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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
🌱 Happy Earth Day! Since its founding in 1970, Earth Day has evolved into the largest civic event on Earth, activating billions of people to safeguard our planet and fight for a brighter future.
Join us this week for events on finding purpose, cyberbullying, and loneliness:
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What do your teens want out of life? How will they leave their mark? Kendall Cotton Bronk, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, presents Helping Young People Lead Lives of Purpose (April 24).
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How can you keep your kids safe online? Join Sameer Hinduja, PhD, cyberbullying and safe social media expert, for Cyberbullying Prevention: Navigating the Intersection of AI, Social Media, and Digital Ethics (April 25).
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Chronic loneliness and isolation are a growing public health crisis. We're honored to host Jeremy Nobel, MD, PhD, bestselling author and founder of Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection (April 26).
💥 Wow! We are excited to host national thought leaders like Dr. Geoff Cohen, Dr. Lisa Damour, and David Flink:
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How can we foster a sense of belonging in our children? Join Geoff Cohen, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University, author of Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides (April 30).
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What are teens really feeling? Lisa Damour, PhD, clinical psychologist and NY Times bestselling author, presents The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Capable, Competent, and Compassionate Adolescents (May 2).
🎉 We have a new member of The Parent Venture family! Welcome, Mid-Peninsula High School, an independent school founded in 1979.
📞 Want to connect with other parents? In May's Parent Forum #32 (English), Eran Magen, PhD, presents Realistic Self-Care for Parents and Caregivers (May 3).
📽️ Miss a live event? Be sure to check out our Video Library (YouTube)! Click here to subscribe, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook!
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"The Parent Venture offers educational events that are timely, relevant and professional, and that impact parents and students of all ages.”
– Jan Rao, Executive Director, Willows in the Wind
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Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Events | | |
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Helping Young People Lead Lives of Purpose
Kendall Cotton Bronk, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Cyberbullying Prevention: Navigating the Intersection of AI, Social Media, and Digital Ethics
Sameer Hinduja, PhD, Cyberbullying and Safe Social Media Expert
Thursday, April 25, 2024
6:00pm – 7:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection
Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, Author, Founder, The Foundation for Art & Healing and Project UnLonely
Friday, April 26, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides (Rescheduled)
Geoffrey L. Cohen, PhD, Author, Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Competent, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents
Lisa Damour, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, New York Times Bestselling Author
Thursday, May 2, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Empowered and Equipped: A Personal Perspective of Neurodiversity
David Flink, Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer, Eye to Eye
Thursday, May 9, 2024
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Parent Forum #32 (English) - Realistic Self-Care for Parents/Caregivers
Eran Magen, PhD, Founder, Parenting for Humans
Friday, May 3, 2024
12:00pm – 1:00pm PT
Virtual Event (Live)
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Human Library® - unjudge someone.
Come to the Human Library® and borrow one or more of our Human Books for open and vulnerable dialog about what it's like to be threm. Free and open to the public!
Sunday, May 5, 2024
11:30am - 3:30pm PT
In-Person Event (Palo Alto)
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How Patience Can Help You Find Your Purpose
How can we help young people navigate the process of searching for a purpose in life? They first need to engage in a process of self exploration.
— Greater Good Magazine (Kendall Cotton Bronk, PhD)
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You get a bear! And you get a bear!
🧸 There may be no greater joy than witnessing 300 children erupt into simultaneous delirium upon learning they will be receiving free reading buddy teddy bears. See for yourself!
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Understanding the Tweenage Brain
Deborah Farmer Kris, author, parenting expert, and founder of Parenthood365, will help demystify the tween years, an amazing and sometimes challenging time of child development.
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