WHO ARE WE?

CHILDHOOD MATTERS is run and owned by Lesley-Anne Siegel, who is a professional Child Development and Behavior Consultant.  Lesley-Anne works privately with parents, teachers, or staff who wish for help in understanding and managing children's behaviors.  Lesley-Anne's goal is always the same: to help people feel empowered to handle any issue that can arise from dealing with children.  Her creative and postive strategies help parenting/caregiving/teaching become more stress-free, fun and easy, without the usual methods of punishment that are too often used.  Lesley-Anne helps to create happier and better-behaved children, while also raising children's self-esteem, sense of dignity and value, as well as their abilities to control their own behaviors.

Lesley-Anne's educational background includes a Bachelor's and a Master's degree, both in Child Studies, obtained at Concordia University in Montreal.  She has over 20 years' experience working with children in a variety of capacities, obtained her Support-Worker Training Certificate from the Miriam Home, and is a trained and licensed Kindermusik Educator who owned her own music school for five years, all before becoming a mom herself.  

Lesley-Anne's formal education, combined with her personal and work experiences, have provided her with a wealth of information and understanding of children over the years.  Through her workshops and private trainings, she is now able to pass on her love for and understanding of children to others so she can improve the quality of care received by children as much as possible.