Dear Parents and Caregivers,
And just like that, it's December! No matter how you celebrate the holidays, we wish you peace, joy, and festive moments with friends and family.
Check out The Book Shelf, featuring new books from our presenters. This week we highlight Behind Their Screens by Harvard researchers Dr. Emily Weinstein and Dr. Carrie James, and The Sleep-Deprived Teen by parenting journalist Lisa L. Lewis.
Wednesday! How can parents help prepare their teens for healthy, successful relationships? Vanessa Kellam, Health Connected, presents Relationship Resilience: Preparing Young People for Healthy Relationships (December 7, Online).
Thursday! How can we–and our kids!–learn to tame our inner voice? Psychologist and bestselling author Ethan Kross, PhD, joins us to discuss his book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It (December 8, Online).
December's Parent Forums feature Eran Magen, PhD, for Sustainable Parenting: Realistic Self-Care for Parents (English) (December 9, Online) and Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, in La Familia y las Festividades (español) (December 13, Online).
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Recent recordings include:
- Why Teen and Tween Sleep Matters, and How Parents and Schools Can Help
- What's So Funny About College Admission?
- Grounded Hope: Why Hope is Important in Times of Stress and Loss
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With gratitude,
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Upcoming 2022 - 2023 Events | |
Relationship Resilience: Preparing Young People for Healthy Relationships
Vanessa Kellam, Health Connected, will discuss how to equip teens with protective behaviors, emotional resilience, and communication skills to safely navigate romantic relationships.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Online Event (Live)
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Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness it
Ethan Kross, PhD, award-winning psychologist and bestselling author of Chatter, shows how to harness our inner voice to improve our physical and mental health.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
5:30pm – 6:30pm PT
Online Event (Live)
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Parent Forum #19 (English) - Sustainable Parenting: Realistic Self-Care for Parents
Join us for a new Parent Forum (English) with Eran Magen, PhD, communication expert and founder of Parenting for Humans, as he offers strategies for parental self-care.
Friday, December 9, 2022
12:00pm – 1:00pm PT
Live Event (Meeting)
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Foro de padres #24 - La Familia y las Festividades (Family and the Holidays)
En esta charla Edwin Fernandez, LCSW, One Life Counseling Center, hablaremos de cómo hacer de estas fiestas algo memorable, y cómo reconectarse con su familia y seres queridos.
Martes, 13 de diciembre de 2022
5:30pm - 6:30pm PT
Evento en linea (en vivo)
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Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)
Drawing on perspectives from more than 3,500 teens, Harvard researchers Emily Weinstein, PhD, and Carrie James, PhD, bring stories together for a powerful reframe of what teens are up against – and what teens need adults to understand.
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The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools Can Help Them Thrive
Well-rested teens are happier and healthier and do better in school. They’re more emotionally resilient. And they’re easier to live with! In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lisa L. Lewis provides parents with a roadmap to more (and better) sleep for their teens and tweens.
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Pandemic stress physically aged teens’ brains, a new study finds
A new study from Stanford University suggests that pandemic-related stressors have physically altered adolescents’ brains, making their brain structures appear several years older than the brains of comparable peers before the pandemic.
— Stanford News
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Boot Camp Teaches New Dads How to Parent
Real men, real babies, real-world advice! In Boot Camp for New Dads workshops, "Rookie" dads-to-be talk to "Veteran" new dads (with their babies) about what the first months of fatherhood are really like.
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Grounded Hope: Why Hope is Important in Times of Stress and Loss
How can we create a "culture of hope," particularly in times of stress, trauma, and loss? Dr. David Feldman, professor of counseling psychology, Santa Clara University, offers strategies for integrating grounded (reality-based) hope into our lives.
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