome self.
Your Child Deserves to feel Happy, Calm & Confident
Don’t watch them struggle with worry, missed opportunities, or self-doubt.
With the right support, they can thrive at school, at home and with friends.
Enrol in Connected Kids Academy Today
Give your child the calm, confidence and resilience they’ll carry for life.
No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime. Stay as long as you like!