Ten Things You Wish You Knew About Parenting
Understand your child, and yourself, and know what to do next.
A clinician-led parenting program by Guiding Growing Minds, with Dr Billy Garvey, Dr Emily Musgrove and Rebecca Harris
Melbourne · Saturday 21 November 2026 · Plus two online follow-ups
Tickets available now
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You’ve got a real question about your child, and you’re not sure who to ask. The people who could help are often booked out or hard to reach, and so much of what really helps families stays inside clinic rooms.
This day brings it out. Spend a full day with a developmental paediatrician, a clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist. Bring your real questions, and they’ll help shape the day. Then join two online follow-ups, so you can try things at home and come back with what happened.
What’s included
A full day in person with Dr Billy Garvey, Dr Emily Musgrove and Rebecca Harris
Your real questions shape the day: tell us what you’re facing before the workshop
Live Q&A with all three clinicians
Two one-hour online follow-ups with Billy to help you bring it home
Practical, research-backed approaches to try at home
Space to reflect on how your own childhood shapes your parenting
A small room of parents asking the same questions
Signed copies of Billy’s books
Full catering all day
Full-day workshop investment: $1,395 (ex GST)
What you need to know
This isn’t a lecture. It’s a relaxed, honest day where three clinicians look at your questions together, each seeing something the others might miss. You’ll leave with three things parents tell us they want:
I finally understand what’s going on.
I know what to do next.
I’m not doing this alone.
Date: Saturday 21 November 2026
Location: In-person, Melbourne CBD
Time: 9am - 5pm
Follow-up sessions:
Monday 30 November, 7pm
Monday 14 December, 7pm
Follow up sessions to be conducted online and recordings will be sent to all participants
Guiding Growing Minds is a social enterprise. What we earn funds free and low-cost programs like our Impact Series.
Meet your Hosts
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Dr Billy Garvey
Dr Billy Garvey is one of Australia's most trusted voices on children's mental health and development - a developmental paediatrician, researcher, author, and media commentator with over 25 years of frontline experience with children and families.
Billy is the co-host of Pop Culture Parenting - Australia's number one parenting podcast - with over 3 million downloads and listeners across Australia, the US, and the UK, and the author of two bestselling books - 10 things I wish you knew about your child’s mental health, and 10 things I wish you knew about raising boys.
His approach is grounded in lived experience as much as expertise. Growing up in a household marked by instability, he credits a handful of teachers who believed in him as changing the course of his life - from being expelled as a teenager to completing 15 years of university education and specialist medical training in developmental paediatrics. That understanding shapes everything he does.
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Rebecca Harris
Rebecca Harris is one of Australia's leading voices on trauma informed practice in education - a counsellor, psychotherapist, education consultant, and author.
Rebecca holds a Masters of Counselling and Psychotherapy and brings over 20 years of experience across student wellbeing, developmental trauma, and mental health. An early pioneer in trauma informed practice in schools, she helps educators, parents, and organisations understand behaviour and learning through the lens of trauma and adversity.
That expertise led to her book Safe to Learn: Embedding Trauma Informed Student Wellbeing Practices - a practical resource for anyone supporting young people in schools and beyond.
And for those who know the podcast - yes, she is the one and only guest to have ever appeared on Pop Culture Parenting.
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Dr Emily Musgrove
Dr Emily Musgrove is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience. She has worked across both the public and private sectors and currently owns and operates a private practice based in Perth.
She works with adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and is dedicated to assisting people find greater meaning, purpose and wellbeing in their lives. She has extensive training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Based approaches and is a Board Approved Supervisor.
Of note, Emily appears as a regular guest on The Imperfects, one of Australia's most popular podcasts. Known colloquially as “Dr Em” she offers insights, psycho-education and general advice about common mental health issues.
She is also the best selling author of Unstuck: A guide to finding your way forward to the life you want to live.
