A mentoring service for young students will hold its first conference at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute this Saturday.

Kids in Control Systems helps parents improve their children’s life skills at middle school, high school and university.

Kics president Angela Young, who founded the organisation in 2014, has so far produced bimonthly Facebook Live streams and weekly workshops.

Now she will take her project to a new level at the conference with the theme “Developing the whole child”, featuring 25 guest panellists, including clinical psychologists and a psychiatrist.

The conference will focus on five topics: Raising a Boss, Decoding Gen-Z, Co-Parenting for Your Child’s Success, Boys 2 Men, and Daddy’s Girl. There will be live panel discussions as well as a Kics Resource Exhibit featuring some of Bermuda’s youth-focused organisations.

Ms Young told The Royal Gazette: “I have selected five top concerns I believe are facing today’s parents. By discussing these concerns, it is my hope that the audience will be inspired, encouraged and empowered.

“Essentially, they will receive a tool kit of resources that will assist them in not only in developing their child but, more importantly, employing strategies that will go beyond the academics.”

She added: “Parents will be able to participate in the panel discussions and ask questions as well as share their own personal experiences.

“I believe the conference will allow for a more intimate setting which will facilitate further dialogue even after the conclusion of this event.”

Ms Young, who created Kics after she was unable to find solutions to help her own daughter in her difficult transition to middle school, added: “Every parent, regardless of his race and economic background, is striving to raise a healthy, successful child — from birth through to adulthood.

“Parents want to know that they are not alone and that there are others who faced with the same concerns — and succeeded.”

The conference will run from 9am to 5.30pm. Tickets are available exclusively at www.kicssystems.com.

Prospective exhibitors for the Kics Resource Exhibit should contact Ms Young at info@kicssystems.com.