An electronic talking stick system has a hand-held electronic talking stick having a body with an outer casing, a microprocessor executing coded instructions, a data repository, an electronic timer, a display screen, a microphone, a mechanism generating alerts to a user at specific times according to the electronic timer, wireless communication circuitry, and a power supply powering electrical and electronic components, and a smartphone comprising wireless communication circuitry compatible with the wireless communication circuitry of the hand-held electronic talking stick, and a microprocessor executing an application for managing functionality of the hand-held electronic talking stick.