Candice Lambert and Kim Bergh are sisters and were raised by their parents, grandparents and neighbors, growing up in a coloured township. Candice has a background in clinical psychology, leadership and business. Kim is an audiologist and Speech & language therapist who has worked in public and private practice with kids.
Both are solid advocates for the rights of others, especially those who seem to go unnoticed, such as children, people with disabilities or mental health issues and those in need of basic care. The passion for helping others see and realising their full potential has always been strong. We strive to use all our potential, gifts and resources to reach others who need help.
Read more about the childcare & family counselling experts on the professionals’ page. We have a wide range of experts in the field, and every few months they may change depending on the needs of society and the communities we serve.
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We have a wide range of experts
we are always growing into the direction of the need within the corporates and communities we serve
Kids Dialogue was started from a burning need to start at the beginning and make things right. Considering the society we live in today, while we remained hopeful about the future for our children and the next generation at large, we also felt that a certain level of action and attention to the HOW we did things was needed. We had to re-define where we were going.
The Kids Dialogue group is a wide network of child care professionals who are passionate about changing the narrative for the next generation and understand the critical period of development and how we can support families better, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic
Giving our best to raising resilient and compassionate leaders meant that we needed to start at the beginning, before birth, and the next generation can do the same and so on because we can only do better if we know better. While we can look to the leaders of our country to provide direction, it might not be the best and only process we should be following. Empowering ourselves as individuals, as parents and teenagers to build a better future for our children by building a better “me”, a better and more connected family and community, is the collective and shared goal we are working towards. At Kids Dialogue we believe that societal challenges and successes come from the home we were raised in with the parents / caregivers that raised us. Being raised in a home where being a connected and affirmed family was intentional and routine, shows a marked difference in the mental and emotional state of the children and may oftentimes show the powerful and compassionate, resilient leaders they have become.
Three key questions that stand out for us that we aim to have all parents answer with a resounding YES, are:
- Do my children know how their behavior affects others?
- Do my children know that they have the power to affect change in the world?- Do they feel for others and have compassion towards others and offer assistance using their strengths they were gifted with?
- Do they know how to bounce back out of challenges and set-backs?
Having childcare experts share in the raising of our children in an organic way is one of the factors that we have found contribute towards achieving the goals set out for the next generation: this, and the building community for families to raise resilient and compassionate next generation leaders. The saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child”. Indeed it does because, although, we would like to believe that parents were called into parenthood, and even some women, being single parents can raise a child well; a village will contribute positively. A village will be there to support moms (and dads),provide advice and co-regulation when things feel out of place, and we cannot cope anymore on our own; a different perspective and ideas and tips on certain things to do that someone else takes years to master.
The issues we experience in society, such as gender-based violence, abuse and others didn’t just happen, it started somewhere, and so while we assist the victims of abuse as well as those who have been abused, it is only wise to focus our attention on the generations to come as well.
Exploring special needs with Kids Dialogue is really a dialogue because we believe that each child has their own unique wiring that makes them special. Disabilities are mainly magnified because of society: their perceptions, structures available and thinking as well as accommodation that makes disabilities in children (and everyone) bigger or more complicated than it should be. At Kids Dialogue, we call children, children first before they have a condition because their condition should not define them, but they should define themselves. Something every child should have the right to do.
Prioritising the next generation means that we are prioritising our future.
