How She’s Rebuilding the Village for Working Parents

My focus right now is child care and I'm bridging a gap between a 24-hour child care with our community. The parent has to work well and predominantly at nice. I'm that village that can step in and help with that emotional telling. Renee Everett is a dedicated community-focused entrepreneur and the visionary founder of the Renee Everett

Collective. Through her integrative services in child care excellence, staffing solutions and family empowerment, she creates safe, structured environments where both children and adults can truly thrive. Well, now we're living in a world of change. So we do have to adapt.

“We're living in technology now that's so the best thing for us to do is figure out how can we”

incorporate that and teaching and learning. You can teach a kid 20 times on paper. They're not going to learn it. It's going to take up to 60 times. You can teach them as a game, six to 12 times they're going to understand and learn.

We just have to monitor it in the correct way. It spans the goal. Like a super-highest goal into their health. It's ready. All right.

Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone. It's our home up. I'm telling how we're. The living your legacy podcast for those who live to leave a legacy. Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast for Insight Success.

I am Reagan Tiers joining me today is quite an amazing powerful woman, please introduce yourself. My name is Renee Everett. Renee Everett. We just finished your session. Gosh, introduce yourself.

What are you about? What do you do? What brought you here? Well, my name is Renee Everett. I am originally from Miami, Florida.

Always been here. Born and raised.

“Well, my focus right now is child care and I'm bridging again.”

Apple between a 24-hour child care with our community. I'm glad you introduced yourself because this is something that's very close to my heart.

I always do the guff, the song and dance thing where it's like, "Hey, check it out."

But this is a serious topic, because I was born and raised in Miami, but was sort of adopted by my grandmother. And then I didn't learn in emotional intelligence until like a year ago, so I was hoping that we can kind of dive deeper into what you do today with children and how you're seeing a common issue with children that don't have the emotional intelligence.

And you want to kind of nip that in the butt as early as possible. Talk about this journey. I know this journey would not be an easy one. I don't expect it to be actually, but I'm doing something that I love. Kids absorb.

I'm an as very, very important. So with the kids being in my care, let's say the parent has to work while predominantly at night. So the parent sees the child, you know, in the morning, I'm that village that can step in to help with that emotional intelligence.

Let's say homework, top of the easiest topic that we can think about right now.

“Homework with the child, of course, frustration will come.”

I'm there to build.

First, I shouldn't have been.

I want to teach them to lead that you can feel it's okay to feel, but let's react differently about it. I have a calm down corner that I'm putting in the child care center for the adults and also the kids. The kids don't have a calm down corner.

Back in my day, it was called the time I saw. You know, when they're by yourself, no, when they're by yourself. So he just drawing his crazy. So the calm down corner, you go and you're able to pick out your emotions. So I have pictures where you can go and actually figure out because you know, once you're

anger, you're a set, you might be feeling everything, but you want to identify each and every one of them. So we go to the calm down corner together and you can identify each and everyone that you're feeling and we calm down. Okay, why do you feel this way?

Now we have to identify the problem now. We can fix and define a solution because we are a solution based that is the mindset that I have. It could be a problem, but let's be a solution based. So let's really, really want to push for it for the kids to start thinking that way.

How do you combat the TikToks? How do you combat social media, the device? I used to work at PlayStation, take a shot every time I say that. And back then, there was no social media. Now, PlayStation's losing the battle to your attention span.

Netflix, you've got to mean, you've got to, you've got to name the topic of the movie. What's happening? Six times in the movie because people attended the spans. They just forget what they're watching. How do you combat that now with kids that are armed with their devices, especially kids

that come from pain that are like, well, I don't want to experience this reality. I can just be here in Fortnite or watch someone else play Fortnite. How do you combat that? Well, now we're living in a world of change. So we do have to adapt.

Just like my mother, she, I have older parents. I'm blessed. Thank God. My mom should be 70. And my father started 70 last year.

So they have a, you're always on your phone.

Because it's, it's true.

So with this, I will like to push it in the correct direction instead of taking away and

saying no. We're living in technology now. The kids does growing up. This is technology based.

“So the best thing for us to do is figure out how can we incorporate that and teaching and”

learning if it's something we're coding for something small because, you know, you can teach a kid something 20 times on paper. They're not going to learn it. It's going to take up to 60 times. Oh, yeah.

You can teach them as a game it six to 12 times they're going to understand and learn. So I feel like the technology, it will be a good fit for the kids. But we just have to monitor it in a correct way. And of course, you say time. I worked with a Garth Brooks's team and they were developing music videos and math, where

it's as huge now on YouTube. Talk about some of the philosophies of using modern age and adapting to new ways of teaching. My favorite one, the white board or the chalk board is a smart board. Oh, yeah. No question.

Very, very effective. I myself still need a smart board. I understand. I do not want to push that way, but I do love a good smart board. I'm going to have both.

It's very easy for the smart board to play things for kids to write for them to do group projects together on the board as far as playing games. A lot easier. The kids can see everything's compact all in one, rather than a smart, the regular white board.

Just writing, writing, writing, writing, the kids really can't trace unless you write something on there. You can't guide them the pin. But now we have that. Again, the technology is growing, we really do love it.

I love it. Sometimes it could be a pain because a lot of people don't like change. But that thing is very, very hard for everyone. But sometimes if you could take it in and embrace it, it's awesome. I can definitely say one of those philosophies is very good with the smart board and the white

board. As you can see, we both still have it, but the smart board has taken a lead in effect of kids. Absolutely. Yeah.

It's a little bit of having the future world in real life and then it's just so interactive and it's just like it's essentially just your iPhone, but just giant. It's quite ironic. The red prince, if you would like to call him, he took place smart board giant screen, which is why there's that empty gap and I had to move the couch.

There used to be a giant Google screen here and I peaked in and like, well, he took it. Anyways, we don't mention him. Anyways, so the reason why I spoke about like, are you familiar with, you know, shadow work or understanding like these these mythos, because you're hanging out with a

crew and the first thing we talked about was Kylo written.

And I'm obsessed with Kylo written, not because you know, let's start a word nerd. But no, because he defines essentially a generation where, yeah, you've got the kids that had to happy ending, but most of our kids killed off Han Solo, we killed their father. Father wasn't there.

And like that was the symbolism of that and did they just nailed it. When I saw it, I was like, and it's just depressing to see that, you know, sorry, we can Harry Potter nerd out for sure. But I'm just going to give you the reason why I'm like, you're definitely on brand and for folks that are watching, do you understand the sorcery that you possess or are you

familiar with any of that? The reason why I keep pushing, you're from Miami. Like, when you say you're from Miami, what is your background? What did you grow up? What is the sorcery to being born and raised in Miami?

Diversity. I will forever stand on that diversity meeting people the way people think from a child.

“And that's why it's so amazing to me because I came across so many cultures and people”

in the way they treat their family, their friends, I learned it, they're so growing up. It's just like, I was completely agree with you because I was born here in the 80s. And then it wasn't until I moved to San Francisco live in the bay that I experienced life. And then moved to Austin and then finally that whole energy that goes, all those tribes migrated to Miami, you can just feel it in the air.

We're like dip flows doing his weird five-care run and I'm like, that's awesome, but we're like running through the arches, brickles alive and thriving. Tell me more about like, where do you feel like new age of way of teaching? I think of Montessori, but that needs to be updated. What is your approach when it comes to your academy?

- Critical thinking. - Cool.

I like the problem solving. - Right. - So that will be the main-based thing. No matter if it's like questions or we're going to do an illustrious project or just simple things outside, I believe, believing and see it, believe it, see it, let's go outside things, normal things, food, plants.

- Oh for sure. - Yeah, answering all of those questions. So, critical thinking of what can we do? Like, let's say, okay, we pour water into plant. What's next? Oh, the plant will grow, but I won't answer that, I'll have them answer that.

“But, you know, causing a fix to everything, I think critical thinking and problem solution.”

That's my goal. - So what is the common client? Like how does one discover you? Like what is your funnel? Like what is your journey when you want to work with the perfect client?

- So one who loves that, I will say that because if I'm taking care of your child, I love

It will become of that because we're family now. Because, you know, it's your child. You will find me, I'm basically everywhere. I'm just going to say that, I'm very friendly, I reach out a lot. I make myself known in places, not because I want your business is because I know I can

help. I know your child will safe with me and I know we will be okay because I have open communication and open line. - Right. - So either, website, of course, social media, but I'm very, very, very, very big on

groundwork. You can be a good meeting in Paris then doing it in the old school way. Otherwise, they'll do have social media, which is Renee Everick, elective.com, or you could find me at Everbright Academy, LLC. - Right.

- On Instagram. - Yeah, I'm really pushing the no more social media, social theater, social theater. - Social theater.

- Yeah, we've gone beyond now, where it's always in playing because we kind of cheated,

because we are from Miami. We have always, we were born in the environment. - In the environment. - Yeah. - Yeah.

- And it's a lot of fun to kind of be thriving in that. We've been in power. We just filmed your episode.

“What are some things that we're going to learn about you?”

- Basically, we've been in power, but everyone has their all-rolled. My role in this will be child care. Taking initiative of child care at night, bridging that gap, critical thinking, problem solution based. I know you probably like, why does she keep saying that?

Because it's so big and it lacks in this day and age and we need help. And this is the easiest way to do it as we get them little. And we can come in, there are adults now, we have them. Now they can think for themselves, because now they're using what they had as a child, leading questions themselves, understanding themselves.

- It's funny, because in this kind of line of work, you're expecting like these moms that don't dress very well, they just have these weird haircuts, or mostly care ends. And they just want to jump into education. You have a certain class about you. And we can offline it, but we had a moment where we talked about, you know,

our similar taste and in villains, oh, does that aspire the way you kind of vision like lead with fire? Like we've got a whip up into shape. Like what is your philosophy when it comes to leading the next generation? - Carrying, understanding and listening.

I believe that if someone was heard, like, my lovely lady, my love is sitting here. - Yes, ma'am. - A lot of villains, you can see they weren't heard. And that is the biggest problem here. They were very misunderstood and I feel like if you just have one in person to

understand you, you got it. You got it, I'm sorry, short. - Yeah, I highly recommend watching. After you watch Barbie, then watch the total opposite of that, watch wicked. Like I was in tears last 20 minutes, I was like, this is my jam.

(laughing) I suddenly see my secret, but wicked is off the hook. That is amazing. Clearly not a Disney film, it's far too advanced. So talk about that advancement.

It feels like kids are ready to be, you know, mature. Like being a kid today is radically different than it was 20 years ago. It feels like we are radically different. You are about sort and shield, very much like Link facing Ganondorf.

“Like right out, fourth, fourth year olds, like what is your message today?”

Your mission. - Like I said before, this is an easy. Everyone knows that kids are a tough cookie. They are figuring out themselves. They are finding out themselves.

- Oh yeah. - I have a bunch of nieces and nephews, so, and I used to teach when I was 18. - Wow. - Put in my age, out there anything that was years ago, huh? - Yeah, but speaking, of course, you're going to repeat yourself several times.

- cliche is it sounds, I didn't have problems when I taught my three-year-olds. I actually was fortunate to teach them to read and write.

Of course, I had little behavior issues, but it never came to the point where my class

was destructive, because I allowed them to express themselves. I never took that away from them. So when it was playtime, it was playtime. And even when it was learning time, I still engaged them in the way that they understood the way they can, we can relate on a certain level.

So as far as I want to say, as teaching them in the still raw, I'll say, because I'm very stern, so I'm not going to say, like, it's like a push-over type of situation, but I don't believe in yelling at kids. Are you yelling? I always act someone.

Are you yelling because you're frustrated? Are you yelling because they're doing something no one can answer that correctly? Because they stop at, like, how do I know what? - For sure, for sure. - Which one is?

And I'm like, yeah, because you're frustrated. I'm like, okay, I'm like, I understand, like, a little raise of a voice with yelling less and less, because again, you're teaching the child that once you're angry, first straight it, that's okay to do. - Yep.

- So that goes into one. So once you start replying, in that case, it's our sponges. - Yep. - The kid will understand you and take that, okay. Hey, why are you talking?

Why are you getting up in a class? Do you understand it? About three, four weeks have come, like, and no, that wasn't right.

Let me sit down and they understand, but I always give kids the space to express themselves

because if you don't, it's going to turn into a mess because as an adult, you will like to express yourself. - Yeah.

“- So you will want as a kid to do, so that's what I always try to like push for people”

so I understand it. - That's awesome. What an amazing message, because I was that spoiled brat that would throw the tangents or toys around. I just wanted one toy.

I just wanted them all. - Really?

it to me.

Every power range, or everything?

- Yeah.

“- And then I actually realized that homegirl is just like helping me from my trauma of being”

left behind by my mom and dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, anyways, here we

are down. - Yeah. - That's you. - Everything's good.

“- Well, we'll find you how can people learn more about you, after listening to this episode”

or watching it.

- Well, you can find me on Instagram at Everbright Academy, LLC, or Renee Wellness, Notary on Instagram

“as well, or you can type in ReneeEbrateCollective.com.”

- Right on. This is ReneeEbrate and I am Regretaris, and we are Inside Success. (upbeat music)