Two talks.
One framework.
Dr. Usita speaks to parent groups, school communities, and high-achieving professional audiences. Two distinct talks — same research foundation, completely different rooms.
Formation
& Phones
The accessible talk for any parent navigating screens, identity, and a teenager who seems unreachable. The phone is not the problem. It is the mirror. This talk gives parents the framework to read what it is reflecting.
Legacy Starts
With Identity
A keynote for parents who have built something and are quietly asking whether their child has the interior formation to carry it. High-status communities are among the hardest places for teenagers to form a genuine identity — and that is the single greatest threat to a family legacy.
James Marcia’s four identity statuses — Floater, Performer, Seeker, and Rooted — translated into language parents can use in real time.
Every attendee gets access to the Identity Status Assessment — a five-minute tool that tells parents exactly where their teenager is on the map.
Built on a 2010 dissertation from Biola University and James Marcia’s foundational work in developmental psychology — not opinion, not trend.
Every talk ends in the same place — not with the teenager, but with the parent in the room. The formation conversation always comes back to you.
Bring the framework
to your community.
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