🍂 The Stolen Year; Fentanyl Prevention Education; How to They/Them

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

On October 10, please join us to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, a national holiday that honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.

Thursday! Author and NPR education correspondent Anya Kamenetz will discuss her new book, The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now (October 13, Online). Don't miss this special event!

On October 19, we continue fentanyl education (in English) with Stacey Wisniewski, Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, in Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions (Online).

Tuesday, October 11 is National Coming Out Day, first observed in 1988. We welcome genderqueer author Stuart Getty for How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity (October 25, Online).

NEW! How can you raise a well-balanced student? Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, presents Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress (October 26, Online).

NEW! What role do parents and the community play in preventing cannabis use? Jason R. Kilmer, PhD, cannabis prevention expert, presents Cannabis Use: The Role of Parents and Community in Prevention (November 2, Online).

This month's Parent Forums feature Edwin Fernandez, LMFT, in Padres que promueven y establecen límites y reglas (español) (October 18, Online) and Eran Magen, PhD, in Building Trust and Goodwill with Your Child/Teen (October 28).

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Upcoming 2022 - 2023 Events

The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, And Where We Go Now

Thursday! NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz shows how the pandemic disrupted children’s lives—and how our country failed to put our children first.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Fentanyl Prevention Education: How to Help Teens Make Healthy Decisions

Join Stacey Wisniewski, Prevention Solutions, Hazeldon Betty Ford Foundation, to understand the risks of fentanyl use among adolescents (in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation).

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity

What is gender identity? Stuart Getty, a genderqueer writer, will discuss How to They/Them: A Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Raising a Well-Balanced Student: Avoiding a Culture of Stress

NEW! How can you raise a well-balanced student in a high-pressure culture? Join Denise Pope, PhD, co-founder, Challenge Success, Stanford Graduate School of Education, for tools and strategies.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Cannabis Use: The Role of Parents and Community in Prevention

NEW! Jason R. Kilmer, PhD, a national expert in cannabis prevention and intervention, will address your questions and look at the recent science related to cannabis use.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

5:30pm – 6:30pm PT

Online Event (Live)

Community Event

You(th) Matter: A Conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims about Youth Mental Health

Join our friend Julie Lythcott-Haims, NYT bestselling author, for an important conversation about youth mental health. This event is hosted by Chris Bezsylko and Imagination Lab School. Free admission.

Monday, October 10, 2022

1:00pm – 3:00pm PT (starts at 1:30pm)

Cubberley Community Center

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Parent Forum

Foro de padres #22 (español) - Padres que promueven y establecen límites y reglas

Únase a nosotros para un nuevo Foro de padres (en español) con Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center. En esta charla, hablaremos sobre el elemento de los límites.

Martes, 18 de octubre de 2022

5:30pm - 6:30pm PT

Evento en linea (en vivo)

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In the News

Why Parents Feel Like ‘Butter That Has Been Scraped Over Too Much Bread’

I’ve tried to capture the emotional state of many American parents, and I think we’re entering a new phase. In Tolkien's “The Lord of the Rings,” Bilbo Baggins describes himself as feeling “like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.”

— The New York Times: Opinion (Jessica Grose)

Just for Fun

A Study of Prehistoric Painting Comes to a Startling Conclusion: Many Ancient Artists Were Tiny Children

New research argues that children or even toddlers may have been behind some of world’s earliest known Paleolithic art. Ancient rock painting was actually a family-oriented group activity!

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How to Help Kids Develop Their Emotional Vocabulary

Deborah Farmer Kris, child development expert and founder of Parenthood365, shares insights into the science of emotion, and how everyone benefits when we name, normalize, and navigate our feelings.

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