23 years learning how to talk about the things adults would rather avoid.
My work has centered on helping grown-ups have challenging conversations with young people before exposure or behavior becomes established harm — and helping families respond calmly and clearly when something has already happened.
Experience across the system
- Founder, The Third Talk® Inc.
- Author and curriculum developer
- 23 years of child and youth safety work
- Parent and parent-child coaching
- State and local PTA presentations
- Statewide government experience
- Human trafficking prevention leadership
From the family room to statewide school-safety training.
John has worked with young people, parents, educators, counselors, law enforcement, PTAs and community organizations. His experience includes parent coaching, parent-child coaching, public education, school-safety training, curriculum development and professional presentations.
John's style is direct, calm, candid and intentionally non-shaming. Humor lowers the temperature. Plain language removes mystery. Parents are included rather than sidelined. Young people are treated as participants in the conversation rather than problems to be fixed.
The result is deceptively simple: people start talking.
Speaking, training, advising and prevention strategy.
Available for statewide initiatives, school-safety programs, conferences, professional training, advisory work and organizations seeking a subject-matter expert on youth digital and relationship safety.